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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 years.

    #Campaigns, #Gender-based violence, #Mental Health, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #Youth Work
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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 Scottish…

    #Mental Health, #Scottish Youth Parliament
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    My experience on the UK Youth Select Committee

    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 sit…

    #BYC, #Mental Health, #Right to Food, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UKYP, #UNCRC, #YSC
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    #CabinetTakeover 2023: Bereavement Support

    Blue and orange graphic with an image of Ellie Craig MSYP with text that reads 'Bereavement Support. #CabinetTakeover'. SYP logo in top left.

    In June of this year, I gave a speech on bereavement support for young people at the annual joint Cabinet…

    #Cabinet, #Education, #Health and Wellbeing, #Mental Health, #Scottish Youth Parliament
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    Taking a youth-led approach to evaluating community based mental health services

    Graphic with background image of pens and paper with SYP logo in top left and community mental health report in top right.

    By SYP’s Mental Health Investigation Team – Alannah Logue MSYP, Amy Winter MSYP, Felix Schofield MSYP,…

    #Mental Health, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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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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    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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    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…

    #Human Rights, #Mental Health
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    MSYPs collaborate to work on mental health improvements

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    In May 2022, three MSYPs – Abbie, Eilidh and Crisantos – led a workshop with leads and members from the…

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    Engaging with young people to improve mental health services

    Mental health and wellbeing effect all young people in Scotland, and it is high on many MSYP’s agendas. In December…

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