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Working with Police Scotland in their role as a corporate parent

The Scottish Youth Parliament have been working with Police Scotland over the last 6 months to set out key recommendations…

#Care Experienced, #Police Scotland, #UNCRC
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    Scotland’s students deserve better than this

    SYP's Chair responds to announcements that students should not visit pubs or restaurants this weekend or go home after hundreds of students across Scotland tested positive for the virus.

    #Education, #Human Rights
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    SYP: A-Z in Gaelic

    Can you think of 26 words to describe the Scottish Youth Parliament? We sure can! But what about in Gaelic?…

    #Culture
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    Mollie reflects on #SYPSummerSessions

    All throughout the summer months, SYP has been running a ‘Summer Sessions’ programme comprising of interactive workshops surrounding different topics…

    #Scottish Youth Parliament
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    A Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs (TERA) Committee Year in Review

    A Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs (TERA) Committee Year in Review

    #Environment, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #Transport
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    How is COVID-19 impacting learning?

    Article 12 states that young people have the right to be listened to and taken seriously, and if there was…

    #COVID-19, #Education
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    Cabinet Blog – Shelter is a Human Right

    Shelter is a human right, and it’s one that fewer and fewer are able to attain in the modern age,…

    #Housing, #Human Rights
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    BAME into Employment Enquiry Launch

    A programme I am involved in, Young Woman Lead, has launched its enquiry a few weeks ago to research for…

    #Equality, #Jobs
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    Education in 2030: Let young people be co-creators of their education

    In its present state, education in Scotland could be improved significantly. In the past century, the material changes in school’s…

    #Education, #Meaningful Engagement
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    SYP Awards 2020

    On Tuesday 14th April, MSYPs, their Support Workers, and partners across Scotland took part in our virtual version of SYP’s…

    #Scottish Youth Parliament
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    Cabinet Speech – The Value of Youth Work

    In early March of 2020, just a few weeks before Scotland was placed into lockdown in response to the Covid-19…

    #Youth Work
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    Pack it up, Pack it in: an April update

    Hi Everyone,  As you will all know, COVID-19 put a stop to SYP71 at the Scottish Parliament. The Board and…

    #Campaigns, #Environment
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    We all have a part to play in this – young people included

    COVID-19 presents a unique challenge to our country and one that we are rising to. But for young people there…

    #COVID-19
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