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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 [...]
Fame! Get your art put online
Howdy blog readers, Enquire have got a cool new online gallery where you can upload your photos and pictures. I am really looking forward to hearing from you budding artists out there. We’ve already had some fab pictures sent in by Anna, a girl who recently won an art competition. The gallery is called Your [...]
The one in which Enquire enjoys festive cheer with the LGBT Youth Council
Dear blog readers Last Friday I made my merry way through snow, ice and Christmas shoppers to visit the LGBT National Youth Council and interview some of its members. The Council is a network of young people aged 13-26 from across Scotland. Its members are elected to represent lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) young people [...]
What does it mean to you to be young and Scottish?
Dear blog readers How nice is this summer sunshine? Roll on the holidays… The Scottish Youth Parliament are doing a debate at the Edinburgh Book Festival about Scottish Youth Identity. What does it mean to be young and Scottish? Is Scottish youth culture changing? To get people thinking, the Youth Parliament have made a film with different [...]
Calling all school leavers!
Hello dear blog readers, how are you? Enjoying the summer holidays? Some of you will be starting your final year of school at the end of August. How are you feeling? Excited? Nervous? Not sure what to do next? Check out this Enquire Young People’s guide Getting Ready to Leave School. In the guide you’ll [...]
Enquire talks to Vice Chair of Scottish Youth Parliament
Met up with Kris from the Scottish Youth Parliament this week to find out all the gossip and get info about their latest campaign ‘Being Young is Not a Crime’. The Scottish Youth Parliament are about to celebrate their 10th birthday – lots of cool stuff planned, as Kris explains in this interview. So Enquire [...]
‘About us’ – a new video in British Sign Language
As a contribution to Deaf Awareness Week from the 4 – 10 May 2009, I’ve uploaded a new video in BSL (British Sign Language) to our website. The video is 7 minutes long and it describes what we do in Enquire. It has English subtitles and there’s also an MP3 audio version on the page. [...]
Exam time coming up – how are you feeling?
Its coming up to exam time. How are you feeling? Nervous? Ready? Stressed? You might feel that you need some extra help to do your best in exams. It’s up to your school to make sure you get this extra help, but you should be able to have a say in deciding what help you need. So if you [...]
Don’t miss a blog post or podcast
Hi! Amelina is on her holidays at the moment, so I’m stepping in to write a blog post. I’m Alex and my blog nickname is ido ‘cos I’m an Information and Development Officer here in Enquire. My job is to keep the website running. I want to blog about the RSS girl. She was drawn [...]
Enquire talks to writer and artist about their fab new book
This week I had a lovely chat with a writer and artist who have made up an adventure story ‘Meeting Milligan’. The story is about two young people Jamie and Shabana. Jamie is a wheelchair user, Shabana uses makaton – a type of sign language. Just when they think they’re having another ordinary day out [...]
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