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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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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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New National Youth Work Strategy – The Journey Continues
An update on the work so far from Kevin Kane, YouthLink Scotland's Policy and Research Manager.
  • Topic:  Policy & Influencing, Youth Work Strategy
  • Date:  21 September, 2020

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Updated guidance for the renewal of indoor youth work services
Guidance to support the phased renewal of youth work services has now been updated to support the reintroduction of indoor delivery.
  • Topic:  Covid-19
  • Date:  10 September, 2020

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Reopening of indoor youth work toolkit
Youth Scotland's toolkit is designed to be a practical resource for community-based youth groups who are planning to return to indoor youth work in accordance with the national Youth Work Guidance.
  • Topic:  Covid-19
  • Date:  7 September, 2020

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UNCRC incorporation can empower youth workers as human rights defenders
YouthLink Scotland's Policy and Research Manager Kevin Kane reflects on this week's publication of a UNCRC Incorporation Bill - and the future possibility of a statutory right to youth work.
  • Topic:  Policy & Influencing
  • Date:  4 September, 2020

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Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance for the Community Learning and Development sector
The updated Scottish Government guidance for Community Learning and Development has now been published online.
  • Topic:  Covid-19
  • Date:  3 September, 2020

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