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Children’s Rights in Youth Work – Level 2: Rights-Based Youth Work
Aimed at youth work practitioners who want an introductory overview to children’s rights and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Online, 9th May, 10am - 11.30am
National Youth Work Conference 2024 - Share your Practice!
The call for workshop proposals and Link magazine articles is now open. The deadline for submissions is Friday 24th May.
Position Statement on Plans to End Fee Waiver for Volunteers’ PVG
YouthLink Scotland believes that Disclosure Scotland’s proposed plan to remove the membership fee waiver for the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme will increase stress on already threadbare youth work services.
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Youth Work and Civic Engagement – International Policy Perspectives
This online Convention will bring together international perspectives to explore the enabling power of youth work in creating and sustaining young people’s civic engagement. Online, 28th August, 9.30am - 1.30pm

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Poverty Alliance on the Value of Youth Work
Poverty Alliance Director Peter Kelly believes youth work can be the key to building a better Scotland.
  • Topic:  Poverty
  • Date:  7 November, 2023
  • Author:  Peter Kelly

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Facing the risks of the internet and AI – what can we do?
Our digital youth work lead Hilary Phillips writes about the implications of AI and other new technologies for our sector and how we can navigate the challenges ahead.
  • Topic:  Digital Youth Work
  • Date:  30 October, 2023
  • Author:  Hilary Phillips

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OPEN Project's Youth-led Research Diary Part Three
Alcohol and Other Drugs Research Project.
  • Date:  24 October, 2023
  • Author:  Shannon Boston

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Challenges in Evidencing the Impact of Universal Youth Work
Dr Ross Whitehead writes for us about how we can find new ways to demonstrate the long-term benefits of engagement in universal community youth work.
  • Topic:  Funding, Research
  • Date:  19 October, 2023
  • Author:  Dr Ross Whitehead

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Youth work has an important role to play in reducing poverty
Dona Milne is Director of Public Health for NHS Lothian, and a member of YouthLink Scotland's Youth Work Research Steering Group.
  • Topic:  Poverty, Research
  • Date:  16 October, 2023
  • Author:  Dona Milne

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Why I’ve handed over the reins to my Twitter account for #BlackHistoryMonth
For the duration of #BlackHistoryMonth, our United Voices network will be doing a social media takeover using Third Sector Lab director Ross McCulloch's Twitter account.
  • Topic:  Rights, Participation & Volunteering
  • Date:  4 October, 2023
  • Author:  Ross McCulloch

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OPEN Project's Youth-led Research Diary Part Two: Hot Chocolate Trust
Our researchers travel to Dundee to learn from Hot Chocolate Trust's approach to creating a youth work space.
  • Topic:  Research, Rights, Participation & Volunteering
  • Date:  29 September, 2023
  • Author:  Shannon Boston

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Youth Work and Poverty Brief Blog
YouthLink Scotland Policy Manager Kevin Kane explores the connection between youth work, human rights and poverty.
  • Date:  29 September, 2023

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Youth-led Research Diary Part One: Finding a Place and Space
In this blog series, one of the peer researcher for the project Shannon Boston will be sharing their research journey, what they’ve learned, what tools they’ve used and what support they received along the way.
  • Topic:  Addiction, Rights, Participation & Volunteering
  • Date:  15 September, 2023
  • Author:  Shannon Boston

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The SQA's appeals process could be failing young people
Ailsa Clark talks to our education lead Marielle Bruce about why the time for reform of qualifications and assessment is now.
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability
  • Date:  25 August, 2023
  • Author:  Ailsa Clark & Marielle Bruce

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Breaking the stigma: mental health and the role of the youth work sector
Emily Carson, an International Development Masters student at the University of Edinburgh completed a placement based dissertation with YouthLink Scotland in the summer of 2019.
  • Topic:  Health & Wellbeing
  • Date:  21 August, 2023
  • Author:  Emily Carson

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The role of youth work in the Scottish educational system
Sara Galilea, a Public Policy MSc student at the University of Edinburgh completed a placement based dissertation with YouthLink Scotland in the summer of 2022.
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability
  • Date:  17 August, 2023
  • Author:  Sara Galilea

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