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    Have your voice heard! SYP elections get underway

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    Applications open today to stand in the Scottish Youth Parliament’s 2023 elections. Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament, also known…

    #Elections, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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    Update from SYP Chair

    Our Chief Executive, Ben McKendrick, has announced his intention to stand down in June 2023, to take up a clerking…

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    Over 75% of young people would be more likely to eat lunch at school if given a free school meal, new report finds

    Today, the Scottish Youth Parliament has published a new report, ‘Young People’s Right to Food’, following a consultation across Scotland…

    #Human Rights, #Right to Food, #UNCRC
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    Letter to SNP Leadership Candidates and Scotland’s next First Minister

    Today, the Scottish Youth Parliament has joined with nearly 75 organisations across the country in writing to candidates standing to…

    #Human Rights, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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    Statement from SYP Board

    This is an update to share the outcome of the review that the Board announced earlier this month, in response…

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    Another week of let-downs show education review must lead to reform

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    The Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP, today responded to the findings of Professor Ken Muir’s report…

    #Education, #UNCRC
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    Cabinet to hear directly from children and young people

    Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament (MSYPs) [1] and Children’s Parliament (MCPs) [2] are today meeting with the First Minister…

    #Cabinet, #UNCRC
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    New MSYPs elected

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    The results of the 2021 Scottish Youth Parliament elections have now been finalised and the MSYPs for 2021-2023 term have…

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    Young people’s voices to play key role in the Scottish Parliament

    A picture of SYP's Chair, Josh Kennedy, and the Presiding Officer, Alison Johnstone, signing the SYP and Scottish Parliament partnership agreement

    A renewed commitment for young people to play a key role in Scottish politics has been made today by the…

    #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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    Polls close for the 2021 SYP elections

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    The 2021 Scottish Youth Parliament elections polls have now closed. The process started in May this year when over 700…

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