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Young people want safe public transport – by Marcus Flucker MSYP

In May 2025, the First Minister announced that the Scottish Government would bring secondary legislation to introduce a process of…

#Equality, #Human Rights, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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Marcus Flucker MSYP reflects on potential amendment to the Under-22s Free Travel Scheme
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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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    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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