Creative Scotland's Nurturing Talent Fund supports creative 11-25-year-olds to develop their chosen mediums, passions and talents. These include short film-making, music production, publishing, poetry, photography, recording demos and hosting events. This round of the Nurturing Talent Fund sees nearly 40 projects receiving over £36,000 of support.
Read MoreWelcome to Young Scotcast with Capital Scotland’s Katy J!
We are partnering with Capital FM to deliver Young Scotcast – to entertain and inform young people across Scotland.
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Research on young people suggests that over two-thirds (67%) feel positive about their current employment situation as lockdown eases, but only two-fifths of students are confident about securing future employment.
Read MoreIn response to the enormous impact of the pandemic on young people’s lives, the Scottish Government launched the Young Person’s Guarantee. It will give young people the support they need to succeed – based on their own personal ambitions – and focussed on those who need it most. It aims to give all 16-24-year-olds in Scotland, the chance to succeed through the opportunity of a job, apprenticeship, education, training or volunteering.
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A new programme of events will make sure young people’s voices are heard as Scotland hosts COP26.
Alongside our partners at Keep Scotland Beautiful and YouthLink Scotland, we’re supporting the Scottish Government’s to deliver the official COP26 Youth Climate Programme.
Read MoreWe’ve launched new national research on how young people want to engage online with Gaelic.
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Young people have exposed the need for further concerted and consistent action to tackle discrimination and racism. We've listened, reflected, and are now publishing our refreshed Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Strategy.
Read MoreThis is probably the sentence I have heard more times in my time as CEO with Young Scot than any other. It comes from older adults – and not so older adults – and is usually in response to me telling them about our work on accurate information to help young people makes informed decisions and choices. It is also invariably followed up by: “does this exist for adults?”
Read MoreCreative Scotland's Nurturing Talent Fund supports creative 11-25-year-olds to develop their chosen mediums, passions and talents. These include short film-making, music production, publishing, poetry, photography collections, recording demos and hosting dance shows. This round of the Nurturing Talent Fund sees nearly 50 projects receiving over £40,000 of support.
Read MoreWe're on the hunt for enthusiastic people from a mixture of backgrounds and communities, with varying levels of skills and experience, to join our Board.
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Young people from across Scotland have been announced as the winners of the Sunday Mail Young Scot Awards 2021 for their outstanding contributions to the nation and their communities.
Read MoreAt Young Scot, we are thrilled to be launching a new partnership with the Citizens Advice network in Scotland – Scotland's largest provider of independent advice.
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We’re thrilled to invite you to take part in year’s online Sunday Mail Young Scot Awards ceremony on 22nd of April from 7pm!
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In partnership with the Data Lab, we’ve launched our new Data Advisory Group (DAG) – to support us to use our data to improve how we deliver products and services to Scotland’s young people.
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Louise will be taking up a new post as Scotland Director for the Institute of Directors – focussing on excellence in leadership and governance in business.
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We are looking for enthusiastic people with varying levels of skills and experience to join us at Young Scot – the national youth information and citizenship charity for 11-26-year-olds in Scotland.
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New information, articles, and videos to help young people understand and know how to identify the warning signs should they experience anything from sexual harassment and coercion to revenge porn and grooming
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The Young Person’s Guarantee will offer young people support to allow them to succeed – based on their own personal ambitions – and will be focussed on those who need it most.
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In partnership with the Scottish Youth Parliament and YouthLink Scotland, we have launched a new report based on #LockdownLowdown key findings. These provide a demographic breakdown of young people’s views and worries about the long-term impacts of COVID-19 on their lives.
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Scotland’s Young People's Forest will be a flagship Scotland's project as we prepare to host COP 26 in Glasgow later this year. It will inspire young people from communities across Scotland to contribute to the nation's climate ambitions.
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