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Keep your finger firmly on the pulse of Scotland’s youth work sector with our news, events & blogs library. You’ll get the top stories, best training opportunities and insightful comment from across the sector.

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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.
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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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Informing YouthLink Scotland’s Policy Briefing Series: Youth Work and Tackling Youth Homelessness
Help inform our policy briefing series by sending us your data or stories on the practical role of youth workers and their impact on housing for those you support.
  • Topic:  Policy & Influencing
  • Date:  6 June, 2024

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Free Resilience-building Workshops for Young People in Scotland this Summer
Change Mental Health are offering free one-hour workshop style sessions for any summer camps/youth clubs/services that work with young people. Find out more...
  • Topic:  Health & Wellbeing
  • Date:  5 June, 2024

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Education Reform Legislation Published
Legislation to create a new national qualifications body and an independent inspectorate of schools and other educational providers has been published.
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability
  • Date:  5 June, 2024

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Lack of Affordable Homes Tops Worry List for Young People in Scotland
Nearly 60% of 11 to 25 year olds surveyed by Young Scot said lack of affordable housing and the climate emergency are the main issues worrying them about their future.
  • Date:  4 June, 2024

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Learnings from Place-Based, System Change Initiatives to Tackle Child Poverty
This report provides early evidence and learning from a range of initiatives that aim to tackle child poverty through working in partnership to provide holistic, person-centred support for parents and families.
  • Topic:  Poverty
  • Date:  4 June, 2024

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The Prince's Trust Launches New Funding Hub to Support Young Entrepreneurs
The Prince’s Trust, in partnership with NatWest and with the support of long-term partner British Business Bank, has launched a new funding offer that will support young entrepreneurs who are in the early stages of starting their business to overcome the financial barriers they face.
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability, Funding
  • Date:  29 May, 2024

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Youth Loneliness Toolkit
Young Scot has created a Youth Loneliness Toolkit with young people, to inspire others to take action on youth loneliness in their local community. It’s been co-designed with young people who’ve already trialled lots of the local activities to support youth loneliness.
  • Topic:  Health & Wellbeing
  • Date:  29 May, 2024

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Building Racial Literacy
A programme for all educators interested in gaining confidence in talking about race and racism, as well as those seeking support in integrating anti-racist behaviours into their practice. Applications are open until Wednesday 19th June.
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability, Equality
  • Date:  29 May, 2024

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Doing Mental Health and Wellbeing Research with Rural Communities Survey is Live
How do you think research about mental health and wellbeing in rural areas should be done? What should the priorities be? How should communities be involved in this process? And what would make it feel fair, meaningful and relevant?
  • Topic:  Health & Wellbeing
  • Date:  28 May, 2024

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Calling All Youth Workers: Research with Young People on Activities
Researchers are looking for young people aged 11-18 years to complete a survey to help identify the activities to include in a new therapy assessment needed to help young people discuss the activities they do, and any problems or challenges they are experiencing undertaking activities. Find out how you can help.
  • Topic:  Research
  • Date:  27 May, 2024

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Future Routes Fund Assessment Panel
NatureScot is looking for young people to join the judging panel to help assess the applications and decide which projects are granted funding. Young people will be fully supported, so no experience of grants is needed.
  • Topic:  Learning for Sustainability
  • Date:  24 May, 2024

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Families’ Experiences of In-work Poverty in Scotland and Implications for Children's Human Rights
This briefing shares the experiences of families experiencing in-work poverty and how this has impacted on their children, highlighting issues such as childcare, education, health, welfare, cost-of-living crisis and food poverty.
  • Topic:  Poverty
  • Date:  20 May, 2024

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