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Youth Work: Closing the poverty-related attainment gap during the pandemic
A report exploring how youth work responded to the needs of young people during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Access to Facilities Report June 2021
Findings from the Access to Facilities Report June 2021
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The role of youth work in advancing the political literacy of young people in Scotland
Some of the key findings of the study include that youth workers play a key role in creating safe spaces and a sense of belonging in young people, which often drives political engagement.
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Resilient, Resourceful and Reimagined
Resilient, Resourceful and Reimagined is a manifesto to secure crucial support for Scotland’s 80,000 youth workers and the 350,000 young people they work with.
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Food Insecurity & Learning Loss Evaluation Pilot
YouthLink Scotland was funded by the Scottish Government to coordinate and support a pilot programme, focused on addressing food insecurity and learning loss in the school holidays. It took place during summer 2020, targeted at young people (S1-S6) identified by trusted professionals as being at risk of food insecurity or learning loss.
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National Case Study Evaluation: Youth work’s contribution to the Scottish Attainment Challenge
Our national case study evaluation builds a rich picture of the youth work sector’s current contribution to attainment.
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Learning through Lockdown – the impact of youth work summer 2020
Our new report captures the breadth and depth of opportunities provided by the youth work sector during this most extraordinary of schools summer holidays.
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Youth work and employability position paper
This youth work and employability position paper outlines the crucial role of the youth work sector in Scotland's social and economic renewal in the aftermath of Covid-19 - by developing young people's skills and providing them with a solid, lasting foundation from which to build a brighter future.
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Reopening of Indoor Youth Work Toolkit
Youth Scotland's toolkit is designed to be a practical resource for community-based youth groups who are planning to return to indoor youth work in accordance with the national Youth Work Guidance.
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Detached Youth Work Guidelines
These guidelines aim to provide a structure for refreshing/revisiting detached and outreach youth work in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Outdoor Learning and Education Recovery
This document provides information on opportunities to collaborate with outdoor learning organisations in the Covid-19 recovery phase. It is intended to support local authorities and school leaders, reflecting Scottish Government guidance on working with partners, to plan and deliver Curriculum for Excellence in the Recovery Phase and ensure continuity of learning.
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COVID-19 Education Recovery: Youth work – A Guide for Schools
Developed with the Youth Work COVID-19 Recovery Group, this document explains how youth work can help schools to close the poverty-related attainment gap and improve outcomes for all children and young people.
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Youth work: Supporting young people through and out of lockdown: A statement on behalf of the youth work sector in Scotland
Developed with the Youth Work COVID-19 Recovery Group, this document outlines the planned approach to the delivery of youth work with children and young people through and out of each phase of lockdown.
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#Power of Youth Hear It Guide
Want to harness the #PowerOfYouth through a listening and engagement exercise? Download the 'Hear It Guide' for top tips on: Co-design, representation, facilitation and safeguarding.
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#PowerOfYouth
Scotland's #IWill ambassadors have created youth social action challenges that young people can do from home during Volunteers' Week.
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Covid-19 Youth Work Sector Leaders Survey Report
YouthLink Scotland surveyed Scotland's youth work sector leaders in the immediate aftermath of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions coming into force. This report outlines both the response of the sector as well as the primary concerns about how the sector moves forward.
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Lockdown Lowdown Full Analysis
A full analysis of the Lockdown Lowdown survey, including breakdowns of key demographics to fully explore how young people are being impacted by Covid-19.
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Lockdown Lowdown Key Findings Report
#LockdownLowdown surveyed over 2500 young people from every community in Scotland to share their concerns about COVID-19. The results will help to identify what young people in Scotland are worried about in relation to COVID-19 – and the wider impact it’s having on their lives.
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Safeguarding checklist for online youth work
Our safeguarding checklist is here to support you as you navigate safety in your digital youth work – a guide to help you think it through for yourself and your organisation.
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Impact of Community-Based Universal Youth Work in Dumfries and Galloway
This report details the finding of a research study in Dumfries and Galloway. The study explored the impact of community-based universal youth work on young people who participated in these services.
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YouthLink Scotland Annual Report 2019-20
Download our latest Annual Report to discover how we've been supporting the sector to deliver youth work that changes lives across Scotland.
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Toolkit - Adult Survivors of Childhood Abuse Animation Film
A marketing toolkit for Police Scotland’s animation film ‘Information for Adult Survivors of Childhood Abuse’ .
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#InvestInYouthWork Campaign Toolkit
This toolkit suggests ways in which you can tie in your current plans for Youth Work Week to the campaign on securing investment in all youth work.
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Hear.EU Report: Brexit and Youth Work in Scotland
This report presents the findings of a project to explore the impact of leaving the EU on the youth work sector and the experience of youth workers in discussing political issues with young people. This project has been funded by the Scottish Government Brexit Stakeholder Engagement Fund.
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The Impact of Leaving the EU on the Youth Work Sector in Scotland (1)
Briefing paper prepared by the University of the West of Scotland and the University of Glasgow looking at the impact of leaving the EU on the youth work sector.
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Annual Report 17 - 18
Take a look at what YouthLink Scotland achieved in 2017 - 18 year in our latest annual report.
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Children in Scotland 25 Calls | Call 20: Deliver a workforce that works for children
We've been working with Children in Scotland on their #25Calls campaign which shares Scotland’s hopes and ambitions for future generations and achieving real change. Take a look at our joint call.
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Children in Scotland and YouthLink Scotland: Work with us
Children in Scotland and YouthLink Scotland aim to make the Year of Young People 2018 a catalyst for ALL children and young people to have a voice in decisions that affect them.
