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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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Growing Up Connected: Youth Work and Young People in a Digital Scotland
A new publication from YouthLink Scotland brings together voices from across the sector to explore how youth work is making a difference to young people’s online lives.
Youth Work Week 2026 - Communications Toolkit Launched
This Youth Work Week runs from 2nd-8th November. Help us show how youth work supports young people’s mental health and wellbeing by sharing what happens in your project, what young people value and the difference your work makes.
#iWillFest is Coming: 18th to 20th November
The #iWill Festival of Social Action is the #iWill Movement’s annual flagship campaign – three days of youth-led events, place-based celebration and national social action, taking place every November.

Knowing your rights when taking part in research
YouthLink Scotland, Young Scot and Scottish Youth Parliament have created a 2-page document to better equip young people to understand their rights when taking part in research.

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Ready for Youth Work
A practical course for youth workers and volunteers to ensure that they can: create a safe space for young people; plan, deliver and evaluate fun youth work sessions for young people; engage young people meaningfully and celebrate and recognise their achievements.
  • Date:  4 November, 2026
  • Time:  13:00 - 16:00
  • Type:  Training
  • Organiser:  Sector
  • Cost:  Free
  • Location:  Online

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Free Training Session on Contextual Safeguarding for Youth Workers
Delivered by the Global Centre for Contextual Safeguarding at Durham University, this session will look at the key domains, values and features of the Contextual Safeguarding framework and identify the distinctive strengths that youth workers bring to Contextual Safeguarding practice.
  • Date:  5 November, 2026
  • Time:  9:30 - 12:30
  • Type:  Training
  • Organiser:  Other
  • Cost:  Free
  • Location:  Online

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A Complete Guide to PVG and Your Signatory Role
This session is designed to support all lead and additional signatories, whether you are new to the role, about to step into the role or are interested in finding out more about what the role of being a signatory involves. This session covers all aspects of the PVG Scheme and will leave you with the information required to process PVG scheme applications for your organisation.
  • Date:  5 November, 2026
  • Time:  10:00 - 16:00
  • Type:  Training
  • Organiser:  Other
  • Cost:  Free
  • Location:  Stirling

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Relationships Matter 7: Why Have Expectations and Consequences in Schools?
In this bite size webinar you'll explore the journey from: developing shared values, to establishing how these translate into expectations around behaviour and consequences, to writing an educational setting’s Relationships and Behaviour Policy.
  • Date:  5 November, 2026
  • Time:  15:30 - 16:00
  • Type:  Webinar
  • Organiser:  Other
  • Cost:  Free
  • Location:  Online

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YouthVIP - Youth Volunteering in Schools Resource Training (North)
YouthVIP invite you to a training session on their recently refreshed 'Youth Volunteering Champion Schools Resource.' This resource, created in collaboration with young people, aims to act as a bridge to connect ideas, practices and approaches that currently exist around youth volunteering in schools.
  • Date:  5 November, 2026
  • Time:  16:00 - 17:30
  • Type:  Training
  • Organiser:  YouthLink Scotland
  • Cost:  Free
  • Location:  Online

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Detached Youth Work
This workshop from Youth Scotland will explore the practicalities and core components of high quality detached youth work. Attendees will have the opportunity to look at the basic implementation and delivery of detached youth work including risk assessment, procedures and maintaining engagement.
  • Date:  6 November, 2026
  • Time:  10:00 - 13:00
  • Type:  Workshop
  • Organiser:  Sector
  • Cost:  Free, Paid
  • Location:  Online

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Scotland's Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy: Prevention, Justice and Support
This conference will examine what Scotland needs to do next to make Equally Safe real in practice. It will consider prevention in schools and communities, online misogyny, domestic abuse, sexual violence and justice responses. It will also address the role of housing and financial support, trauma-informed recovery, workplace responsibilities and public-body accountability. YouthLink Scotland members can use code YLS10 for a 10% discount.
  • Date:  10 November, 2026
  • Time:  9:00 - 13:00
  • Type:  Conference
  • Organiser:  Other
  • Cost:  Paid
  • Location:  Online

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EDI Community of Practice - Supporting Care-experienced Young People
This session will explore good practice in supporting care experienced young people with inputs from North Lanarkshire's Compass Project. It will provide an insight into the positive impact youth work can have on care experienced young people and provide an opportunity to hear about some great practice and share your own thoughts and questions on this area of work.
  • Date:  10 November, 2026
  • Time:  10:00 - 12:30
  • Type:  Webinar
  • Organiser:  YouthLink Scotland
  • Cost:  Free
  • Location:  Online

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Child Protection Awareness Training
Join Youth Scotland for an engaging and informative online workshop designed to support youth workers and volunteers in understanding and applying effective child protection practices.
  • Date:  10 November, 2026
  • Time:  10:00 - 13:00
  • Type:  Training
  • Organiser:  Sector
  • Cost:  Free, Paid
  • Location:  Online

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Relationships Still Matter 1: Solution Oriented Principles
This webinar will explore what is meant by being solution-oriented. It will look at solution oriented principles amd related techniques that can support conversations for change.
  • Date:  10 November, 2026
  • Time:  15:30 - 17:00
  • Type:  Webinar
  • Organiser:  Other
  • Cost:  Free
  • Location:  Online

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Level 1- Introductory Training to Hi5 and DYA
This interactive online workshop introduces you to Youth Scotland’s Hi5 Award and Dynamic Youth Award (DYA). You will learn how to confidently promote, support and deliver these awards within your youth group, school or project.
  • Date:  11 November, 2026
  • Time:  10:00 - 12:00
  • Type:  Training
  • Organiser:  Sector
  • Cost:  Paid
  • Location:  Online

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Youth Work and Schools Collaborative – The Role of Youth Work in Supporting Young People’s Transitions into Positive Post-School Destinations
The Youth Work and Schools Collaborative meeting will be an opportunity to share practice and discuss how youth work teams are working with schools and other local partners to meet the needs of young people - and how we can work together to improve the support that we offer.
  • Date:  11 November, 2026
  • Time:  15:00 - 16:30
  • Type:  Webinar
  • Organiser:  YouthLink Scotland
  • Location:  Online

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