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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…

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Photo taken at the last SYP Sitting in September 2025
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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…

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

    #Jobs
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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.

    #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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    Equal marriage 10 years on: Reflecting on the past and hoping for the future

    MSYPs and staff at Pride

    This month is LGBT History Month – I never learned about the Stonewall riots in school. I never learned…

    #Equality, #Human Rights, #LGBT, #Scottish Youth Parliament
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    It’s Giving Evidence: Our Trip to London

    MSYPs and the House of Commons Scottish Affairs Committee. Back row: Alan Brown MP, David Duguid MP, Wendy Chamberlain MP, Pete Wishart MP, Douglas Ross MP and Michael Shanks MP. Front row: Mollie McGoran, Ellie Craig MSYP, Olivia Brown MSYP, Abbie Wright and Ewan Knight MSYP.

    Last week, on Monday 5th February, several of SYP’s representatives – Mollie McGoran, Ellie Craig, Olivia Brown, Abbie Wright…

    #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UK Parliament, #UNCRC
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    SYP Elections 2023 results

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    SYP’s new 2023-Membership officially began on Thursday 1st February 2024! Most of our newly elected MSYPs are now…

    #Elections, #Scottish Youth Parliament
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    Year in Review 2023

    MSYPs in Orkney at SYP's 79th National Sitting with their hands in the air

    Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament have been busy throughout 2023 – we’ve held National Sittings in Orkney and…

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    UNCRC Incorporation (Scotland) Bill passed by the Scottish Parliament

    Mollie McGoran MSYP speaking on stage at SYP77

    Today, MSPs in the Scottish Parliament voted to pass the UNCRC Incorporation (Scotland) Bill following years of campaigning by…

    #Human Rights, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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    UNCRC Incorporation (Scotland) Bill – Policy Briefing

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    SYP sent the Policy Briefing below to Members of the Scottish Parliament ahead of the UNCRC Incorporation (Scotland) Bill…

    #Human Rights, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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    UNCRC Incorporation (Scotland) Bill – Debate Day

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    Today, The Scottish Parliament will hold a debate to reconsider United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child…

    #Human Rights, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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    International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

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    Update 3: 2023 Scottish Youth Parliament elections

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    Following discussions with our Local Authority and National Voluntary Organisation partners, our Board has today taken the decision to…

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