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    Celebrating ten years of votes for 16 and 17 year olds in Scotland!

    SYP has been campaigning for Votes at 16 since we were established in 1999, and it became our…

    #Campaigns, #Equality, #Human Rights, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #Votes at 16
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    Young People and the Future of Scotland – new report published!

    In February 2025, the Scottish Youth Parliament was asked by the Scottish Government to work alongside Futures Practitioners from…

    #Horizon Scanning, #Human Rights, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #Youth Work
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    We’re ‘TakingOver’ for Scotland’s Young People 

    Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament met with senior civil servants on Tuesday, 10 June 2025, to discuss issues that concern young people in Scotland.

    One of Scottish Youth Parliament’s highlights, the annual Executive Takeover (ET) saw six of our members brilliantly express young people’s…

    #Executive Takeover, #Human Rights, #Mental Health, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #Youth Work
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    Children and young people prepare for annual Cabinet meeting

    Bird's eye view of St Andrew's House, the Scottish Government HQ, in Edinburgh.

    Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament (MSYPs) and the Children’s Parliament (MCPs) will today take part in the Annual Cabinet…

    #Cabinet, #Campaigns, #Gender-based violence, #Human Rights, #Mental Health, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC, #Youth Work
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    Our response to the Scottish Government announcement on qualifications and assessment

    Graphic with green background with text that reads: 'It's Our Future. Our response to the Scottish Government announcement'. Images of MSYPs at right.

    The Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills has this week responded to the 2023 report by Professor Louise Hayward,…

    #Education, #Human Rights, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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    #ExecutiveTakeover 2024: End gender-based violence

    Image of MSYP and MCPs in a meeting room at St Andrew's House for 2024's Executive Takeover.

    At the Annual Children and Young People’s Executive Takeover 2024, Shafa Waqas MSYP and Skye Allan MSYP gave a speech to…

    #Environment, #Equality, #Gender-based violence, #Human Rights, #Scottish Youth Parliament
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    Support and solidarity for those impacted by violence

    Content warning: this article references racism and acts of violence. SYP stand in solidarity with those impacted by violence Young…

    #Equality, #Human Rights
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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 makers…

    #Campaigns, #Human Rights, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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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 pleasure of…

    #Human Rights, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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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 of…

    #Human Rights, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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