To ensure that our young people don’t become the generation negatively defined by COVID-19, the Scottish Government is launching today the ‘Young Person’s Guarantee’ to help connect young people to opportunities.
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Young people in the Borders are set to benefit from #BordersWellbeing – a digital campaign to support their mental health and wellbeing. The campaign is being run by Scottish Borders Joint Health Improvement Team (Scottish Borders Council and NHS Borders), YouthBorders and supported by Young Scot.
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Young Scot Schools #YSSchools is our programme for schools that ensures learners have full access to the Young Scot National Entitlement Card alongside our Young Scot digital information, discounts, volunteering opportunities and enhanced entitlements.
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Our ‘Do I look like I card?’ campaign has won Best Knowledge of Young People’ Award at the European Youth Card Association’s Excellence Awards 2020 in Amiens, France.
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British Council Scotland, the Scottish Government and Young Scot are teaming up to deliver 'GlobeScotters – a campaign encouraging young people to embrace the international experiences available to them.
Read MoreWe are delighted to welcome Ian Campbell to our Young Scot Board. Ian’s appointment cements our commitment to providing young people with trusted information as well as high-quality opportunities and experiences.
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We are incredibly proud of Kirsten Urquhart, Digital Information Director at Young Scot, on receiving a British Empire Medal in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2020.
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We can support you to deliver food in a stigma-free way to local young people using the smart-tech within the Young Scot NEC.
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We’ve been supporting partners to use the smart-enabled Young Scot National Entitlement Card (Young Scot NEC) in innovative ways to improve the health and wellbeing of young people facing barriers to their attainment.
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Creative Scotland’s Nurturing Talent Fund supports creative 11 – 25-year-olds to develop their passions and talents in their chosen medium.
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We’ve launched ‘ActivateYourRights’ resources that will help children and young people understand and protect their rights.
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Young Scot volunteers share their stories of summer 2020’s lockdown in insightful interviews in the latest issue of Source Magazine.
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#YSAttain will soon be moving into phase three – thanks to the support of the Scottish Attainment Challenge and Tackling Food Insecurity at the Scottish Government.
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As part of our impact report blog series, Bonnie Buchannan, Modern Apprentice, talks about her experience as a young carer and taking the first step to realising when you are in a caring role.
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As part of our impact report blog series, Ella Espinoza-Smyth Programmes and Partnership Advisor, Co-op Foundation, talks about the Co-op Foundation and Young Scot’s latest project on loneliness and youth people and the barriers young people experiencing loneliness are facing.
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As part of our impact report blog series, Chris Gosling, Pupil Equity Funding Team Leader, Scottish Government, Scottish Government talks about how Young Scot works with local partners and the Scottish Government to improve attainment using the Young Scot NEC.
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As part of our impact report blog series, Daibhidh Boag, Director of Language Planning and Community Development, Bòrd na Gàidhlig talks about Gaelic culture today and how Bòrd na Gàidhlig’s partnership with Young Scot is important in normalising Gaelic in Scotland.
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We are pleased to share with you our Impact Report 2019/20.
Throughout the year we worked in partnership to provide young people with information, ideas and opportunities to help them make informed decisions and choices.
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Young people from across Scotland have been announced as the winners of the prestigious Sunday Mail Young Scot Awards 2020 for their outstanding contributions to the nation and their communities.
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