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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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Moira Anderson Foundation creates new model of care for children affected by abuse

Gillian Urqhart, Director of the Moira Anderson Foundation blogs on helping to create a new model of care for children affected by abuse.

Topic: Health & Wellbeing, Policy & Influencing, Prevention & Early Intervention
Date: 4 September, 2019

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Breaking the Stigma: Mental health and the role of the youth work sector

Emily Carson, Masters student at the University of Edinburgh, explores the relationship between mental health and youth work.

Topic: Health & Wellbeing, National Youth Work Awards
Date: 29 August, 2019
Author: Martin

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Overcoming challenges that impact engagement at school

YouthLink Scotland's Youth Work and Schools partnership programme aims to promote and expand the role of youth work in closing the poverty-related attainment gap.

Topic: Education, Skills & Employability
Date: 8 August, 2019
Author: Alice

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Scottish Government’s UNCRC Incorporation Consultation: Options

Dr Kasey McCall-Smith has blogged for us about the options for incorporation and her thoughts on the preferred option.

Topic: Rights, Participation & Volunteering
Date: 7 August, 2019
Author: Martin

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Girlguiding Scotland: We help girls shape the future

The team at Girlguiding Scotland have blogged for us as part of our #MyLearnerJourney series to share the work they do to show girls and young women that there's no wrong path.

Topic: Education, Skills & Employability
Date: 1 August, 2019
Author: Martin

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Seal of Approval at recent UNCRC consultation event

Kevin Kane, Policy & Research Manager at YouthLink Scotland reflects on the recent consultation event on the incorporation of the UNCRC into Scots Law.

Topic: International, Policy & Influencing, Rights, Participation & Volunteering
Date: 30 July, 2019

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Callum’s journey to becoming an Education Support Officer

Our latest #MyLearnerJourney blog follows Callum as he volunteers overseas and gets his International Volunteering Diploma.

Topic: Education, Skills & Employability, Rights, Participation & Volunteering
Date: 26 July, 2019

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Rachael on her learner journey

On the run up to results day on 6th August, we’re sharing people’s stories of how they got to where they are today and the role of youth work in that journey. Today, Rachael Hatfield, an #IWill Ambassador, MSYP and youth worker, shares her story.

Topic: Education, Skills & Employability, Policy & Influencing, Rights, Participation & Volunteering, Training & Development
Date: 15 July, 2019
Author: Alice

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Gearing up for positive futures

YouthLink Scotland’s Youth Work and Schools partnership programme aims to promote and expand the role of youth work in closing the poverty-related attainment gap. In our blog today, we take a look at how the Gear Up 2 Go project is working with schools in Aberdeenshire to help young people make positive transitions to employment, training, and further education.

Topic: Education, Skills & Employability
Date: 8 July, 2019
Author: Sarah Paterson

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Increasing attendance and engagement at school

YouthLink Scotland’s Youth Work and Schools partnership programme aim's to promote and expand the role of youth work in closing the poverty-related attainment gap.

Topic: Education, Skills & Employability, Equality, Poverty, Youth Work Strategy
Date: 14 June, 2019

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Full Incorporation of the UNCRC into Scots Law

Kevin Kane, Policy and Research Manager, shares what YouthLink Scotland are up to as we head towards the full incorporation of UNCRC into Scots Law.

Topic: Equality, International, Policy & Influencing, Rights, Participation & Volunteering
Date: 10 June, 2019

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A Report on Brexit and youth work in Scotland

A report released today by two leading youth work sector organisations shows youth workers have witnessed a negative impact on community relations since the EU Referendum in June 2016.

Topic: Policy & Influencing
Date: 7 March, 2019
Author: Alice

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