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    Getting ready for UNCRC implementation in Shetland

    By Joe Smith and Bertie Summers, MSYPs for Shetland Islands We both recently had the enormous pleasure of…

    #Human Rights, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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    My experience on the UK Youth Select Committee

    Graphic with a dark green background. Image of Isla Grant MSYP standing on left with a white border. British Youth Council Youth Select Committee logo in a circle in the middle. Picture of Big Ben in London in the sunshine on the right.

    In August and September 2023, I was offered the exciting opportunity to go to UK Parliament in London and sit…

    #BYC, #Mental Health, #Right to Food, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UKYP, #UNCRC, #YSC
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    #ExecutiveTakeover 2023: UNCRC in Scotland

    Graphic with orange background. Image of legal objects on left. Text on blue background to the right reads: 'Executive Takeover. UNCRC in Scotland.' White megaphone at bottom and briefcase and paper folder at the top.

    At the Annual Children and Young People’s Executive Takeover 2023, Isla Grant MSYP and Crisantos Ike MSYP gave…

    #Executive Takeover, #Human Rights, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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    #ExecutiveTakeover 2023: Youth work

    Graphic with orange background. Image of young people playing football on left. Text on blue background to the right reads: 'Executive Takeover. Youth work.' White children at bottom and briefcase and paper folder at the top.

    At the Annual Children and Young People’s Executive Takeover 2023, Alannah Logue MSYP and Mollie McGoran MSYP gave…

    #Executive Takeover, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #Youth Work
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    #ExecutiveTakeover 2023: Right to Food

    Graphic with orange background. Image of school lunch. Text on blue background to the right reads: 'Executive Takeover. Right to Food.' White plate at bottom and briefcase and paper folder at the top.

    At the Annual Children and Young People’s Executive Takeover 2023, Omar Taher MSYP and Millie Wright MSYP gave a speech…

    #Campaigns, #Executive Takeover, #Right to Food, #Scottish Youth Parliament
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    #ExecutiveTakeover 2023: Climate Crisis

    Graphic with orange background. Image of climate protester. Text on blue background to the right reads: 'Executive Takeover. Climate Crisis.' White globe at bottom and briefcase and paper folder at the top.

    At the Annual Children and Young People’s Executive Takeover 2023, Tamsin Gold MSYP and Alasdair Marshall MSYP gave a…

    #Climate Change, #Climate Crisis, #Executive Takeover, #Scottish Youth Parliament
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    Why young people need to learn about trade unions

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    By Finlay McIlwraith MSYP and Fraser Jarvis MSYP What does a trade union do? It’s OK if you…

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    Equal marriage 10 years on: Reflecting on the past and hoping for the future

    MSYPs and staff at Pride

    This month is LGBT History Month – I never learned about the Stonewall riots in school. I never learned that…

    #Equality, #Human Rights, #LGBT, #Scottish Youth Parliament
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    It’s Giving Evidence: Our Trip to London

    MSYPs and the House of Commons Scottish Affairs Committee. Back row: Alan Brown MP, David Duguid MP, Wendy Chamberlain MP, Pete Wishart MP, Douglas Ross MP and Michael Shanks MP. Front row: Mollie McGoran, Ellie Craig MSYP, Olivia Brown MSYP, Abbie Wright and Ewan Knight MSYP.

    Last week, on Monday 5th February, several of SYP’s representatives – Mollie McGoran, Ellie Craig, Olivia Brown, Abbie Wright and…

    #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UK Parliament, #UNCRC
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    Year in Review 2023

    MSYPs in Orkney at SYP's 79th National Sitting with their hands in the air

    Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament have been busy throughout 2023 – we’ve held National Sittings in Orkney and Aberdeen,…

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