Skip to content

Members blog

Filters
filter icon clise icon

Type

Show all

Topics

Show all Blog News

Tags

Show all ##SYPRepresents #Anti-racism #Bounce Back #BYC #Cabinet #Campaigns #Care Experienced #Climate Change #Climate Crisis #COP26 #COP27 #Cost of living #COVID-19 #Culture #Democracy #Drug related harm as a public health issue #Economy #Education #Elections #Environment #Equality #Equality and diversity #Executive Takeover #External Affairs #Gender-based violence #Health and Wellbeing #Horizon Scanning #Housing #Human Rights #International #Internet safety #Jobs #Justice #LGBT #Meaningful Engagement #Mental Health #Minimum wage #My Story #Participation #Period Poverty #Police Scotland #Policy #Poverty #Right to Food #Scottish Youth Parliament #Transport #UK Parliament #UKYP #UNCRC #Votes at 16 #Young Carers #Young People of Colour #Youth Work #YSC
News

Our 2026-2031 Manifesto’s launch date revealed!

We’re delighted to announce that our next manifesto will be launched on Saturday, 6 September, setting the agenda for the…

#Human Rights, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
Find out more
Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament at the SYP81 last year.
  • Blog

    Raising young people’s voices at COP26

    A picture of Mollie McGoran MSYP standing in front of a loch

    COP26 will be coming to Glasgow between 1st and 12th November. Here is Mollie McGoran MSYP, Trustee and Convener of…

    #COP26, #Environment, #Human Rights, #Participation
    Read more
  • Blog

    What can we do to tackle domestic abuse in Scotland?

    Purple graphic with text that says 'Gender based violence and domestic abuse'

    T/W: This blog contains themes of domestic abuse and sexual assault. Earlier in the week, my first blog (which you…

    #Justice
    Read more
  • Blog

    Gender Based Violence and Domestic Abuse – what it is and how we can take action

    Purple graphic with text that says 'Gender based violence and domestic abuse'

    T/W: This blog contains themes of domestic abuse and sexual assault. The Domestic Abuse and Forced Marriage Helpline saw a…

    #Justice
    Read more
  • News

    UNCRC Incorporation Bill must be revised as soon as possible

    Right Here Right Now campaign logo

    The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the UNCRC Scotland Bill is not within the competence of the Scottish Parliament. This news…

    #Human Rights, #UNCRC
    Read more
  • Blog

    Why Pride is still important

    Image of a rainbow drawing with the SYP logo in front of the rainbow.

    1,580. That’s the number of aggravated sexual orientation based crimes charged between 2020 and 2021, according to the Crown Office…

    #Equality
    Read more
  • News

    Have Your Say on the Future of Assessments

    Blue graphic with orange circles on it and a notepad with a QR code on it. There is a purple box next to it with text on that says

    The Scottish Youth Parliament is gathering the views of young people on the future of assessment for National 4 and…

    #Education, #Meaningful Engagement
    Read more
  • News

    SYP launches ‘Get a move on’ campaign to encourage young people to choose active travel

    SYP’s new Get a move on joint campaign from the Sport and Leisure (SPL) and Transport,…

    #Environment, #Transport
    Read more
  • Blog

    Participatory budgeting for a rights based approach to recovery

    Blue and purple graphic with a facemask Bounce Back logo in one corner and an image of a screen with a graduation cap over the corner. The text on the image says:

    Hi everyone, my name is Ellie Craig. I am the MSYP for Glasgow Cathcart and the Deputy Convener of the…

    #Bounce Back, #Education, #Human Rights
    Read more
  • Blog

    Periods Don’t Stop for a Pandemic

    SYP’s Bounce Back campaign calls for a human rights based approach to the recovery from the…

    #Bounce Back, #Human Rights, #Period Poverty, #Poverty
    Read more
  • News

    OECD report on assessment calls for meaningful engagement of young people

    Image of a person holding a pen writing in a book at a desk

    SYP have welcomed the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) latest report on “Upper-secondary education student assessment in…

    #Education
    Read more
  • Blog

    The Separated Children of Afghanistan

    Blue and Orange image with text on it that reads

    The rise to power of the Taliban in Afghanistan over recent weeks was a shock and a horror to many…

    #Human Rights, #International
    Read more
  • Blog

    It’s Time to Take MLMs Out of Commission

    Image of Jack Bell MSYP with short brown hair and a red t-shirt giving a speech over Zoom. The subtitles read 'Is concerned by the predatory and exploitative nature of multi-level marketing (MLM) schemes

    I’m sure we all know someone in an MLM (multi-level marketing scheme); that’s how widespread and embedded they are in…

    #Jobs
    Read more
    • Load more