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Rural Youth Project 2018 Survey Report
Outward migration of young people is a challenge for rural areas all over the world and is pertinent in Scotland which has a significant rural landscape. The Rural Youth Project was initiated by agricultural and rural communication specialists Jane Craigie Marketing (JCM) in early 2018 to find out more about young people living rurally and their challenges, aspirations and needs, in order to support the future of participating countries’ rural youth.
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Activity Agreements Sustainability research 2018.pdf
This research considers what young people need to keep them in employment, education or training beyond the duration of their Activity Agreement.
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PLAIN TEXT Young people and inclusive youth work: a guide to social reporting
*Plain text version* Produced as part of the ALL IN project, this guide will support practitioners to run social reporting with young people.
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Young people and inclusive youth work: a guide to social reporting
Produced as part of the ALL IN project, this guide will support practitioners to run social reporting with young people.
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Delivering the Participative Democracy Certificate guidance notes
This guide outlines how YouthLink Scotland members can deliver and award the PDC.
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Participative Democracy Certificate proposal form
Use this form to propose your youth work group or project for the PDC.
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On Your Marks: a Games legacy for Scotland
This plan sets out the Scottish Government's aspirations before, during and after the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
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Guidance on the Development of the Participative Democracy Certificate
This report demonstrates how YouthLink Scotland developed the Participative Democracy Certificate and highlights its potential use across youth work, adult learning and community capacity building.
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Mosaics of Meaning: Partnerships with black and minority ethnic communities to promote mental health
This handbook for health improvement practitioners describes how a series of interventions delivered by the NHS, voluntary sector and user-led organisations in Glasgow sought to tackle stigma in mental health with BME communities.
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Complying with the Scottish National Standards for Information and Advice Providers
This toolkit has been prepared to help agencies understand and evidence how the advice service they provide complies with the Scottish National Standard for Information and Advice Providers.
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Making an Impact: CLD case studies
These case studies illustrate why local authorities and their community planning partners must reflect on how they can maximise the contribution that CLD makes to achieving agreed national and local outcomes.
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Let's Prove It: providing evidence on outcomes of community learning and development activities
All providers of services to the public face the challenge of showing how their activities help to achieve desirable social and economic outcomes. This guide will help you say more about the difference you make in the lives of individuals, groups and communities.
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Bridging the Generation Gap
A report on intergenerational practice within the youth work sector.
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Allegations against Residential Workers: guidance on how agencies should Respond
This guidance is for all providers of residential child care services, child protection personnel in local authorities, and youth workers who work with young people cared for by local authorities or other contracted organisations.
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Mentoring Works
This YMCA Scotland report highlights the positive results of their PlusOne Mentoring scheme.
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Young people and Curriculum for Excellence – building capacities through youth work
This publication highlights practice examples of how youth work is delivering the Curriculum for Excellence related to the four capacities, experiences and outcomes.
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Youth work's role in improving employment
A useful resource that sumarises how youth work can help improve youth employment.
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The benefits of youth work for employability skills
A useful resource that summaries the benefits of youth work for employability skills.
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Youth work and the Curriculum for Excellence
A useful resource that summarises how youth work helps to deliver on the key outcomes of Curriculum for Excellence.
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The Golden Rules for Participation
The Golden Rules for Participation are a set of principles designed to help anyone working with, and for, children and young people. Their purpose is to remind adults of what participation means from the point of view of children and young people, and to encourage children and young people to think about what they need from adults to support them to participate.
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YouthLink Scotland Strategic Plan 2013-18
Whatever the future of Scotland holds for its young people, this document describes high level priorities for YouthLink Scotland, the national agency for youth work.
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Action on Sectarianism Annual Report 2014-15
How Action on Sectarianism delivered its key outcomes for 2014-15.
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YouthLink Scotland Annual Report 2014-15
How we delivered outcomes that change lives.
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How good is the learning and development in our community?
This refreshed resource support community learning and development professionals to self-evaluate for improvement.
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How Good is Our Third Sector Organisation?
This publication was developed by Education Scotland to support third sector organisations to better self-evaluate for improvement.
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The National Improvement Framework for Scotland
This Scottish Government publication sets out their vision and priorities for Scotland's children's progress in learning.
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Delivering excellence and equity in Scottish education
This Scottish Government publication outlines the steps the Governemnt will take to achieve the improvements needed to close the gap in attainment between the least and most disadvantaged young people in Scotland.
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YouthLink Scotland Annual Report 2015-16
How we delivered outcomes that change lives.
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Looking Forward Not Back: what contribution can youth work make to tackling sectarianism?
The Looking Forward Not Back (LFNB) project was developed and delivered by YouthLink Scotland in partnership with young people and youth workers from five youth work organisations across Scotland. This report explains what we did in LFNB, why we did it, how we did it and what we found.
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Declaration of the 2nd European youth work convention
This Declaration, prepared within the framework of the Belgian Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, is addressed to the Member States of the Council of Europe, the multilateral organisations (the European Union, the Council of Europe and the United Nations), other European institutions, and political structures concerned with young people at national, regional and local level, the youth work field and young people themselves.
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Youth work in Scotland
Understand what youth work is, what youth work does and evidence to support the case for youth work.
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Growing better youth work: a guide to strengthening your volunteer team
This guide provides an overall picture of how volunteering works for different youth groups and organisations in Scotland.
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No Limits: volunteering as a model of youth development
No Limits is for youth work providers who want to support young people as volunteers – as peer educators, junior leaders, activists, or simply as part of their overall youth work programme.
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The Activity Agreement Model
How the Activity Agreement approach can support flexibility and choice in the development of Curriculum for Excellence senior phase learning and pathways
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