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Effective Youth Work Approaches to Tackling Attendance
Check out our new resources aimed at supporting schools and youth work teams to enable them to work together to create the right conditions for engagement and learning.
National Youth Work Awards 2025
Shining a light on Scotland’s youth work heroes! Nominations for this year’s National Youth Work Awards are open until 10th January.
Members Network
Members Network
We are pleased to open bookings for our final Members Network meeting of 2024. This meeting will focus on empowering young people to have a healthy relationship with their phone. Please note this event is for members of YouthLink Scotland only. Online 12th December
Upstream Prevention: The Vital Role of Youth Work - Link Magazine 2024
The latest sector magazine explores youth work's role in prevention through upstream solutions.

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Developing the Workforce: YouthLink Scotland’s Year in Training
Our workforce development initiatives have empowered youth workers across Scotland and beyond, equipping them with skills to tackle pressing challenges, from AI to climate change, and children's rights to equalities.
  • Topic:  Training & Development
  • Date:  22 November, 2024

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#StillWeRise: Defying Stereotypes
Read #IWill Ambassador Gemma Hickey's blog on Day 5 of #IWill Week which takes a look at confronting public perceptions of young people.
  • Topic:  Rights, Participation & Volunteering
  • Date:  22 November, 2024
  • Author:  #IWill Ambassador

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#StillWeRise: Against the Odds - The Experiences and Struggles of Influencing Change
It’s Day 4 of #IWillWeek 2024! The theme today is 'Against the odds - The experiences and struggles of influencing change'. #IWill Ambassador Niamh Mackenize's blog is all about about some of the difficulties she has had to face during her social action journey.
  • Topic:  Health & Wellbeing, Rights, Participation & Volunteering
  • Date:  21 November, 2024
  • Author:  #IWill Ambassador

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#StillWeRise: Finding the Balance
This blog is all about navigating trauma, unrest and division, especially in the context of social media.
  • Topic:  Health & Wellbeing, Rights, Participation & Volunteering
  • Date:  18 November, 2024
  • Author:  #IWill Ambassador

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Youth Work and Careers Services
A diverse range of sectors and organisations work collaboratively to ensure people in Scotland have skills and experiences that allow them to grow and succeed in a rapidly changing world. 
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability
  • Date:  11 November, 2024
  • Author:  Marielle Curran

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Youth work can help us to build communities - not tear them down
Youth work has a role to play in restoring cohesion, starting with our young people.
  • Topic:  Equality, Rights, Participation & Volunteering
  • Date:  9 August, 2024
  • Author:  Sarah Robinson Galloway

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Recognising youth work's civic influence on a global scale
For this year's Policy Convention on 28 August, we welcome elected representatives, and youth workers from Scotland, Finland, Nigeria, India, and many more.
  • Topic:  Policy & Influencing
  • Date:  26 July, 2024

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Forward to a bright future with youth work at the core of UNCRC delivery
With UNCRC enforcement comes an opportunity to ensure that youth work plays a pivotal role in its delivery, ensuring young people's rights are not only observed, but celebrated.
  • Topic:  Policy & Influencing
  • Date:  12 July, 2024

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Deaf Action members performing 'the worm' up the red carpet at the National Youth Work Awards 2023
Championing diversity: Deaf Action's story of winning a National Youth Work Award
Deaf Action’s Youth Service were crowned Team of the Year at the National Youth Work Awards in 2023.
  • Topic:  National Youth Work Awards
  • Date:  6 May, 2024
  • Author:  Deaf Action

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Craig Burns wins a national youth work award for recognising skills and achievements
Celebrating a year of achievement with Craig Burns
Craig was a 2023 National Youth Work Award, picking up a trophy for our Recognising Skills & Achievement category.
  • Topic:  National Youth Work Awards
  • Date:  1 May, 2024
  • Author:  Craig Burns

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Youth Spark: Digital Youth Work in Action
Citadel youth worker Jane Ryder provides a snapshot of the Youth Spark programme to date ahead of a community showcase in June, open to all youth work practitioners as an opportunity to share experience and best practice.
  • Topic:  Digital Youth Work
  • Date:  30 April, 2024

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PEEK, Govan High School and Police Scotland walk the red carpet at the national youth work awards in 2023
Take a PEEK behind the scenes at last year's Inclusion and Prevention #YLSAwards winners
PEEK, Govan High School, and Police Scotland walked away with the top prize in the Inclusion & Prevention category for an innovative partnership that is changing lives in the west of Glasgow.
  • Topic:  National Youth Work Awards
  • Date:  17 April, 2024
  • Author:  Michaela Collins

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