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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. The call for workshops and articles is open until 17th July.
Better Lives Survey 2026
This new report draws on engagement with 2,922 young people across Scotland and provides valuable insight into how young people perceive violence, knife crime, safety, and prevention efforts in the current social climate.

Applications Open for £758,000 Youth Arts Open Fund
This fund aims to support freelance artists or organisations seeking small amounts of funding so that they can deliver arts activity for children and young people. The deadline for applications is 5pm on 21st July.
Building Ethical Partnerships with the Tech Sector
A new set of tools has been launched, designed to support youth work organisations to make ethical alliances with technology companies.

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Met Office Community Responder Training Prospectus
The Met Office has released a prospectus for online training courses specifically designed for Community Responders and volunteers.
  • Topic:  Training & Development
  • Date:  7 July, 2025

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Searching for solutions - where youth work comes in to tackling online harm
Our digital youth work lead Hilary Phillips demonstrates a data driven argument for investing in youth work to tackle the overwhelming issues of online harm and anxiety that impacts young people in today’s world - highlighting responses to current issues from the latest Children and Young People’s Cross Party Group meeting.
  • Topic:  Digital Youth Work
  • Date:  3 July, 2025

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Teaching About Migration CPD launch
The British Red Cross have launched a new Teaching About Migration CPD course, which offers an introduction to teaching about migration using a trauma-informed approach.
  • Topic:  Training & Development
  • Date:  3 July, 2025

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Social Media Literacy & Wellbeing Programme
Edinburgh Napier University and The Young Women’s Movement are partnering on a project to educate teenage girls aged 14-17 about social media marketing, helping them make informed, conscious choices online.
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability
  • Date:  1 July, 2025

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New Sextortion Education Resource
Fearless has launched a new Scotland-wide education resource, aimed at helping young people better understand, recognise and respond to sextortion.
  • Topic:  Crime, Digital Youth Work
  • Date:  26 June, 2025

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Playday 2025
The theme for Playday 2025 is ‘Spaces for Play’. This exciting UK-wide celebration takes place on Wednesday, 6th of August 2025, and highlights the important role play has in children’s development, wellbeing, and connection to their communities and culture.
  • Topic:  Leisure & Recreation, Outdoor Learning
  • Date:  25 June, 2025

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Disclosure of Childhood Criminal Convictions
From 1st April 2025, new rules under the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 mean that most convictions made during childhood will no longer need to be shared when applying for most jobs. The changes aim to reduce the long-term impact of early mistakes and give young people a better chance to move forward with their lives. Clan Childlaw has published a new briefing paper explaining how recent changes to the law affect young people with criminal records.
  • Topic:  Child Protection
  • Date:  25 June, 2025

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Children and AI: Teaching Pack
Children’s Parliament, the Scottish AI Alliance and The Alan Turing Institute are proud to launch a free, practical teaching resource that helps  introduce Artificial Intelligence (AI) in a way that is engaging, age-appropriate and grounded in children’s human rights.
  • Topic:  Digital Youth Work
  • Date:  25 June, 2025

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National Improvement Framework Attainment and Health and Wellbeing Measures 2025
This report summarises evidence around improvement in attainment and health and wellbeing, and the gap between pupils from the most and least deprived areas. It draws on analysis of quantitative data based on the core measures for monitoring progress on closing the poverty-related attainment gap.
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability, Health & Wellbeing, Poverty
  • Date:  25 June, 2025

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YouthLink Scotland Training Report 2024-25
It’s been another successful year of training delivery within YouthLink Scotland, delivering 3,851 learning places on key themes that matter to the sector and young people. Check out our Training Report for 2024-25 to find out more.
  • Topic:  Training & Development
  • Date:  25 June, 2025

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Free School Meals Expansion
This trial phase of the free school meals programme will see S1 to S3 pupils in receipt of the Scottish Child Payment, who attend selected schools in eight local authority areas, receive a nutritious and healthy meal.
  • Topic:  Health & Wellbeing, Poverty
  • Date:  23 June, 2025

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How Does the Education Reform Agenda Align with Scotland’s Biggest Priorities?
The report – the first analysis of its kind – is entitled ‘Gaps, overlaps, and challenges’ and calls for the realignment of education skills policy in Scotland if the country is to maximise the progress it can make. The results reveal how education and skills policy can be better integrated across national priorities to tackle longstanding societal challenges and secure a strong future.
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability
  • Date:  23 June, 2025

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