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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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Participatory Research and Community Safety Questionnaire
Generations Working Together (GWT) are looking for your help to explore connections between younger and older people in Glasgow communities.
  • Date:  26 June, 2023

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HBSC Report on Scottish Adolescents: Unravelling Health Trends and Lifestyle Choices
New insights into Scottish adolescents’ health and lifestyle trends have been unveiled recently in HBSC Scotland’s latest national report.
  • Topic:  Health & Wellbeing
  • Date:  26 June, 2023

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Age-appropriate Care and Justice
Proposed legislation to ensure children receive age-appropriate justice and support has passed its first parliamentary stage, in a vital step towards Keeping the Promise.
  • Topic:  Child Protection, Prevention & Early Intervention
  • Date:  26 June, 2023

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SYPF Recognised at Scottish Charity Awards
Four young panellists travelled to Edinburgh for a night of celebration after SYPF was selected as a finalist in the Climate Conscious category.
  • Topic:  Learning for Sustainability
  • Date:  26 June, 2023

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Attainment Scotland Fund - Improvement in Attainment and Health and Wellbeing: Evaluation Report
Evidence around improvement in attainment and health and wellbeing, and the gap between pupils from the most and least deprived areas. It is an initial key output from the new Attainment Scotland Fund (ASF) evaluation strategy and forms part of the overall body of evidence for the evaluation.
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability
  • Date:  26 June, 2023

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Learning for Sustainability Action Plan now live
A refreshed action plan placing sustainability at the centre of the Scottish education system has been launched – including an ambitious commitment to ensure that every school and early learning setting will be sustainable by 2030.
  • Topic:  Learning for Sustainability
  • Date:  26 June, 2023

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Better Together: Youth Work with Schools report
This new report from the National Youth Agency in England is the result of a call for evidence and a survey of schools and youth work organisations, as well as interviews with young people. 
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability
  • Date:  22 June, 2023

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Transforming Conflict, Improving Lives: A new report by Cyrenians Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution
The SCCR has launched a new report covering the service's work over the past seven years while looking to its future.
  • Topic:  Health & Wellbeing
  • Date:  22 June, 2023

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Decision-making: Children and young people's participation
Scottish Government guidance to support those who are required to or want to engage with children and young people as part of their decision-making.
  • Topic:  Rights, Participation & Volunteering
  • Date:  22 June, 2023

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It's Our Future: Report of the Independent Review of Qualifications and Assessment
Professor Louise Hayward's report following her Independent Review of Qualifications and Assessment (IRQA) recommends reform of the current senior school phase, including the creation of a new Scottish Diploma of Achievement (SDA).
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability
  • Date:  22 June, 2023

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Climate Change Training
Online climate change webinars available to support organisations and their audiences to engage meaningfully in the Scottish Government’s Climate Change Engagement process.
  • Topic:  Learning for Sustainability
  • Date:  22 June, 2023

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National Youth Work Awards Winners 2023
A huge congratulations to our stellar cast of National Youth Work Awards winners, who lit up a raucous night of celebrating the very best of youth work in Scotland.
  • Topic:  National Youth Work Awards
  • Date:  22 June, 2023

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