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Youth Work (Scotland) Bill
Scottish Labour MSP Martin Whitfield has launched a public consultation on the Youth Work (Scotland) Bill, which seeks to give young people aged 11 to 25 a legal right to access high-quality youth work services.
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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Digital Youth Work Conference
Join us in Stirling on 11th February (Safer Internet Day) where we will explore the role of youth work in helping young people navigate their online lives.

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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Cost of Living Survey - Your Feedback Matters
Help to inform the development of a 'National Volunteer Recruitment Campaign' as well as research, policy and practice resources that will support volunteer involving organisations. The survey closes 15th November.
  • Topic:  Poverty, Rights, Participation & Volunteering
  • Date:  26 October, 2023

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Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC): Child's Plan - Practice Statement
A new GIRFEC Child’s Plan Practice Statement has been published by the Scottish Government. It aims to provide practitioners with confidence, clarity and practical support to continue to implement GIRFEC. 
  • Topic:  Health & Wellbeing
  • Date:  25 October, 2023

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Payment for Care Leavers
One-off Care Leaver Payment of £2,000 to support young people transitioning from the care system into adulthood to move into more independent living.
  • Topic:  Poverty
  • Date:  25 October, 2023

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Young People Urged to Apply for Job Start Payment
The Scottish Government has introduced changes to Job Start Payment, simplifying the process for young people to apply.
  • Topic:  Poverty
  • Date:  25 October, 2023

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The Gannochy Trust and Perth and Kinross Council Renew Youth Work Funding
Vital funding for Universal Youth Work in Perth and Kinross has been renewed. Check out full the story here!
  • Topic:  Funding
  • Date:  25 October, 2023

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No Knives Better Lives announced as nominees for the 2023 Scottish Games Awards
NKBL have been announced as nominees in the Spirit Of Scotland category for the 2023 Scottish Games Awards.
  • Topic:  No Knives Better Lives
  • Date:  24 October, 2023

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Next steps for Bairns’ Hoose
Minister for Keeping the Promise Natalie Don has announced the six successful locations that will become home to Scotland’s first Bairns’ Hoose test sites.
  • Topic:  Child Protection, Health & Wellbeing, Prevention & Early Intervention
  • Date:  24 October, 2023

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Destitution in the UK 2023
This study, the fourth in the Destitution in the UK series by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, reveals approximately 3.8 million people experienced destitution in 2022, including around one million children.
  • Topic:  Poverty
  • Date:  24 October, 2023

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Andy Bathgate
It’s with great sadness that we share the news of the sudden passing of Andy Bathgate, Chief Executive of SU Scotland from 2001-2020 and a dedicated SU volunteer since his teenage years.
  • Date:  23 October, 2023

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Funding for The Promise
Forty two organisations across Scotland will benefit from £4 million funding to deliver projects that will help children, young people and families in the care system.
  • Topic:  Equality, Health & Wellbeing, Rights, Participation & Volunteering
  • Date:  23 October, 2023

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The Missing Link – Social Prescribing for Children and Young People
Barnardo’s is calling for the introduction of a national strategy for social prescribing to help tackle the spiralling youth mental health crisis in the UK.
  • Date:  23 October, 2023

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Share your Youth Work Experience!
The Guardian Community Team want to speak to people working in youth services in the UK, as well as to parents, about the provision in their area. Take the short survey now!
  • Topic:  Active Youth Work, Research
  • Date:  19 October, 2023

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