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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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    Statement on the British Youth Council

    British Youth Council logo on a red background and SYP logo on a blue background.

    Commenting on the closure of the British Youth Council, Chair of the Scottish Youth Parliament, Mollie McGoran MSYP, said:…

    #BYC, #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UKYP
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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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    Why young people need to learn about trade unions

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    By Finlay McIlwraith MSYP and Fraser Jarvis MSYP What does a trade union do? It’s OK if you…

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    Combining forces with Forces Children Scotland

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    Forces Children Scotland has became the latest Associate National Voluntary Organisation to join the Scottish Youth Parliament. The announcement…

    #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UNCRC
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    Equal marriage 10 years on: Reflecting on the past and hoping for the future

    MSYPs and staff at Pride

    This month is LGBT History Month – I never learned about the Stonewall riots in school. I never learned that…

    #Equality, #Human Rights, #LGBT, #Scottish Youth Parliament
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    It’s Giving Evidence: Our Trip to London

    MSYPs and the House of Commons Scottish Affairs Committee. Back row: Alan Brown MP, David Duguid MP, Wendy Chamberlain MP, Pete Wishart MP, Douglas Ross MP and Michael Shanks MP. Front row: Mollie McGoran, Ellie Craig MSYP, Olivia Brown MSYP, Abbie Wright and Ewan Knight MSYP.

    Last week, on Monday 5th February, several of SYP’s representatives – Mollie McGoran, Ellie Craig, Olivia Brown, Abbie Wright and…

    #Scottish Youth Parliament, #UK Parliament, #UNCRC
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    SYP Elections 2023 results

    Graphic with blue, orange and white paper around the edges. Image of MSYPs clapping and an image of an MSYP speaking on stage in the middle. SYP elections megaphone in the top left with text that reads: 'Your new MSYPs'.

    SYP’s new 2023-Membership officially began on Thursday 1st February 2024! Most of our newly elected MSYPs are now in their…

    #Elections, #Scottish Youth Parliament
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