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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.
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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My Internship with YouthLink Scotland
My Internship with YouthLink Scotland
Hello! My name is Bonnie, I am 16 years old and I have been doing a 4-week internship with YouthLink Scotland. I got the opportunity to take part in this internship through the Career Ready programme.
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability
  • Date:  17 July, 2023

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Youth Climate Leaders in Stockholm
Josie lives and works in the North West Highlands, growing native trees for reforesting projects. She's also a volunteer on the Youth Leadership Panel with Scotland's Young People's Forest, a part-time youth worker and a general fan of a liveable planet. 
  • Topic:  International, Learning for Sustainability
  • Date:  4 April, 2023

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Jen Murray
My Youth Volunteering Story
Jen Murray, our Development Officer for Youth Volunteering, shares her experiences of getting into youth work as a young volunteer.
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability, Rights, Participation & Volunteering, Training & Development
  • Date:  17 March, 2023
  • Author:  Jen Murray

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Can We Still Save the Planet?
On Tuesday 18th October Young Scot and YouthLink Scotland brought together a group of 8 climate activists from across Scotland to the RSPB Baron’s Haugh Nature Reserve in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire.
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability, Learning for Sustainability, Outdoor Learning
  • Date:  4 November, 2022

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New youth-led research project puts young people at the forefront of citizen science
Tara Proud, volunteer and community engagement manager at Marine Conservation Society, details her joy at being involved in YouthLink Scotland's 'On Our Wave Length' project.
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability, Learning for Sustainability, Outdoor Learning
  • Date:  2 March, 2020

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Youth Work's role in the Youth Justice System
Read about the new youth participation project Youth Justice Voices, and the integral part youth work places in it.
  • Date:  19 September, 2019

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Moira Anderson Foundation creates new model of care for children affected by abuse
Gillian Urqhart, Director of the Moira Anderson Foundation blogs on helping to create a new model of care for children affected by abuse.
  • Topic:  Health & Wellbeing, Policy & Influencing, Prevention & Early Intervention
  • Date:  4 September, 2019

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Breaking the Stigma: Mental health and the role of the youth work sector
Emily Carson, Masters student at the University of Edinburgh, explores the relationship between mental health and youth work.
  • Topic:  Health & Wellbeing, National Youth Work Awards
  • Date:  29 August, 2019
  • Author:  Martin

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Overcoming challenges that impact engagement at school
YouthLink Scotland's Youth Work and Schools partnership programme aims to promote and expand the role of youth work in closing the poverty-related attainment gap.
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability
  • Date:  8 August, 2019
  • Author:  Alice

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Scottish Government’s UNCRC Incorporation Consultation: Options
Dr Kasey McCall-Smith has blogged for us about the options for incorporation and her thoughts on the preferred option.  
  • Topic:  Rights, Participation & Volunteering
  • Date:  7 August, 2019
  • Author:  Martin

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Girlguiding Scotland: We help girls shape the future
The team at Girlguiding Scotland have blogged for us as part of our #MyLearnerJourney series to share the work they do to show girls and young women that there's no wrong path. 
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability
  • Date:  1 August, 2019
  • Author:  Martin

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Seal of Approval at recent UNCRC consultation event
Kevin Kane, Policy & Research Manager at YouthLink Scotland reflects on the recent consultation event on the incorporation of the UNCRC into Scots Law.
  • Topic:  International, Policy & Influencing, Rights, Participation & Volunteering
  • Date:  30 July, 2019

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