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#ExecutiveTakeover 2024: Increase mental health training and education

At the Annual Children and Young People’s Executive Takeover 2024, Maya McCrae MSYP and Marianna Medina MSYP gave a speech…

#Campaigns, #Executive Takeover, #Mental Health, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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Image of Scottish Government Permanent Secretary John-Paul Marks, SYP Chair Ellie Craig MSYP and a Member of the Children's Parliament.
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    #RightToRest: ‘If I were to take a break, I’d worry and feel selfish and guilty.’

    White background with navy and teal paint brush strokes. Carers Trust Scotland logo at the top. Text on the left which reads: 'Right to Rest'. On the right is an image from SYP78 of Max Green MSYP and a member of the Carers Trust Scotland YCYAC Advisory Group, Ruth Williams.

    Did you know that 1 in 4 young carers we consulted with felt guilty taking a break from their caring…

    #Young Carers
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    Parliament debate an opportunity to put UNCRC Bill back on the agenda while #TeamScotlandUN defend children’s rights in Geneva

    Light yellow background with lightning bolts, clocks and megaphones. Text in the middle on coloured bubbles reads: 'Parliament Debate! UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill back on the agenda. #TeamScotlandUN defend children's rights in Geneva'

    “All rights are important, all rights should be law.” – Member of the Children’s Parliament Next month will mark two…

    #Human Rights, #UNCRC
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    12 ways out of fast fashion

    Shopping trolley in motion graphic with red t-shirt and flame behind, overlaid a picture of a clothing rail

    It feels like nowadays, no matter what you do you’re always hurting the planet in some way or another. It…

    #Environment
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    School should be about how to live life and how to have a future – a review of SYP’s education event

    MSYPs on Microsoft Teams meeting of Hayward Review session at education event

    On Saturday 26th November, MSYPs came together to explore and discuss the future of Scottish education. During the event, they…

    #Education
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    Fashion is costing our Earth

    Fast Fashion Panel at SYP78

    What images pop into your head when someone mentions pollution? Perhaps plastic, cars, power stations? But it probably won’t be…

    #Climate Change, #Environment
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    One year on from the Conference of Youth (COY16)

    Ahead of COP26 last year, Mollie McGoran MSYP, SYP’s Vice Chair, attended the Conference of Youth – the young person’s…

    #COP26, #COP27, #Environment
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    SYP’s stance on Gender Recognition Reform

    SYP has engaged with the discussion on changes to Scotland’s Gender Recognition Act over the past several years and we’re…

    #Equality, #Human Rights
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    Let’s talk about tax: young people’s view on the future of our tax system

    Ellie Craig MSYP speaking at a lecturn at SYP77

    Tax can be confusing and complicated, but there is no denying that it has a significant impact on the lives…

    #Economy, #UNCRC
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    Anti-racist education: breaking the mould

    SYP77 Board Member Crisantos Ike on stage at SYP77

    My name is Crisantos Ike. Before I became a member of the Scottish Youth Parliament, I never would have believed…

    #Education, #Equality, #Human Rights
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    My Story: Omar Taher MSYP

    Omar Taher MSYP on stage giving his speech at SYP77

    My story begins in Lebanon, a once-beautiful Mediterranean country that wasn’t always at war. With beautiful landscapes infused with Levantine…

    #My Story
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    Statement from SYP Board

    This is an update to share the outcome of the review that the Board announced earlier this month, in response…

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    Scotland’s Urgent Need for Rent Controls

    Gavin Stewart MSYP proposing ‘Improvements to the Rented Housing Sector’ at SYP77

    The inaccessibility of housing, especially to young people, is at a point of crisis. Action must be taken to ensure…

    #Cost of living, #Housing
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