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Keep your finger firmly on the pulse of Scotland’s youth work sector with our news, events & blogs library. You’ll get the top stories, best training opportunities and insightful comment from across the sector.

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Effective Youth Work Approaches to Tackling Attendance
Check out our new resources aimed at supporting schools and youth work teams to enable them to work together to create the right conditions for engagement and learning.
National Youth Work Conference 2024
Join us at the National Youth Work Conference on Tuesday 5th November in Glasgow where we’ll be examining how youth work’s early interventions not only repairs but prevents fractures in our communities. 

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Members Network
We are pleased to open bookings for our final Members Network meeting of 2024. This meeting will focus on empowering young people to have a healthy relationship with their phone. Please note this event is for members of YouthLink Scotland only. Online 12th December
YouthLink Scotland’s Position Statement on Post-School Education and Skills Reform
YouthLink Scotland’s recommendations in response to the consultation on Post-school Education and Skills Reform Legislation.

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Destitution in the UK 2023
This study, the fourth in the Destitution in the UK series by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, reveals approximately 3.8 million people experienced destitution in 2022, including around one million children.
  • Topic:  Poverty
  • Date:  24 October, 2023

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Andy Bathgate
It’s with great sadness that we share the news of the sudden passing of Andy Bathgate, Chief Executive of SU Scotland from 2001-2020 and a dedicated SU volunteer since his teenage years.
  • Date:  23 October, 2023

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Funding for The Promise
Forty two organisations across Scotland will benefit from £4 million funding to deliver projects that will help children, young people and families in the care system.
  • Topic:  Equality, Health & Wellbeing, Rights, Participation & Volunteering
  • Date:  23 October, 2023

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The Missing Link – Social Prescribing for Children and Young People
Barnardo’s is calling for the introduction of a national strategy for social prescribing to help tackle the spiralling youth mental health crisis in the UK.
  • Date:  23 October, 2023

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Share your Youth Work Experience!
The Guardian Community Team want to speak to people working in youth services in the UK, as well as to parents, about the provision in their area. Take the short survey now!
  • Topic:  Active Youth Work, Research
  • Date:  19 October, 2023

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YouthLink Scotland responds to plans for new Human Rights Bill for Scotland
YouthLink Scotland has outlined its support for the introduction of a Human Rights Bill to Scots Law.
  • Topic:  Policy & Influencing, Rights, Participation & Volunteering
  • Date:  19 October, 2023

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Snowflake and CLD Winter Learning Festival
Learn North's Winter Learning Festival 2023
An exciting programme of free online practitioner learning for those working in community learning and development (CLD) - organised by the regional professional learning networks, Education Scotland and CLD Standards Council.
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability
  • Date:  19 October, 2023

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Police Scotland's Big Youth Conversation 2023-2024
An opportunity for young people to tell Police Scotland what they love and what they think needs to change. These ideas and opinions will not only help them to deliver effective policing and services for young people in local areas but will also help build safe and well communities for everyone.
  • Topic:  Rights, Participation & Volunteering
  • Date:  19 October, 2023

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Tackling the Nature and Climate Emergency
An opportunity for the youth work sector to contribute to the Scottish Government’s Scottish Biodiversity Strategy and Delivery Plan by consulting and engaging young people in how we tackle the nature and climate emergency.
  • Topic:  Learning for Sustainability
  • Date:  18 October, 2023

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Talk Learn Do
A new digital tool that provides parents and carers with the skills and confidence to talk to their children about money. It also shows why it’s important to teach good financial habits from an early age.
  • Date:  16 October, 2023

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Announcing the Digital Youth Work Learning Zone
Check out the new Learning Zone - designed with practitioners very much in mind presenting material in a way that’s genuinely useful for anyone who is planning, delivering and evaluating the impact of digital youth work.
  • Topic:  Digital Youth Work
  • Date:  16 October, 2023

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Young Scot BIG survey
Young people can win an Apple Watch SE and share their thoughts in Young Scot’s Big Survey!
  • Topic:  Research
  • Date:  12 October, 2023

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