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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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Over 120 Charities Unite in Call for Ministers to Put Children’s Rights at the Heart of UK Law
A coalition of charities and organisations working with children and young people in across the UK called on the government to make children’s rights a legal priority.
  • Topic:  Rights, Participation & Volunteering
  • Date:  18 September, 2025

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New Curiosity in Action Toolkit Highlights Importance of Partnership for STEM in a Youth Work Setting
A new toolkit has been launched by Science Ceilidh in the culmination of the Curiosity in Action Project. The project created valuable links between science researchers and youth work organisations, enabling young people to engage directly with academics.
  • Topic:  Digital Youth Work
  • Date:  18 September, 2025

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Enabling Conversations
Enabling Conversations is a toolkit to support young people expressing feelings of distress – whether around suicide, self-harm, or emotional pain – in ways they feel safe and in control.  
  • Topic:  Health & Wellbeing
  • Date:  18 September, 2025

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Spartans Community Foundation achieves STEM Nation Award
Education Scotland is delighted to announce that Spartans Community Foundation, in Edinburgh, is the first community learning and development provider to achieve the STEM Nation Award.
  • Topic:  Digital Youth Work
  • Date:  18 September, 2025

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Community-Led Research Collaboration
The Ideas Fund, run by the British Science Association, has announced that it is making £80,000 in funding available to improve and strengthen the support available to individuals and organisations who are delivering community-led research. The deadline for expressions of interest is 12 noon on Monday 13th October.
  • Topic:  Research
  • Date:  17 September, 2025

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The Power of Storytelling: Exploring Gambling Harms with Parents and Carers
This booklet is designed for parents, caregivers, or adults who are concerned or curious about their child or young person’s gaming and/or gambling habits. It shares ideas you can use, through the story of a parent, Jess, it’s not a set of strict rules.
  • Topic:  Addiction
  • Date:  17 September, 2025

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Legends Wanted: Glasgow 2026 Launches Search for more than 3,000 Volunteers
From supporting athletes on venue during competition, through to being a welcoming and friendly face to hundreds of thousands of spectators and media, volunteers will be at the heart of the action next year when the Games return to Glasgow from 23rd July to 2nd August.   
  • Date:  17 September, 2025

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HMDT Next Gen Ambassador Programme
A prestigious programme by the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust designed to empower the next generation of leaders aged 18–25 to shape a future free from identity-based hatred and persecution. Applications close on 28th September.
  • Topic:  Equality
  • Date:  16 September, 2025

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Neighbourhoods and Communities 2024 - Findings from the Scottish Household Survey
This report draws on key data from the Scottish Household Survey (SHS 2024) to explore key findings on neighbourhoods, communities, social isolation and loneliness, and neighbourhood safety at a national level in Scotland. It also gives additional detail across various protected characteristics, and for people living in different places, such as urban and rural settings.
  • Topic:  Health & Wellbeing
  • Date:  16 September, 2025

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“Life Changed So Quickly”: Major New Research Reveals Pandemic’s Profound Impact on Children and Young People
The UK Covid-19 Inquiry commissioned Verian to undertake a project to provide an insight of children and young people’s experiences, and how they perceived the impact of the pandemic on them. The findings of this report will be used by the Inquiry to understand how children and young people felt about and adapted to changes that took place in the pandemic and their effects.
  • Topic:  Health & Wellbeing
  • Date:  15 September, 2025

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Schools - Fostering a Positive, Inclusive and Safe Environment: Guidance
This non-statutory guidance aims to support schools to foster a positive, inclusive and safe school environment through their approaches to positive relationships and behaviour. In particular, it provides clarity to all members of a school community – staff, parents and children and young people – on the use of consequences as part of relationships and behaviour policies. 
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability
  • Date:  15 September, 2025

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New Research Finds Poor Progress on Supporting Young People’s Mental Health
Research into improvements made to mental health support for young people in Scotland has found limited progress over the last five years and limited transparency. 
  • Topic:  Health & Wellbeing
  • Date:  15 September, 2025

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