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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 27th 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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Three members of Scotland's Young People's Forest collect their finalist certificate at the Scottish Charity Awards.
SYPF Recognised at Scottish Charity Awards
Four young panellists travelled to Edinburgh for a night of celebration after SYPF was selected as a finalist in the Climate Conscious category.
  • Topic:  Learning for Sustainability
  • Date:  26 June, 2023

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Attainment Scotland Fund - Improvement in Attainment and Health and Wellbeing: Evaluation Report
Evidence around improvement in attainment and health and wellbeing, and the gap between pupils from the most and least deprived areas. It is an initial key output from the new Attainment Scotland Fund (ASF) evaluation strategy and forms part of the overall body of evidence for the evaluation.
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability
  • Date:  26 June, 2023

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Learning for Sustainability Action Plan now live
A refreshed action plan placing sustainability at the centre of the Scottish education system has been launched – including an ambitious commitment to ensure that every school and early learning setting will be sustainable by 2030.
  • Topic:  Learning for Sustainability
  • Date:  26 June, 2023

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Better Together: Youth Work with Schools report
This new report from the National Youth Agency in England is the result of a call for evidence and a survey of schools and youth work organisations, as well as interviews with young people. 
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability
  • Date:  22 June, 2023

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Transforming Conflict, Improving Lives: A new report by Cyrenians Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution
The SCCR has launched a new report covering the service's work over the past seven years while looking to its future.
  • Topic:  Health & Wellbeing
  • Date:  22 June, 2023

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Decision-making: Children and young people's participation
Scottish Government guidance to support those who are required to or want to engage with children and young people as part of their decision-making.
  • Topic:  Rights, Participation & Volunteering
  • Date:  22 June, 2023

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It's Our Future: Report of the Independent Review of Qualifications and Assessment
Professor Louise Hayward's report following her Independent Review of Qualifications and Assessment (IRQA) recommends reform of the current senior school phase, including the creation of a new Scottish Diploma of Achievement (SDA).
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability
  • Date:  22 June, 2023

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Climate Change Training
Online climate change webinars available to support organisations and their audiences to engage meaningfully in the Scottish Government’s Climate Change Engagement process.
  • Topic:  Learning for Sustainability
  • Date:  22 June, 2023

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Group photo on stage of all the national youth work awards winners.
National Youth Work Awards Winners 2023
A huge congratulations to our stellar cast of National Youth Work Awards winners, who lit up a raucous night of celebrating the very best of youth work in Scotland.
  • Topic:  National Youth Work Awards
  • Date:  22 June, 2023

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Compass
A new online tool to help young people in Scotland, their parents and carers, and the professionals who support them, with the transition to young adult life.
  • Topic:  Equality
  • Date:  20 June, 2023

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Growing Climate Confidence
A new website to support charities, social enterprises and community groups across Scotland to take action on the climate emergency, support nature and biodiversity, and ensure a just transition to a low carbon future for our communities.
  • Topic:  Learning for Sustainability
  • Date:  19 June, 2023

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Youth Work Data Course
As the world becomes increasingly digitised, we’ve witnessed exponential growth in data with the total amount of global data estimated to double every two years. We know data is important, but do we know how to use it for good in the world of youth work? That’s what this brand new course, delivered online by Fife college is about.
  • Topic:  Digital Youth Work
  • Date:  19 June, 2023

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