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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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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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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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#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 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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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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Bridging the Generation Gap
A report on intergenerational practice within the youth work sector.
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Mentoring Works
This YMCA Scotland report highlights the positive results of their PlusOne Mentoring scheme.
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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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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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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.