Ellie Craig MSYP

MSYP for Glasgow Cathcart

Ellie Craig MSYP is the Chair of the Scottish Youth Parliament and the MSYP for Glasgow Cathcart. As chair, Ellie leads the organisation and the board of trustees and ensures SYPs youth led mandate is at the forefront of everything SYP does. As well as Ellie’s role as Chair, she is a trustee of Young Scot, Scotland’s National Youth Information and Citizenship Charity.

Ellie led SYPs ‘The Right Way’ project which aims to support officials to meaningfully include young people in their work. Ellie is taking a gap year from the University of Glasgow, studying Politics and Sociology. In her spare time, Ellie also works on issues relating to childhood bereavement through her campaign, ‘Grieving and Growing’ and she works as a part time youth worker for a young carers centre.