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Young people’s priorities to be the focus of SYP’s 84th National Sitting 

Young people from across Scotland will be represented this weekend at the Scottish Youth Parliament’s (SYP)’s 84th National Sitting, putting their views at the…

#Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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Photo taken at the last SYP Sitting in September 2025
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    Scottish Government Executive Team hear the voices of children and young people

    MSYPs and MCPs with the Scottish Government Executive Team in the media briefing room at St Andrew's House, the headquarters of the Scottish Government, in Edinburgh.

    Seven Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament joined Members of the Children’s Parliament in raising the voices of their…

    #Executive Takeover, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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    UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act comes into force

    Today, Tuesday 16 July 2024, marks the UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act moving to commencement phase. This is when decision…

    #Campaigns, #Human Rights, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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    MSYPs select new national campaigns

    Image of an MSYP sitting at a table taking part in a panel discussion at an event. Orange tint overlaid with white polka dots in corners.

    Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament have voted to select their three new national campaigns for the next two…

    #Campaigns, #Gender-based violence, #Mental Health, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #Youth Work
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    Getting ready for UNCRC implementation in Shetland

    Shetland MSYPs holding up a Shetland flag against a SYP pop-up banner

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

    #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…

    #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…

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

    British Youth Council logo on a red background and SYP logo on a blue background.

    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

    Young people from the Guardianship Scotland project in the Scottish Parliament chamber

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

    #Human Rights, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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    My experience on the UK Youth Select Committee 2023

    Graphic with a dark green background. Image of Isla Grant MSYP standing on left with a white border. British Youth Council Youth Select Committee logo in a circle in the middle. Picture of Big Ben in London in the sunshine on the right.

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

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

    Graphic with orange background. Image of climate protester. Text on blue background to the right reads: 'Executive Takeover. Climate Crisis.' White globe at bottom and briefcase and paper folder at the top.

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

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

    Graphic with orange background. Image of school lunch. Text on blue background to the right reads: 'Executive Takeover. Right to Food.' White plate at bottom and briefcase and paper folder at the top.

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

    #Campaigns, #Executive Takeover, #Right to Food, #Scottish Youth Parliament
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    #ExecutiveTakeover 2023: UNCRC in Scotland

    Graphic with orange background. Image of legal objects on left. Text on blue background to the right reads: 'Executive Takeover. UNCRC in Scotland.' White megaphone at bottom and briefcase and paper folder at the top.

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

    #Executive Takeover, #Human Rights, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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