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Members Network – Youth Work and the Great Social Media Debate
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 need to engage with right now? Come and take part in the online discussion from 11am to 12.30pm on 19th March.
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Let's Talk About Online
Conversations make a difference! Join this training from 2pm to 3.30pm on 23rd March to explore how to chat to young people about what’s happening in their online lives.

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.

The Link Magazine 2025
The latest edition of The Link shines a light on how youth work across Scotland is creating safer spaces and stronger futures for young people.

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Setting Up a Peer Mentoring Project
An opportunity from Youth Scotland to explore peer mentoring and the benefits for the children and young people accessing your services and discover a range of best practice peer mentoring projects and their impacts.
  • Date:  24 March, 2026
  • Time:  13:00 - 15:00
  • Type:  Training
  • Organiser:  Sector
  • Cost:  Paid
  • Location:  Online

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DofE, Skills for Life and Work
Register now to bring along DofE participants or recent Award holders from your licensed organisation to join an interactive day to inspire their next steps into new opportunities and life after DofE.
  • Date:  26 March, 2026
  • Time:  9:30 - 15:00
  • Type:  Conference
  • Organiser:  Sector
  • Cost:  Free
  • Location:  Edinburgh

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Understand, Communicate & Resolve
An early intervention aid to preventing, managing and resolving conflict within families. This free training from SCCR will give participants the opportunity to self reflect and understand some of the dynamics of conflict within relationships.
  • Date:  26 March, 2026
  • Time:  10:00 - 16:00
  • Type:  Training
  • Organiser:  Sector
  • Cost:  Free
  • Location:  South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire

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Safe Social Media
This interactive workshop from Youth Scotland aims to give participants an understanding of the impact that media generally, and social media specifically, can have on young people, to explore how to encourage safe social media usage and to gain practical skills/ideas to encourage positive social media use in your own groups.
  • Date:  26 March, 2026
  • Time:  18:00 - 21:00
  • Type:  Training
  • Organiser:  Sector
  • Cost:  Free, Paid
  • Location:  Online

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Upholding the Rights of Children Appearing at Court
Join CYCJ  for the launch of the Children’s Right’s at Court Guidance Toolkit. In this webinar the need for the toolkit will be highlighted and what is known about existing court practice and opportunities based on local authority feedback.
  • Date:  30 March, 2026
  • Time:  12:30 - 13:30
  • Type:  Webinar
  • Organiser:  Other
  • Cost:  Free
  • Location:  Online

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Let's Talk About Online
Conversations make a difference! Join this training to explore how to chat to young people about what's happening in their online lives.
  • Date:  31 March, 2026
  • Time:  10:30 - 12:00
  • Type:  Training
  • Organiser:  YouthLink Scotland
  • Cost:  Free
  • Location:  Online

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Outdoor Learning – In a Youth Work Setting
This online interactive session is designed to help youth workers feel confident, prepared, and inspired for outdoor activity, ahead of their holiday programmes. The session aims to develop a clear understanding of what outdoor learning is and the benefits it brings to young people.
  • Date:  1 April, 2026
  • Time:  13:00 - 16:00
  • Type:  Webinar
  • Organiser:  Sector
  • Cost:  Free, Paid
  • Location:  Online

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Youth Work and Schools Collaborative Meeting
The Youth Work and Schools Collaborative brings together practitioners across Scotland to share learning and explore themed topics. This session will focus on youth work’s role in supporting mental health and wellbeing in schools, exploring how youth work can create safe, supportive spaces, build trusted relationships, and promote emotional wellbeing for young people.
  • Date:  1 April, 2026
  • Time:  15:00 - 16:30
  • Type:  Webinar
  • Organiser:  YouthLink Scotland
  • Cost:  Free
  • Location:  Online

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Networked Misogyny: Incels, Tradwives and the Violent Fringe of the Manosphere
Focusing on online cultures such as incel communities, men’s rights activism, and trad-wife ideologies, the course examines how misogynistic beliefs are produced, shared, and normalised through digital networks—and how these narratives can shape attitudes, behaviours, and risks in women’s lives.
  • Date:  8 April, 2026
  • Time:  10:00 - 13:00
  • Type:  Training
  • Organiser:  Other
  • Cost:  Paid
  • Location:  Online

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Seeing Wellbeing, Care and Constraint Through Young People’s Eyes: What This Means for Youth Justice in Scotland
This webinar explores what young people in Scotland say about wellbeing, care, and the structural constraints shaping their everyday lives and considers what these insights mean for youth justice practice and policy.
  • Date:  9 April, 2026
  • Time:  12:00 - 13:00
  • Type:  Webinar
  • Organiser:  Other
  • Cost:  Free
  • Location:  Online

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Gambling in the Family: The Hidden Harms
This training will explore gambling and the associated risks and harms, including the increasingly blurred lines between gaming and gambling.
  • Date:  21 April, 2026
  • Time:  10:00 - 12:00
  • Type:  Training
  • Organiser:  Sector
  • Cost:  Free
  • Location:  Online

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Understanding and Challenging Justice Inequalities
Join CYCJ to explore the latest research and innovative work to understand and challenge justice inequalities for children and young people who come into conflict with Scotland’s care and justice systems, focusing on two ground-breaking pieces of work.
  • Date:  21 April, 2026
  • Time:  12:00 - 13:00
  • Type:  Webinar
  • Organiser:  Other
  • Cost:  Free
  • Location:  Online

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