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Equity in Education - The Vital Role of Youth Work
We've published a report to highlight what has been achieved and learned through the Youth Work and Schools SAC National Programme to date, and the importance of continuing to strengthen collaboration across the educational system, so that all young people can reach their full potential.
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Youth Work and Online Lives
What do you think about a social media ban for under 16s? What will be the impact for young people and what are the issues that the youth work sector needs to engage with right now? Are there alternative approaches? Our survey (open until 4th May) is for those who work with young people in Scotland.

Youth Work Manifesto
The manifesto sets out three national commitments Scotland must make to ensure every young person can thrive through access to high-quality youth work. Together, they represent the foundation of a stronger, fairer youth work system: guaranteed by law, universally accessible, and sustained by investment.

Call-Out to Film Makers, Creatives, Film Producers: Tender Opportunity
A decade after the release of Mark’s Story: One Knife, Many Victims, this influential resource continues to shape prevention work across education, youth services, and community safety. We are now inviting proposals (deadline - 20th May) for a new phase of work that revisits Mark’s Story Ten Years on.

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Help Shape the Next Truth About Youth survey
Young Scot is inviting organisations to get involved in shaping the upcoming Truth About Youth: Our 2025/2026 Insight Survey. 
  • Topic:  Research
  • Date:  29 September, 2025

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Addressing Unrest, Disinformation and Violence
A list of links to resources to help us all support young people and our communities following civil unrest, discrimination and violence.
  • Date:  29 September, 2025

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CashBack for Communities Supports Thousands of Young People
A programme funded from the seized assets of criminals delivered £6.2 million funding to support over 15,000 young people during 2024-25.  The money has been used by Cashback for Communities to support 29 organisations delivering projects that divert young people away from anti-social behaviour and crime. 
  • Date:  25 September, 2025

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Education, Language, Policy & Sustainability Webinar Series
Find out about the latest series of online research seminars from University of Glasgow's Dumfries Campus’ Education, Language, Policy and Sustainability Research Group focusing on challenges of climate, migration, and care-experience.
  • Topic:  Care, Learning for Sustainability, Research
  • Date:  24 September, 2025

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Two Thirds of Girls Change Their Everyday Behaviour to Avoid Sexual Harassment
New research from Girlguiding reveals how the persistent threat of sexism, misogyny and harassment is impacting girls’ everyday lives and affecting their confidence, mental health and wellbeing.
  • Topic:  Equality
  • Date:  23 September, 2025

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Plain Packaging May Help Tackle Teen Vaping
Plain packaging of vape pods reduces young people’s interest in trying them, but does not reduce interest among adults, according to a new study led by UCL and King’s College London researchers.
  • Topic:  Health & Wellbeing
  • Date:  22 September, 2025

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2025 Inequality Landscape
Overall, this report by the Health Foundation, suggests there have been modest gains in some living-standards, including some hopeful signs of reductions in child poverty, but this is set against persistent, and in places deepening, structural inequalities that continue to drive poor health. Focusing on average outcomes paints a picture of men in Scotland doing relatively well but this obscures a subset of young adult men facing multiple socio-economic challenges who are at high risk of early, preventable deaths.
  • Topic:  Equality, Health & Wellbeing
  • Date:  22 September, 2025

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Can Scotland Break the Cycle of Childhood Health Inequalities?
A new report, published by the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) in partnership with the Mental Health Foundation, warns that childhood health inequalities will persist without a decisive shift from short-term, reactive measures to long-term, preventative approaches.
  • Topic:  Health & Wellbeing
  • Date:  22 September, 2025

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One in Three Young People Surveyed Expect to Need Mental Health Support in Coming Year
The majority (64%) of young adults in Britain say they have experienced mental health difficulties, with a third (32%) expecting to need support in the coming year, according to polling commissioned from YouGov by UCL’s Grand Challenge of Mental Health & Wellbeing.
  • Topic:  Health & Wellbeing
  • Date:  22 September, 2025

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Scottish Household Survey 2024: Volunteer Participation Rate Increases to 25%
After formal volunteer participation dropped to its lowest recorded level of 18% in 2023, the latest Scottish Household Survey results for 2024 show positive changes, with 25% of adults in Scotland volunteering with a group, club or organisation in 2024. This means the number of volunteers in Scotland increased by 331,000 between 2023 and 2024.
  • Date:  22 September, 2025

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Young People Take Lead on AI Research
Young people from two Scottish youth groups are stepping up to explore how AI is affecting them and their peers. The project is led by YouthLink Scotland with funding from the Include Plus Network.  Young people are choosing which topics to explore and will be offered support to help them carry out the youth-led research in an ethical way.
  • Topic:  Digital Youth Work
  • Date:  18 September, 2025

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New Study Calls for Greater Support for Outdoor Learning
More outdoor learning is 'essential' for young people in Scotland, whose opportunities to go outside fall far short of what is offered in other countries, says a new study led by the University of Stirling in collaboration with the University of Glasgow.
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability, Outdoor Learning
  • Date:  18 September, 2025

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