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Youth Project Puts Mental Health First Online 

Today (Friday, 10 October 2025) marks World Mental Health Day, and a group of young people from across Scotland are…

#Education, #Mental Health, #Scottish Youth Parliament
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    Voting opens in 2023 Scottish Youth Parliament elections

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    Young people will be able to cast their votes in the Scottish Youth Parliament’s elections as votes open today. Members…

    #Elections, #Human Rights, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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    #SYPRepresents: Our workshop on care experienced young people and young carers

    Charles Fernando MSYP and Max Green MSYP organising their posters off staff at SYP79

    By Charles Fernando, Who Cares? Scotland MSYP and Max Green, Carers Trust Scotland MSYP Earlier this year at…

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    Sistema Scotland joins the Scottish Youth Parliament as a partner organisation

    Sistema Scotland guests at SYP's 80th National Sitting in Aberdeen in October 2023 - from left to right, Tochi, aged 16, Cayden, aged 14, Anthony Cowie and Leo MacKenzie.

    Sistema Scotland and the Scottish Youth Parliament are thrilled to announce a new partnership, with Sistema becoming an Associate National…

    #Scottish Youth Parliament
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    The UK is being accused of being a Climate Criminal, here’s why we must not be found guilty…

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    How did we get here?On Wednesday, the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) announced that the UK’s largest untapped oil field…

    #Campaigns, #Climate Change, #Climate Crisis, #Environment
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    #CabinetTakeover 2023: Access to Contraception

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    At the Annual Children and Young People’s Cabinet Takeover 2023 I had the chance to speak about access to the…

    #Cabinet, #Health and Wellbeing
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    #CabinetTakeover 2023: Bereavement Support

    Blue and orange graphic with an image of Ellie Craig MSYP with text that reads 'Bereavement Support. #CabinetTakeover'. SYP logo in top left.

    In June of this year, I gave a speech on bereavement support for young people at the annual joint Cabinet…

    #Cabinet, #Education, #Health and Wellbeing, #Mental Health, #Scottish Youth Parliament
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    Programme for Government – our response

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    Earlier this week, on Tuesday 5th September, First Minister Humza Yousaf published his Programme for Government for 2023/24. The…

    #Campaigns, #Education, #Environment, #Equality, #Human Rights, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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    Single Use, Many Voices: Young people’s views on the impact of single-use vapes

    Graphic with a green background with a map of Scotland in the middle. Text in the top left in magazine cut-out letter style reads: 'Single-Use, Many Voices'. Image of young people joining arms with a megaphone below.

    By Marcus Flucker MSYP and Emma Prach MSYP Introduction In early 2023, Zero Waste Scotland carried out an…

    #Environment, #Health and Wellbeing
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    International Overdose Awareness Day

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    By Logan Gilmour MSYP and Ryan Macintyre MSYP Content warning: This blog discusses drugs and overdose. For help…

    #Campaigns, #Drug related harm as a public health issue, #Health and Wellbeing, #Human Rights, #Justice
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    Taking a youth-led approach to evaluating community based mental health services

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    By SYP’s Mental Health Investigation Team – Alannah Logue MSYP, Amy Winter MSYP, Felix Schofield MSYP,…

    #Mental Health, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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    SYP Awards 2023 – nominations now open!

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    With nominations now open, SYP invites you to nominate the MSYPs or Support Workers you feel deserve to be recognised,…

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    International Youth Day 2023

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    Today, on International Youth Day 2023, the Scottish Youth Parliament has published our new report on the impact of youth…

    #Human Rights, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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