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Members Network - Research Special
This will be an opportunity to meet and hear from members of the Scottish Youth Work Research Steering Group.
National Youth Work Conference 2024
Join us at the National Youth Work Conference on Tuesday 5th November in Glasgow where we’ll be examining how youth work’s early interventions not only repairs but prevents fractures in our communities. 

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New Report Highlights Importance of Cyber Resilience Discussion for Young People in Scotland
The report illustrates the key role youth workers have to play in supporting young people stay safe and supported online.
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Youth Work and Civic Engagement – International Policy Perspectives
This online Convention will bring together international perspectives to explore the enabling power of youth work in creating and sustaining young people’s civic engagement. Online, 28th August, 9.30am - 1.30pm

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Volunteering and youth work: partnership in action
Volunteer Scotland's Sarah Latto writes about the current challenges for young volunteers, and how we can tackle them together.
  • Topic:  Policy & Influencing, Rights, Participation & Volunteering
  • Date:  22 November, 2023
  • Author:  Sarah Latto, Volunteering Scotland

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How to create space for difficult conversations with young people
How do we create a space where young people can express their opposing views without causing harm to others, and where they can have constructive debate? 
  • Topic:  Equality
  • Date:  22 November, 2023
  • Author:  Sarah Robinson Galloway

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Supporting Scotland’s Young People to Access Financial Support
Janet Richardson, Deputy Director for Client Services Delivery at Social Security Scotland writes about how youth workers can help young people access social security benefits available to them.
  • Topic:  Poverty
  • Date:  14 November, 2023

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Poverty Alliance on the Value of Youth Work
Poverty Alliance Director Peter Kelly believes youth work can be the key to building a better Scotland.
  • Topic:  Poverty
  • Date:  7 November, 2023
  • Author:  Peter Kelly

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Facing the risks of the internet and AI – what can we do?
Our digital youth work lead Hilary Phillips writes about the implications of AI and other new technologies for our sector and how we can navigate the challenges ahead.
  • Topic:  Digital Youth Work
  • Date:  30 October, 2023
  • Author:  Hilary Phillips

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OPEN Project's Youth-led Research Diary Part Three
Alcohol and Other Drugs Research Project.
  • Date:  24 October, 2023
  • Author:  Shannon Boston

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Challenges in Evidencing the Impact of Universal Youth Work
Dr Ross Whitehead writes for us about how we can find new ways to demonstrate the long-term benefits of engagement in universal community youth work.
  • Topic:  Funding, Research
  • Date:  19 October, 2023
  • Author:  Dr Ross Whitehead

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Youth work has an important role to play in reducing poverty
Dona Milne is Director of Public Health for NHS Lothian, and a member of YouthLink Scotland's Youth Work Research Steering Group.
  • Topic:  Poverty, Research
  • Date:  16 October, 2023
  • Author:  Dona Milne

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Why I’ve handed over the reins to my Twitter account for #BlackHistoryMonth
For the duration of #BlackHistoryMonth, our United Voices network will be doing a social media takeover using Third Sector Lab director Ross McCulloch's Twitter account.
  • Topic:  Rights, Participation & Volunteering
  • Date:  4 October, 2023
  • Author:  Ross McCulloch

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OPEN Project's Youth-led Research Diary Part Two: Hot Chocolate Trust
Our researchers travel to Dundee to learn from Hot Chocolate Trust's approach to creating a youth work space.
  • Topic:  Research, Rights, Participation & Volunteering
  • Date:  29 September, 2023
  • Author:  Shannon Boston

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Youth Work and Poverty Brief Blog
YouthLink Scotland Policy Manager Kevin Kane explores the connection between youth work, human rights and poverty.
  • Date:  29 September, 2023

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Youth-led Research Diary Part One: Finding a Place and Space
In this blog series, one of the peer researcher for the project Shannon Boston will be sharing their research journey, what they’ve learned, what tools they’ve used and what support they received along the way.
  • Topic:  Addiction, Rights, Participation & Volunteering
  • Date:  15 September, 2023
  • Author:  Shannon Boston

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