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From Sitting to Action: This Week at SYP 

Our 83rd National Sitting took place in Paisley this past weekend, bringing MSYPs together to share their views on today’s…

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    #CabinetTakeover 2023: Right to Food

    Blue and orange graphic with an image of Olivia Brown MSYP with text that reads 'Right to Food. #CabinetTakeover'. SYP logo in top left.

    Universal free school meals is a policy with the potential to change lives. Improving poverty, health and educational attainment, it…

    #Cabinet, #Campaigns, #Right to Food
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    #CabinetTakeover 2023: Climate Crisis

    Blue and orange graphic with an image of Fraser Adams MSYP with text that reads 'Climate Crisis. #CabinetTakeover'. SYP logo in top left.

    The Cabinet Takeover is a globally unique opportunity, only in Scotland are young people routinely able to meet with their…

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    #CabinetTakeover 2023: Buffer zones

    Blue and orange graphic with an image of Ruby Cardie MSYP with text that reads 'Buffer zones. #CabinetTakeover'. SYP logo in top left.

    I am very grateful to have gotten the chance to speak to the Scottish Cabinet on the importance of the…

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    UNCRC Incorporation Bill to be brought back to the Scottish Parliament

    Over two years ago, following years of work from children, young people and other campaigners, the Scottish Parliament unanimously passed…

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    It’s Our Future: MSYPs play key role in education report 

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    The Independent Review of Qualifications and Assessment report “It’s Our Future” was published today after a year of work…

    #Education, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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    Looking back on our time at the UN

    Beau and Daisy standing on either side of Bragi, a member of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.

    By Daisy Stewart Henderson MSYP and Beau Johnston MSYP The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child is an…

    #Human Rights, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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    First Minister and Cabinet meet with children and young people

    First Minister and Cabinet Secretaries with MSYPs

    Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament (MSYPs) and Children’s Parliament (MCPs) are today meeting with the First Minister and his…

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    Governments must step up to protect children’s rights, warns United Nations

    The facade of Palais Wilson, a UN building in Geneva.

    The United Nations has today warned the UK and Scottish governments that they need to do much more to uphold…

    #Education, #Environment, #Human Rights, #Mental Health, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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    Have your voice heard! SYP elections get underway

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    Applications open today to stand in the Scottish Youth Parliament’s 2023 elections. Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament, also known…

    #Elections, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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    Reflections on the First Minister’s Anti-Poverty Summit

    SYP Chair Mollie McGoran standing at a lectern speaking at the First Minister's Anti-Poverty Summit in Edinburgh on 3rd May 2023

    Yesterday, I was invited to the First Minister’s Anti-Poverty Summit in Edinburgh. I was so pleased to be invited and…

    #Human Rights, #Mental Health, #Right to Food, #UNCRC, #Youth Work
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    Update from SYP Chair

    Our Chief Executive, Ben McKendrick, has announced his intention to stand down in June 2023, to take up a clerking…

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    Let’s Talk Transitions

    Graphic with orange speech marks in top left. Text below reads: 'I was left to be so much more independent which wasn’t helpful as I was vulnerable and needed care a young person speaking about CAMHS'. Image of Fatima Ishaq MSYP on the right.

    What is a transition? ‘a process of changing from one system, method, etc. to another’ (Transition, 2022) Change is a natural and…

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