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National Youth Work Conference 2026
This year’s conference will bring together practitioners, academics, pioneering projects and policy leaders to explore the future of mental health and wellbeing support for young people.

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Let's Talk About Online
Digital youth work creates a setting where young people can explore topics that impact on their real lives in a safe, practical and relevant way. Join this training from 10.30am to 12pm on 1st September to find out more.

YouthLink Scotland Members Network: Exploring European Youth Work
17th September - 11am to 12.30pm. Bookings are now open for our third meeting of 2026, exploring European youth work with the British Council, the incoming UK National Agency for Erasmus+.
Help Test Youth Work Skills Track
YouthLink Scotland is recruiting up to 100 organisations to take part in the next phase of testing Youth Work Skills Track, a new digital tool developed around the National Youth Work Outcomes and Skills Framework. Get in touch by 31st August.

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Two Thirds of Girls Change Their Everyday Behaviour to Avoid Sexual Harassment
New research from Girlguiding reveals how the persistent threat of sexism, misogyny and harassment is impacting girls’ everyday lives and affecting their confidence, mental health and wellbeing.
  • Topic:  Equality
  • Date:  23 September, 2025

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Plain Packaging May Help Tackle Teen Vaping
Plain packaging of vape pods reduces young people’s interest in trying them, but does not reduce interest among adults, according to a new study led by UCL and King’s College London researchers.
  • Topic:  Health & Wellbeing
  • Date:  22 September, 2025

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2025 Inequality Landscape
Overall, this report by the Health Foundation, suggests there have been modest gains in some living-standards, including some hopeful signs of reductions in child poverty, but this is set against persistent, and in places deepening, structural inequalities that continue to drive poor health. Focusing on average outcomes paints a picture of men in Scotland doing relatively well but this obscures a subset of young adult men facing multiple socio-economic challenges who are at high risk of early, preventable deaths.
  • Topic:  Equality, Health & Wellbeing
  • Date:  22 September, 2025

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Can Scotland Break the Cycle of Childhood Health Inequalities?
A new report, published by the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) in partnership with the Mental Health Foundation, warns that childhood health inequalities will persist without a decisive shift from short-term, reactive measures to long-term, preventative approaches.
  • Topic:  Health & Wellbeing
  • Date:  22 September, 2025

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One in Three Young People Surveyed Expect to Need Mental Health Support in Coming Year
The majority (64%) of young adults in Britain say they have experienced mental health difficulties, with a third (32%) expecting to need support in the coming year, according to polling commissioned from YouGov by UCL’s Grand Challenge of Mental Health & Wellbeing.
  • Topic:  Health & Wellbeing
  • Date:  22 September, 2025

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Scottish Household Survey 2024: Volunteer Participation Rate Increases to 25%
After formal volunteer participation dropped to its lowest recorded level of 18% in 2023, the latest Scottish Household Survey results for 2024 show positive changes, with 25% of adults in Scotland volunteering with a group, club or organisation in 2024. This means the number of volunteers in Scotland increased by 331,000 between 2023 and 2024.
  • Date:  22 September, 2025

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Young People Take Lead on AI Research
Young people from two Scottish youth groups are stepping up to explore how AI is affecting them and their peers. The project is led by YouthLink Scotland with funding from the Include Plus Network.  Young people are choosing which topics to explore and will be offered support to help them carry out the youth-led research in an ethical way.
  • Topic:  Digital Youth Work
  • Date:  18 September, 2025

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New Study Calls for Greater Support for Outdoor Learning
More outdoor learning is 'essential' for young people in Scotland, whose opportunities to go outside fall far short of what is offered in other countries, says a new study led by the University of Stirling in collaboration with the University of Glasgow.
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability, Outdoor Learning
  • Date:  18 September, 2025

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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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