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Updated On-line Scottish Outdoor Access Code Education Resource Pack
Full of interesting activities and designed for anyone who is keen to learn more about and encourage responsible access in the outdoors - greenspaces and the wider countryside.
  • Topic:  Outdoor Learning
  • Date:  2 February, 2024
Many Good Men
An interactive, digital performance at Hearts FC which follows two footballers who have witnessed a traumatic event trying to learn more about the online radicalisation of masculinity.
  • Topic:  Equality
  • Date:  2 February, 2024
Applications open for Scottish Charity Awards 2024
The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is calling for voluntary organisations and individuals across the country to apply for its annual Scottish Charity Awards. Deadline for nominations: Friday 15th March.
  • Date:  1 February, 2024
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International opportunities
Check out the latest training opportunities within the Erasmus+: Youth in Action Programme, European Solidarity Corps and beyond!
  • Topic:  International
  • Date:  30 January, 2024
The Prince's Trust NatWest Youth Index 2024
One in five young people in the UK have missed school or work in the past year due to their mental health, warns Prince’s Trust research.
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability, Health & Wellbeing
  • Date:  29 January, 2024
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Tobacco Age of Sale to be Raised and Single-use Vapes Banned
Plans to ban single use vapes and raise the tobacco age of sale so that no one born on or after 1 January 2009 can ever legally be sold tobacco in Scotland have been unveiled.
  • Topic:  Health & Wellbeing
  • Date:  29 January, 2024
The Open Justice Law Clinic Survey of Youth Work Provision in Scotland
Take part in an Open University survey looking at Scotland’s current youth work provision. The deadline for this survey is 9th February.
  • Topic:  Active Youth Work
  • Date:  29 January, 2024
Aye Mind Newsletter
The Aye Mind newsletter is all about digital youth mental health news, research, resources, and developments. Find out more and subscribe.
  • Topic:  Health & Wellbeing
  • Date:  29 January, 2024
The Good Measure Project - Research on the Links Between Adolescent Sexuality and Mental Health and Wellbeing
Do you currently work with young people (aged 14-15) who might be willing to take part in an online workshop for the Good Measure research project? The workshop will be held on 21st March. All participants will be thanked for their time with a £35 voucher.
  • Topic:  Health & Wellbeing
  • Date:  28 January, 2024
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Policy Briefing on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)
The landmark legislation on the rights of the child will officially come into force on 16 July 2024.
  • Topic:  Policy & Influencing, Rights, Participation & Volunteering
  • Date:  25 January, 2024
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Community Learning and Development (CLD): Independent Review
The review will make recommendations on where changes may be required to deliver those outcomes through CLD practice in the context of wider education reform, whilst ensuring sector readiness to meet future known or unknown challenges, whilst being mindful of current challenges around public finances.
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability
  • Date:  23 January, 2024
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Can you help us gather young people’s views on access to careers information and advice?
We want to hear young people’s perspectives on what information they would like about careers and about the job market in their local area. Get in touch by 30th January if you would be willing to lead a 1-hour focus group for young people using materials provided by YouthLink Scotland.
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability
  • Date:  22 January, 2024

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