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    Voting opens in 2023 Scottish Youth Parliament elections

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    Young people will be able to cast their votes in the Scottish Youth Parliament’s elections as votes open today. Members…

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    Sistema Scotland joins the Scottish Youth Parliament as a partner organisation

    Sistema Scotland guests at SYP's 80th National Sitting in Aberdeen in October 2023 - from left to right, Tochi, aged 16, Cayden, aged 14, Anthony Cowie and Leo MacKenzie.

    Sistema Scotland and the Scottish Youth Parliament are thrilled to announce a new partnership, with Sistema becoming an Associate National…

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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…

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    Programme for Government – our response

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    Earlier this week, on Tuesday 5th September, First Minister Humza Yousaf published his Programme for Government for 2023/24. The…

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    Taking a youth-led approach to evaluating community based mental health services

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

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    International Youth Day 2023

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    Today, on International Youth Day 2023, the Scottish Youth Parliament has published our new report on the impact of youth…

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    #CabinetTakeover 2023: Youth Work

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    In June, I had the pleasure of chairing SYP and the Children’s Parliament’s annual Cabinet Meeting with the Scottish Governments…

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    #CabinetTakeover 2023: UNCRC Incorporation

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    Over two years ago, Scotland made the historic decision to incorporate the UNCRC into Scots law. The UNCRC Incorporation (Scotland)…

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    #SYPRepresents: An update on our anti-racism work

    Cris on stage at SYP79

    This blog post was adapted from my Opening Speech at SYP’s 79th National Sitting in Orkney in July 2023: As…

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    One month to go to #StandForSYP!

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    Today marks one month to go for young people across Scotland to apply to stand as a Member of the…

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