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Equity in Education - The Vital Role of Youth Work
We've published a report to highlight what has been achieved and learned through the Youth Work and Schools SAC National Programme to date, and the importance of continuing to strengthen collaboration across the educational system, so that all young people can reach their full potential.
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Youth Work and Online Lives
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 needs to engage with right now? Are there alternative approaches? Our survey (open until 4th May) is for those who work with young people in Scotland.

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.

Call-Out to Film Makers, Creatives, Film Producers: Tender Opportunity
A decade after the release of Mark’s Story: One Knife, Many Victims, this influential resource continues to shape prevention work across education, youth services, and community safety. We are now inviting proposals (deadline - 20th May) for a new phase of work that revisits Mark’s Story Ten Years on.

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Climate Week 2024 - How to get involved and resources for your use!
Every year since 2016, communities and organisations from all across Scotland have come together for Scotland's Climate Week. This year, from 23rd to 29th September, it’s a chance to celebrate and encourage climate action, and to learn more about tackling climate change by sharing ‘Stories for Change’. Share your story using #ScotClimateWeek to help spark new ideas and inspire others to act.
  • Topic:  Learning for Sustainability
  • Date:  22 August, 2024

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Getting it right for everyone (GIRFE)
A proposed multi-agency approach to health and social care support and services from young adulthood to end of life care.
  • Topic:  Health & Wellbeing
  • Date:  20 August, 2024

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“It’s Not Just Their Job, It’s Our Whole Lives”
A new report by Forces Children Scotland outlines how the rights of children and young people from armed forces families are affected in the areas of protection, provision and participation rights.
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability, Rights, Participation & Volunteering
  • Date:  20 August, 2024

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Improving Relationships and Behaviour in Schools
New guidance to empower schools to take action on mobile phone use and next steps in ongoing work to improve relationships and behaviour in schools has been published.
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability
  • Date:  19 August, 2024

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Youth Work's Role in Tackling Homelessness
This joint policy briefing paper is aimed at policy makers and highlights how youth work’s focus on early intervention and prevention can mitigate the impacts of and the number of young people who experience youth homelessness.
  • Topic:  Housing/Homelessness, Policy & Influencing
  • Date:  19 August, 2024

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Tackling Gendered Violence
Next steps to address violence against women and girls, including measures to combat culturally specific forms of violence, have been unveiled.
  • Topic:  Equality, Violence
  • Date:  13 August, 2024

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New LGBTIQ+ Inclusive Youth Work Resources and Training
This free eLearning Platform offers five interactive online courses to gain the basic knowledge and skills to work with LGBTIQ+ young people. There's also a Manual which includes key information about working with LGBTIQ+ young people, best practice guidelines, information on how to support and safeguard LGBTIQ+ young people, and ready-to-use activities.
  • Topic:  Equality
  • Date:  12 August, 2024

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Scotland's Youth Arts Open Fund launches a second round of national funding
Over £440,000 will be made available to support the delivery of free community-based arts activities for children and young people living in Scotland.
  • Topic:  Funding
  • Date:  6 August, 2024

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New Service to Support Care-experienced Young People to Find Their Forever Home
Barnardo's has launched a new service in South Lanarkshire to help care-experienced young people manage their own home and to live independently.
  • Topic:  Care, Housing/Homelessness
  • Date:  5 August, 2024

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Call for Participants - Research on Food-related Videos on Social Media
Researchers are looking for participants aged 18 to 25 years old, living in the UK for the past five years, to take part in a study to understand how young people engage with food-related videos on social media and how these videos impact their decisions about food.
  • Topic:  Health & Wellbeing
  • Date:  5 August, 2024

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Decoding the Digital Skills Gap
Prince's Trust research warns of 'digital skills crisis' as over a third of young people worry they do not have the digital skills to get a job. 
  • Topic:  Digital Youth Work, Education, Skills & Employability
  • Date:  1 August, 2024

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Job Start Payment for Young People
Find out more about the Job Start Payment - a one-off payment of £314.45 to help with the costs of starting a new job including clothes, equipment and transport.
  • Topic:  Rights, Participation & Volunteering
  • Date:  31 July, 2024

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