📸 #SYP81: Introducing the new SYP Board! Chair: Ellie Craig MSYP Vice Chair: Olivia Brown MSYP Trustees: @BeauJMSYP, @AlannahLogueSYP, Tamsin Gold MSYP, Daniela Onyewuenyi MSYP and @ShafaWaqasMSYP

📣 SYP’s 81st National Sitting has came to a close #SYP81 🗣️ Representing young people across the country and proudly making their voice heard, we’re excited to introduce to you the 2023-25 Membership of the Scottish Youth Parliament!

#NorthLanClan had an amazing weekend at #SYP81 Thank you Stirling Senior Phase & Youth Participation for your hospitality. Huge congratulations to Shafa Waqas MSYP on her position as Trustee and Karley Mooney for her role as Convener. Scottish Youth Parliament #BecauseOfCLD #YouthWork

My time at Scottish Youth Parliament has officially drawn to a close! I have had the most amazing, experiences, learning and growth. I will forever be grateful to the memberships I was in, friends, SYP staff, NLCYouthwork, @CCTeamSYP, Shafa Waqas MSYP, the UK Youth Parliament_Scot and @UKYP members ❤️

Happy birthday SYP!!! #SYPat25 One of my favourite things about bring an MSYP Is definitely being able to meet people from all across Scotland and hear their stories!! I've met some of my closest friends because of SYP 💙

🗳️ Tomorrow is the #GeneralElection2024 - polling stations open in less than 12 hours! 🪪 You will need ID to cast your ballot - find out more from Young Scot at young.scot/voting 📢 Details on candidates and where to vote are on the BBC News (UK) site: bbc.in/3XKnuOc

Successful wee day in Parliament, considering i’ve been awake for the past 31 hours 😎

This week the new board of Scottish Youth Parliament held our first meeting! We have some very exciting things coming up so stay tuned ✨

🗞️ Earlier this summer, MSYPs attended our annual Executive Takeover alongside Children's Parliament 🔍 @ShafaWaqasMSYP and Skye Allan MSYP spoke to top civil servants about ending gender-based violence ⬇️ Read Shafa and Skye's speech: syp.org.uk/executivetakeo…

To kick off our board training residential we had some s’mores in the meadows! 🔥 🚨Final call for MSYPs to submit their ideas for the new board logo (information on teams)

📢 Calling all MSYPs 📢 Shafa Waqas MSYP and I need your support! The priority ballot closes tomorrow at 5pm so please make sure to vote for which motions you’d like to see debated at our next sitting ASAP! The link to the ballot can be found on teams x

📢 Calling all MSYPs 📢 Maya McCrae MSYP :) and I need your support! The priority ballot closes tomorrow at 5pm so please make sure to vote for which motions you’d like to see debated at our next sitting ASAP! The link to the ballot can be found on teams x

🤝 Our MSYPs are getting ready to play their part celebrating 25 years of the Scottish Parliament 📺 Watch live on BBC Two or online from 11:30am: scottishparliament.tv/meeting/the-sc…

✊🏾 #BHM24: In a new blog as part of #BlackHistoryMonth, Daniela Onyewuenyi MSYP and @ShafaWaqasMSYP write about their experience as Anti-Racist Champions 🗨️ MSYPs received training from @CEMVOscot to carry out their anti-racism work ⬇️ Read the blog below: syp.org.uk/our-experience…

Shafa Waqas MSYP and I are preparing for our motion which we’ll be presenting in Scottish Parliament in less than 3 weeks!! Make sure to complete our consultation survey if you haven’t already. forms.office.com/pages/response…

Shafa and I did some yapping in Scottish Parliament today! 🗣️ Thank you so much to everyone who got involved in our consultation. Your responses are incredibly valuable to us. Tomorrow we’ll find out if our motion will pass! Watch this space 👀

Double trouble in Hollyrood 🤟

It’s inspiring to see our future generation stepping up with a powerful vision to end poverty, eradicate racism, and create a fair and equitable society for all. These young leaders are truly paving the way towards a brighter, more inclusive future! #SYPat25 #SYP82 Scottish Youth Parliament

Happy New Year! 🎊 I’m wishing everyone the absolute best for 2025!

Article 12 of the UNCRC in action 🗣 I had a wonderful day hosting a manifesto consultation workshop at Our Ladies High School in my constituency with Neve! If you haven't filled out the manifesto consultation survey yet make sure to do it before it closes!!