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#SYPlatform – The latest from SYP | 31 Oct 2025

Welcome to #SYPlatform – your fortnightly update on everything happening across SYP. What a busy month we’ve had! Our Members of the…

#Environment, #Equality, #Human Rights, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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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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    Screen Savers to the rescue

    Are you looking to become more screen-time savvy? Having trouble sleeping with the ping-ping-ping of peoples’ messages? Maybe you want…

    #Mental Health
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    Period Poverty is a growing problem in Scotland

    Imagine, for a second, that you’re 13 years old. You’re navigating your first year of high school, trying to remember…

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    To Scotland’s Young People: Learning from ENABLE Scotland

    Recently I attended an engagement session with my local ENABLE Scotland group in Arbroath. ENABLE Scotland is a charity which…

    #Education
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    How old is too old?

    When it comes to the Children’s Hearing System (CHS), ‘How old is too old’? For many, this question may seem…

    #Justice
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    Pack it Up, Pack it In! Beginning the Action Day Ascent

    On International Mountain Day (11th December 2019) young people all across Scotland journeyed to the highest points near them to have a…

    #Campaigns, #Environment
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