#HistoricScot Youth Forum: Final Report and Youth Action Plan

The HistoricScot Youth Forum was established in 2020 and aimed at increasing youth engagement and connection to heritage as well as actively involving young people in decision-making throughout Historic Environment Scotland (HES).

In 2021, the HistoricScot Youth Forum published a report with recommendations on how to make the heritage sector more reflective of young people’s needs, welcome them into a more inclusive and diverse heritage workforce, and inspire them with local heritage.

Over the past year, the youth forum has continued working collaboratively with HES to develop and build on the 2021 recommendations. The forum established key priorities before developing these into prototype designs that offer creative solutions and test out how change can be implemented at HES. The HistoricScot Youth Forum was established in 2020 and aimed at increasing youth engagement and connection to heritage as well as actively involving young people in decision-making throughout Historic Environment Scotland (HES).

Each and every recommendation in the previous report is still a call to action from the forum. However, building on this a youth action plan to address long-term system change and implement the legacy of youth voices has been created. The forum has used their learnings from testing out how their priorities could be implemented as well as reflecting on their experiences throughout the entirety of this two-year project to create their action plan.