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Fae The Source

Young Scot's brand-new YouTube docuseries is set to spark vital conversations around toxic masculinity, men’s mental health and what it really means to grow up as a man in Scotland today.

Topic: Positive Masculinity
Date: 14 October, 2025

iWill Week 2025 is coming! #WhatDoYouStandFor?

Throughout #iWill Week, running from Monday 17th to Friday 21st November, each day will highlight a distinct theme. These include truth, dignity, justice, community, and joy. The aim is to provide young people, as well as the organisations that champion them, with opportunities to express their views and inspire positive action.

Topic: Rights, Participation & Volunteering
Date: 14 October, 2025

Cairngorms National Park Local Development Plan Surveys

The Cairngorms National Park Authority has published a series of surveys to collect views on issues affecting the people who live and work in the Cairngorms National Park to help inform the next Local Development Plan. The Plan will help guide development in the National Park, including where affordable housing, community facilities and economic development will go. The deadline for responses is 31st October.

Date: 14 October, 2025

Young STEM Leader Week

Young STEM Leader Week will be the last week of October. Details will be released soon but anyone can sign up to attend a training session to find out more about the Young STEM Leaders Programme - Events | Young STEM Leader Programme. Young people taking part in a CLD programme can work towards a Young STEM Leader Award.

Topic: Digital Youth Work
Date: 14 October, 2025

Educators: Where are we on LfS and Climate Change?

The Scottish Government and Education Scotland, through Keep Scotland Beautiful, have commenced a consultation process involving pupils, educators, senior management teams and local authority officers. As part of this, they would like to invite you to answer a survey which will be key to help identify next steps on Learning for Sustainability, and climate education and engagement.

Date: 14 October, 2025

What Has AI Got to Do with Youth Work?

This week it’s AI Week and we are taking part in the week by gathering your views on the support you need to include AI in your youth work practice. Please tell us what you think to help us position our AI guidance for the youth work sector. The survey is a few quick questions and will only take you a couple of minutes.

Topic: Digital Youth Work
Date: 14 October, 2025

Rock Trust's New Website and Brand

YouthLink Scotland member Rock Trust has launched a brand-new website and evolved brand, providing an enhanced digital platform to support young people experiencing homelessness in Scotland.

Topic: Housing/Homelessness
Date: 14 October, 2025

Anxiety Emerges as Most Common Mental Health Concern for Children Reaching Out to Childline

Anxiety has been revealed as the main mental health concern for children and young people when receiving help from Childline. This World Mental Health Day, Childline is encouraging young people to reach out to the service for support.

Date: 10 October, 2025

New Project Will Support Ethical Partnerships with the Tech Sector

We’re delighted to launch our Include Plus Fellowship project. The purpose of the fellowship is to understand where there is genuine alignment between youth work and the tech sector, identify opportunities for ethical collaboration, and develop practical guidance that helps youth work organisations assess and navigate potential partnerships with confidence and integrity.

Topic: Digital Youth Work
Date: 8 October, 2025

Vaping and Smoking Among Scottish Adolescents

This report presents results for Scotland from the ASH Smokefree GB Youth survey to provide a picture of adolescent use of vapes, tobacco and other nicotine products, alongside insights into perceptions of harm and views on policy measures.

Topic: Addiction, Health & Wellbeing
Date: 7 October, 2025

Gen(eration) AI Report

The King’s Trust has recently launched the findings of new research commissioned with Public First on the impact of AI on young people’s employment. The new economic modelling and large-scale polling has produced a detailed analysis of how AI is likely to affect young people’s place in the labour market.

Topic: Digital Youth Work, Education, Skills & Employability
Date: 7 October, 2025

Glasgow's Big Youth Survey

We are currently working with Glasgow Life to help them engage with young people across Glasgow to understand the issues affecting them in their local community and how best to support them. This is an opportunity for young people to share their views with us through a short survey until 31st October.

Topic: Research
Date: 7 October, 2025

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