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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.

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.

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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Discover Life-changing Opportunities with Erasmus+
Are you a Scottish-based youth organisation looking for funding to develop your skills, expand opportunities for young people and connect with partners? Join British Council's free, practical webinars to discover more about how Erasmus+ can support your projects in youth work, mobility, inclusion, and collaboration!
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability, International
  • Date:  8 June, 2026

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Wonder Fools’ Positive Stories For Negative Times
Wonder Fools’ free international participatory project returns for Season 5, with brand new plays created especially for young people. Across the last five seasons, Positive Stories for Negative Times has brought together 11,583 young people from 817 groups to create bold, imaginative theatre in schools, youth theatres and communities across the world.
  • Date:  8 June, 2026

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International Opportunities & Resources
Check out the latest European and international training opportunities and youth work resources.
  • Topic:  International
  • Date:  5 June, 2026

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Education Beyond 2030: Global Youth and Student Consultations to Shape the Future Education Agenda
UNESCO has launched a global consultation for young people on the future of education. This is an incredible opportunity for children and young people across Scotland to participate in a global conversation to co-design the future of education.  There are session plans available and responses are invited from informal settings.
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability, International
  • Date:  4 June, 2026

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Scotland's Youth Work Champions Celebrated at National Youth Work Awards 2026
Outstanding youth workers, volunteers, projects and organisations from across Scotland have been recognised at the National Youth Work Awards 2026, celebrating the life-changing impact of youth work in communities across the country.
  • Topic:  National Youth Work Awards
  • Date:  3 June, 2026

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New NKBL Resource: A Summer Story
‘A Summer Story’ is a comic-style resource accompanied by a flexible session plan, printable handouts, and a full 45-minute PowerPoint. It explores how situations can escalate, with a particular focus on summer gatherings and peer dynamics. The story centres on a beach setting – a scenario that many young people will recognise and relate to.
  • Date:  2 June, 2026

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Melanoma Fund Free Sunguarding® Resources for Organisations Working Outdoors
As Scotland encourages more children and young people to learn, play and be active outdoors, are we doing enough to help them stay sun safe? The Melanoma Fund has developed a range of free Sunguarding® resources for organisations working outdoors.
  • Topic:  Health & Wellbeing, Outdoor Learning
  • Date:  2 June, 2026

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Young People Urge Scotland’s New Education Secretary to Ensure They Have Access to Healthy Relationships Education
Young people across Scotland have penned messages urging the new Education, Culture and Gaelic Secretary, Máiri McAllan, to give all pupils the opportunity to learn about healthy relationships in a card sent by the NSPCC.
  • Topic:  Health & Wellbeing
  • Date:  2 June, 2026

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Care Experienced Young People Face Basic Practical Barriers to Accessing Their First Job
New research by Action for Children and the John Lewis Partnership shows a quarter of care-experienced people struggle to land their first job due to a lack of ID to prove eligibility to work.
  • Topic:  Care, Education, Skills & Employability
  • Date:  1 June, 2026

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Not Enough Evidence to Show Social Media Ban Will Protect Children’s Rights, Says Commissioner
A social media ban for under-16s would not currently be a proportionate, effective, or enforceable way to protect children’s rights, according to the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland.
  • Topic:  Digital Youth Work, Rights, Participation & Volunteering
  • Date:  1 June, 2026

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Understanding Local Labour Market Pressures to Reduce Child Poverty in Scotland
JRF commissioned the Fraser of Allander Institute to answer a simple question: how many people want to work and how many jobs are available across all 32 local authority areas in Scotland. The answer is far from simple, and reveals local differences that national-level data obscures. It also reveals a path towards reduced child poverty, and increased economic justice.
  • Topic:  Poverty
  • Date:  1 June, 2026

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The Impact of Online Misogyny on Children and Young People's Attitudes and Behaviours
Barnardo's has launched a new campaign, Call It What It Is, working alongside children and young people to counter dangerous narratives about misogyny and harmful notions of masculinity alongside findings from a poll of 4,000 young people aged 13-20, across all four nations of the UK. The findings were stark and paint a picture of a distressing online environment for young people.
  • Topic:  Positive Masculinity
  • Date:  1 June, 2026

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