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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: Invest in and protect youth work services

    Children's Parliament activity at Executive Takeover

    At the Annual Children and Young People’s Executive Takeover 2024, Tom Schmoll MSYP and Beth MacKay MSYP gave a speech…

    #Campaigns, #Education, #Executive Takeover, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC, #Youth Work
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    #ExecutiveTakeover 2024: Increase mental health training and education

    Image of Scottish Government Permanent Secretary John-Paul Marks, SYP Chair Ellie Craig MSYP and a Member of the Children's Parliament.

    At the Annual Children and Young People’s Executive Takeover 2024, Maya McCrae MSYP and Marianna Medina MSYP gave a speech…

    #Campaigns, #Executive Takeover, #Mental Health, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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    Scottish Government Executive Team hear the voices of children and young people

    MSYPs and MCPs with the Scottish Government Executive Team in the media briefing room at St Andrew's House, the headquarters of the Scottish Government, in Edinburgh.

    Seven Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament joined Members of the Children’s Parliament in raising the voices of their peers…

    #Executive Takeover, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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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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    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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    #ExecutiveTakeover 2023: UNCRC in Scotland

    Graphic with orange background. Image of legal objects on left. Text on blue background to the right reads: 'Executive Takeover. UNCRC in Scotland.' White megaphone at bottom and briefcase and paper folder at the top.

    At the Annual Children and Young People’s Executive Takeover 2023, Isla Grant MSYP and Crisantos Ike MSYP gave a…

    #Executive Takeover, #Human Rights, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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