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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…

    #Cabinet, #Human Rights, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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    Governments must step up to protect children’s rights, warns United Nations

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    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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    Letter to SNP Leadership Candidates and Scotland’s next First Minister

    Today, the Scottish Youth Parliament has joined with nearly 75 organisations across the country in writing to candidates standing to…

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    New MSYPs elected

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    The results of the 2021 Scottish Youth Parliament elections have now been finalised and the MSYPs for 2021-2023 term have…

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    Young people’s voices to play key role in the Scottish Parliament

    A picture of SYP's Chair, Josh Kennedy, and the Presiding Officer, Alison Johnstone, signing the SYP and Scottish Parliament partnership agreement

    A renewed commitment for young people to play a key role in Scottish politics has been made today by the…

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    Polls close for the 2021 SYP elections

    A young person is putting a ballot paper into a ballot box being held by an SYP staff member

    The 2021 Scottish Youth Parliament elections polls have now closed. The process started in May this year when over 700…

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    The Scottish Youth Parliament’s 2021 Elections Go Live!

    The Scottish Youth Parliament (SYP) elections are now live! That means from 8th to 21st November, Scotland’s young people have…

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    SYP74 — How an online Sitting works

    Three times a year, MSYPs from across the country come together at SYP Sittings. The purpose is to propose, discuss,…

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    10 reasons to apply to be SYP’s next Communications Officer

    You’ll be endlessly inspired by a cohort of young people. There’s so many examples to back up this statement…But something…

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