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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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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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Three young people standing in front of the Hot Chocolate Trust in Dundee.

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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The SQA's appeals process could be failing young people

Ailsa Clark talks to our education lead Marielle Bruce about why the time for reform of qualifications and assessment is now.

Topic: Education, Skills & Employability
Date: 25 August, 2023
Author: Ailsa Clark & Marielle Bruce

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Breaking the stigma: mental health and the role of the youth work sector

Emily Carson, an International Development Masters student at the University of Edinburgh completed a placement based dissertation with YouthLink Scotland in the summer of 2019.

Topic: Health & Wellbeing
Date: 21 August, 2023
Author: Emily Carson

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The role of youth work in the Scottish educational system

Sara Galilea, a Public Policy MSc student at the University of Edinburgh completed a placement based dissertation with YouthLink Scotland in the summer of 2022.

Topic: Education, Skills & Employability
Date: 17 August, 2023
Author: Sara Galilea

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The 'Why' behind YouthLink Scotland's new brand

Bold. Engaging. Impactful. Welcome to YouthLink Scotland's new website - what's changed and why.

Date: 9 August, 2023
Author: Eddie Nisbet

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