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Eric Liddell Recognition Awards
YouthLink Scotland is working with the Eric Liddell Community to award 20 ‘Eric Liddell Recognition Awards’ to celebrate some of the amazing young people aged 12 – 26 years who have made an outstanding contribution to their community through their involvement in youth work in Scotland. Find out more and apply by 1st October.
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. 

Forward to a bright future with youth work at the core of UNCRC delivery
With UNCRC enforcement comes an opportunity to ensure that youth work plays a pivotal role in its delivery, ensuring young people’s rights are not only observed, but celebrated.
Youth work can help us to rebuild communities - not tear them down
Recent unrest spilling into horrifying riots shows just how fractious our communities are today. Youth work has a role to play in restoring cohesion, starting with our young people.

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OECD CfE Review Published
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability
  • Date:  21 June, 2021

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Get into Summer Campaign
New £20m programme of summer activities for young people launched
  • Topic:  Covid-19, Education, Skills & Employability
  • Date:  10 June, 2021

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Get Into Summer 2021
Summer is here, and we’re delighted to be working with partners to deliver a campaign to help young people connect with each other, friends and family over the holiday period.
  • Topic:  Health & Wellbeing
  • Date:  7 June, 2021

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Refreshed GIRFEC Practice Guidance
Following recent consultation and engagement with stakeholders, which the youth work sector and YouthLink Scotland contributed to, the refreshed Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC) practice guidance materials have been published.
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability
  • Date:  2 June, 2021

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Latest guidance for youth work delivery offers clarity on travel between protection levels in Scotland
Guidance for the delivery of youth work services has been updated to provide further detail on travel advice in relation to Level 3 areas.
  • Topic:  Covid-19
  • Date:  24 May, 2021

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12 ways young people can get involved in politics
New toolkits launched to promote young people's political engagement
Our Bright Future has partnered with YouthLink Scotland and Youth Cymru to produce a series of helpful toolkits promoting political engagement.
  • Topic:  Learning for Sustainability, Rights, Participation & Volunteering
  • Date:  21 April, 2021

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Guidance for the delivery of youth work updated from 8 April 2021
A change has been made to the Guiding Framework for safe youth work delivery. 
  • Topic:  Covid-19, Youth Work Strategy
  • Date:  8 April, 2021

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Publication flyer for Lockdown Lowdown survey
Third #LockdownLowdown Survey Launched
The next phase of the survey will track the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the lives, aspirations and wellbeing of young Scots.
  • Topic:  Covid-19
  • Date:  31 March, 2021

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Image of two young people. YouthLink Scotland logo near the bottom. Text reads 'Resilient, Resourceful & Reimagined. A manifesto to support Scotland's youth workers and young people. #YWManifesto'.
Manifesto to support Scotland's youth workers and young people launched
Scotland's youth work sector has launched its manifesto for the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, calling for urgent action to protect vital services through increased funding backed up by strengthened legislation.
  • Topic:  Youth Work Strategy
  • Date:  7 February, 2021

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A Scotland's Young People's Forest prototype cartoon illustration detailing a woodland
Young People's Forest to bolster Scotland's climate ambitions ahead of COP26
Scotland's Young People's Forest will help to inspire young people to contribute towards the nation's climate ambitions.
  • Topic:  Learning for Sustainability, Outdoor Learning
  • Date:  4 February, 2021

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Guidance updated to include permitted use of detached youth work
The guiding framework to support the delivery of youth work services has been updated to include permitted uses of detached youth work in an effort to reduce transmission of the virus.
  • Topic:  Covid-19
  • Date:  21 January, 2021

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YouthLink Scotland calls for reform of Scottish education
YouthLink Scotland calls for a move away from a primarily exam-focused model, to build an education system that works for all young people.
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability
  • Date:  20 January, 2021

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