Young people living in poverty often don't fulfil their potential at school – this is known as the 'attainment gap'.
The 'Attainment Challenge: National Strategic Partnership #YSAttain' is a partnership between Young Scot, the Scottish Government, several local authorities, Transport Scotland, the Improvement Service and the National Entitlement Card Programme Office.
Read MoreWe’re delighted to be partnering with Nesta, the UK’s innovation agency for social good, and launching our new ‘This Must be the Place’ Learning Resource Pack. This new pack of resources will help children and young people to imagine a sustainable future for Scotland.
Read MoreYoung people across Scotland are continuously showing resilience and creativity in times of hardship. There are so many examples of young people helping their families, friends and community; examples of inspiring efforts to improve the lives of others. So – now’s the time to nominate the most inspirational young people in your lives and local areas for the Sunday Mail Young Scot Awards 2022!
Tha daoine òga air feadh Alba an-còmhnaidh a’ sealltainn dhuinn cho seasmhach agus cruthachail sa tha iad ann an amannan duilich. Tha mòran eisimpleirean ann de dhaoine òga a chuidicheas an teaghlaichean, an caraidean agus an coimhearsnachdan; eisimpleirean de oidhirpean iongantach gus beatha dhaoine eile a dhèanamh nas fheàrr. Mar sin - tha an t-àm ann na daoine òga as iongantach nad bheatha agus na sgìrean ionadail a mholadh airson Duaisean Young Scot an Sunday Mail 2022!
With just 50 days to go until the United Nations COP26 climate change conference comes to Glasgow, 50 young climate activists from across Scotland have joined forces to create Scotland’s official COP26 Youth Climate Programme.
Read MoreYoung Scot is delighted to welcome Mairéad Reid and John Dickinson to our Young Scot Board.
Read MoreWe’re delighted to be partnering with Dumfries and Galloway College to support their care experienced students.
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, 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.
Read MoreResearch 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.
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreYoung 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.
Read MoreYoung 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.
Read MoreWe’re thrilled to invite you to take part in year’s online Sunday Mail Young Scot Awards ceremony on 22nd of April from 7pm!
Read MoreIn 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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