This morning, our Policy Lead, Stephen Caulfield, participated in YouthLink Scotland's online conference on Youth Work and Civic Engagement – International Policy Perspectives. This conference provided a fantastic opportunity to explore how international policies and support for

🏘️ We've partnered with The Rock Trust to publish a policy briefing paper on youth work's role in tackling homelessness. 🔎 Read more about our key recommendations, including growth for the sector and support for young people to maintain tenancies. youthlink.scot/news/youth-wor…

📢 Youth Work & Schools Collaborative: Youth Awards & Personal Achievement 🎓 Explore how youth work, youth awards, and schools can collaborate to design a curriculum that offers young people opportunities for personal learning and skills development. bit.ly/4epSOaQ

💪 The Power of Youth Work: A Longitudinal Biographical Study No Knives, Better Lives and YLS collaborated with Dr. Emma Davidson from the The University of Edinburgh to study the long-term impact of youth work by gathering stories and insights from young people. Find out more: bit.ly/4e4I68z

'Consistent and persistent' - lots of food for thought here about youth work as effective in prevention work. Youth workers who stick around, offer timely help and the benefits of small but cumulative efforts to support.

🤔 💁 Looking for funding to support your youth work project? We can help! Check out our funding directory for hundreds of opportunities for youth groups, voluntary organisations and community projects. 🔍 youthlink.scot/funding/

📣 Did you know the Youth Arts Open Fund is open again? It supports arts to boost young people's learning, mental health, and skills! Apply now! 🙋 Freelancers up to £8k. 🏢 Orgs up to £15k. 📅 Deadline: Sept 5th. Creative Scotland Scottish Government bit.ly/4dpKTsD

📣🙋 Don't forget to check out our vacancies page for the most up-to-date vacancies across the #YouthWork sector! 🔍 Find all the information you need here: youthlink.scot/vacancies/

Grassing or speaking up? Is there a difference? Who benefits when communities stay silent? Just some of the questions you can explore with young people through our NEW resource! Download the toolkit co-created with Iain Corbett 💜 & young people across 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 bit.ly/scot_resources

Aged 12-18? We need your help! Join our health study & represent your generation! Receive a £20 e-voucher for your time! Join in 4 simple steps!💙🧬 instagram.com/reel/C_aKNFLIN… Heather Whalley Sarah Robertson Zhuoni Xiao

Want to help improve Scotland’s health and wellbeing for current and future generations? Anyone aged 12+ living in Scotland can join, at gen.scot !🧬💙

💪 The Power of Youth Work: A Longitudinal Biographical Study No Knives, Better Lives and YLS collaborated with Dr. Emma Davidson from the The University of Edinburgh to study the long-term impact of youth work by gathering stories and insights from young people. Find out more: bit.ly/4e4I68z

Bookings are open for our Members Network – Research Special! Hear from the Scottish Youth Work Research Steering Group and learn how they've addressed 2023's priority research questions. ⏰ 12 September. 🔍 Find out more: youthlink.scot/event/members-…

Our second evidence session of the day is underway. We're hearing about third sector funding principles from from SCVO, Volunteer Scotland 💚, Social Enterprise Scotland, YouthLink Scotland and TSI Scotland Network. Watch live: scottishparliament.tv/meeting/social… x.com/sp_sjss/status…

📢 Youth Work & Schools Collaborative: Youth Awards & Personal Achievement 🎓 Explore how youth work, youth awards, and schools can collaborate to design a curriculum that offers young people opportunities for personal learning and skills development. bit.ly/4epSOaQ

🤔 💁 Looking for funding to support your youth work project? We can help! Check out our funding directory for hundreds of opportunities for youth groups, voluntary organisations and community projects. 🔍 youthlink.scot/funding/

💪 The Power of Youth Work: A Longitudinal Biographical Study No Knives, Better Lives and YLS collaborated with Dr. Emma Davidson from the The University of Edinburgh to study the long-term impact of youth work by gathering stories and insights from young people. Find out more: bit.ly/4e4I68z