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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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Guidance on preferred delivery of youth work from 26 December
Updated guidance for youth work has been announced by the Scottish Government, coming into effect from 26th December 2020.
  • Topic:  Covid-19
  • Date:  22 December, 2020

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Future prospects top of young people's concerns, #LockdownLowdown follow-up reveals
Young people in Scotland fear for their future while many see their hours reduced as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the latest #LockdownLowdown report reveals.
  • Topic:  Covid-19
  • Date:  7 December, 2020

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Youth Work Skills Framework launched to boost development of young people
Map and track the key skills that young people can develop through participation in youth work in Scotland.
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability
  • Date:  2 December, 2020

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Youth work benefits highlighted in food insecurity pilot
Our food insecurity pilot highlighted the benefits of youth work in tackling learning loss connected to food insecurity.
  • Topic:  Health & Wellbeing
  • Date:  1 December, 2020

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Report for Community Based universal youth work in Edinburgh
Time for a new Hybrid Youth Work Manifesto: what can we learn from research?
As we launch the findings of the Impact of Community-Based Universal Youth Work in Edinburgh study, senior University of Edinburgh lecturer Dr Ian Fyfe, who verified the methodology and findings of the study, asks “what can we learn”?
  • Topic:  Policy & Influencing
  • Date:  27 November, 2020

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Report for Community Based universal youth work in Edinburgh
New research reveals the positive impact of youth work in Edinburgh
The report shows youth work makes a significant impact on young people’s skills, confidence, wellbeing and access to opportunities.
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability, Health & Wellbeing
  • Date:  10 November, 2020

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Thousands of young people to benefit from Youth Work Education Recovery Fund
The Scottish Government's Youth Work Education Recovery Fund will enable the sector to support young people from vulnerable communities.
  • Topic:  Funding
  • Date:  3 November, 2020

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Link Magazine Autumn 2020
The Autumn 2020 edition of the Link Magazine is out now, taking a look back at what has been an extraordinarily challenging year for young people.
  • Topic:  Covid-19, Digital Youth Work, Education, Skills & Employability, Health & Wellbeing, Poverty
  • Date:  2 November, 2020

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Update on Scottish Government’s Covid-19: Local Protection Levels
As you will be aware, the Scottish Government’s Covid-19: Local Protection Levels framework, often referred to as the ‘tiered system’, will come into effect from Monday 2 November.
  • Topic:  Covid-19
  • Date:  30 October, 2020

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National Case Study Evaluation: Youth work’s contribution to the Scottish Attainment Challenge
Our national case study evaluation builds a rich picture of the youth work sector’s current contribution to attainment.
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability
  • Date:  21 October, 2020

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Learning through Lockdown – the impact of youth work summer 2020
Explore how the youth work sector has continued to engage and support children and young people during the coronavirus pandemic.
  • Topic:  Covid-19
  • Date:  13 October, 2020

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#LockdownLowdown survey enters phase two as restrictions change
A major survey of young people in Scotland has been launched to help determine the ongoing impact of Covid-19 on their day-to-day lives.
  • Topic:  Covid-19
  • Date:  28 September, 2020

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