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Safer Internet Day 2025: Keeping young people safe online

Tuesday 11th February is Safer Internet Day. The theme for this year’s Safer Internet Day is ‘Too good to be…

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    Getting ready for UNCRC implementation in Shetland

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    By Joe Smith and Bertie Summers, MSYPs for Shetland Islands We both recently had the enormous pleasure of…

    #Human Rights, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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    Bold action required to tackle the climate emergency

    SYP has long recognised the impacts of climate change as a global climate emergency. To tackle that climate emergency we…

    #Climate Change, #Climate Crisis, #Environment, #Scottish Youth Parliament
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    Scottish Government announce £30 million increase in mental health funding following youth-led evaluation of services

    The Scottish Government yesterday announced £30 million will be put into mental health funding, drawing on the findings of Scottish…

    #Mental Health, #Scottish Youth Parliament
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    Statement on the British Youth Council

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    Commenting on the closure of the British Youth Council, Chair of the Scottish Youth Parliament, Mollie McGoran MSYP, said:…

    #BYC, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UKYP
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    Guardianship Scotland joins SYP as an Associate National Voluntary Organisation

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    Guardianship Scotland is a specialist statutory service providing Independent Child Trafficking Guardians (ICTG) to all unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, victims of…

    #Human Rights, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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    My experience on the UK Youth Select Committee

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    In August and September 2023, I was offered the exciting opportunity to go to UK Parliament in London and sit…

    #BYC, #Mental Health, #Right to Food, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UKYP, #UNCRC, #YSC
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    #ExecutiveTakeover 2023: UNCRC in Scotland

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    At the Annual Children and Young People’s Executive Takeover 2023, Isla Grant MSYP and Crisantos Ike MSYP gave a…

    #Executive Takeover, #Human Rights, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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    #ExecutiveTakeover 2023: Climate Crisis

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    At the Annual Children and Young People’s Executive Takeover 2023, Tamsin Gold MSYP and Alasdair Marshall MSYP gave a…

    #Climate Change, #Climate Crisis, #Executive Takeover, #Scottish Youth Parliament
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    #ExecutiveTakeover 2023: Right to Food

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    At the Annual Children and Young People’s Executive Takeover 2023, Omar Taher MSYP and Millie Wright MSYP gave a speech…

    #Campaigns, #Executive Takeover, #Right to Food, #Scottish Youth Parliament
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    #ExecutiveTakeover 2023: Youth work

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    At the Annual Children and Young People’s Executive Takeover 2023, Alannah Logue MSYP and Mollie McGoran MSYP gave a…

    #Executive Takeover, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #Youth Work
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    Why young people need to learn about trade unions

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    By Finlay McIlwraith MSYP and Fraser Jarvis MSYP What does a trade union do? It’s OK if you…

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    Combining forces with Forces Children Scotland

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    Forces Children Scotland has became the latest Associate National Voluntary Organisation to join the Scottish Youth Parliament. The announcement…

    #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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