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Scottish Youth Parliament needs you!
If you could change what it’s like at school for young people in Scotland, what would you change? The Scottish Youth Parliament has been thinking about how they’d like to change the picture to make Scotland a better place for young people to live. They’ve come up with all sorts of ideas, including some really good [...]
Caring for someone at home? You’re not alone.
Did you know? There may be up to 30 young carers in every secondary school in the UK. And shockingly, it may be that over two thirds of them are being bullied. That’s according to a new campaign by young carers. A young carer is someone who helps to support someone in their family who [...]
Enquire interview on Young Scot website
‘Young people can play a really important role in challenging the stigma about getting support at school. The truth is that we all need extra help at some point in our lives’. This was the message Enquire gave in a recent interview for In tune on the Young Scot website. It was an awesome opportunity for [...]
More children and young people in Scotland each year experience a parent going to prison than a parent’s divorce.
It can be a hard time for a young person whose parent is in prison. You might really miss having them around. Or you might feel huge relief if you have faced violence or abuse from them. You may be feeling mixed up, struggling with feelings about them being a ‘bad’ person. Some young people [...]
Awesome artwork by young carers about their lives
These totally cool pictures were created by young people supported by the Highland Carers Project. The young people involved all help to care for someone in their family who is unwell or has a disability. As you can see from the messages in the art, young carers have lots of different feelings about how their homelife impacts on school and time with friends.
For info and advice, and to chat online to other young carers, check out this website YC.net
Interviews about help at school for pupils who have been made homeless
Every day 60 children are made homeless in Scotland. Enquire had a big event in Hamilton this week for teachers, parents, politicians and charities. Being homeless was one of the issues we looked at. We invited a youth group from Shelter to share their views at the event by making art and recording interviews. The youth [...]
Interview with Keith Gray, winner of Royal Mail Scottish Children’s Book Awards
Last week Enquire hung out with Keith Gray, the author whose book Ostrich Boys recently won the Royal Mail Scottish Children’s Book Awards. The book is about 3 teenage lads whose friend Ross has died in a traffic accident. Ross had told his friends that he always wanted to go to a village by the [...]
The smallest Christmas tree in the world
Dear blog readers We are feeling festive in the Enquire office after our Christmas party yesterday. I was going to share some of the jokes from our crackers but they were just too bad! We think we may possibly have the world’s smallest Christmas tree in our office. It doesn’t even reach up to our [...]
Calling all School Leavers! We’ve got something just for you!
Dear blog readers. How is the new school term going? For some of you, this will be your last year at school. How are you feeling? Excited? Worried? Not sure what to do next? We’ve got an advice guide especially for you. It’s called ‘Getting Ready to Leave School’. In it, you’ll find ideas for [...]
Interview with prize winning author Malorie Blackman
Last week Enquire had a fun visit to the Edinburgh International Book Festival to interview Malorie Blackman. Malorie is best known for writing the Noughts and Crosses series. The first book in the series was about the adventures of two friends Callum, a Nought and Sephy, a Cross. Callum and Sephy live in a world [...]
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