As part of a continued partnership with Scottish Forestry, Young Scot engaged with young people to co-design a content campaign around Scotland’s Forestry Strategy. The aims of the campaign were to share information about the forestry sector and communicate opportunities for young people to be involved in the sector.
Read MoreThe Just Transition Commission and Young Scot explored young people’s insights and their ideas for potential solutions to the transition to Net Zero. The focus of workshops was how to support businesses, sectors and industries to ensure that the shift to Net Zero is fair and equitable.
Read MoreVentureJam is a pioneering talent development programme, designed and delivered by Glasgow City of Science and Innovation and Young Scot. Teams of 14-20-year-olds from all over Scotland come together to co-create new and innovative ideas to tackle a major environmental challenge in Scotland. The challenge theme for 2019 was food waste.
Read MoreWe partnered with Scottish Forestry and used our Young Scot Co-design process to find out how young people use of forests, and discover their visions for the future of forests & woodlands.
Read MoreScottish Natural Heritage and Young Scot worked together to explore barriers that young people may experience to using the trails and to develop key solutions to address these.
Read MoreYoung Scot and Scottish Land Commission established a partnership to explore how young people understand, perceive and have a connection with their local urban areas.
Read MoreVentureJam is a free and unique opportunity for 40 young people in Scotland. Young Scot and Glasgow City of Science and Innovation run a weekend ‘Jam’ each year that involves teams of young people developing fresh ideas to solve real world challenges
Read MoreA new report by Scotland’s national youth biodiversity panel, ReRoute, has set out how Scotland’s young people can better connect with nature in our cities and countryside, with improved access to jobs
Read MoreA survey by ReRoute called Young People in Nature found nearly three quarters (74 per cent) enjoy spending time in nature and that one in nine (87 per cent) agree we need to protect the natural environment
Read MoreWorking with Pidgin Perfect, for the Scottish Government, Shaping our Spaces explored the inclusion of young people in decision-making processes around the built environment
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