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“Why label me because I’m in care?”
This month Enquire interviewed James, Melissa and Russell, three young people who all have experience of being in care. If you’re in care then sometimes this gets called being ‘looked after’. As Melissa says in the interview, there are more looked after young people than you might think. In fact, over 12,000 young people in Scotland [...]
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 [...]
Love storybooks but find reading hard? Maybe you need a reading buddy!
Lots of people find reading hard. It’s really important to tell your teacher or your parents if you’re getting stuck with reading. You may need some extra help. There are different ways you can get help with reading. One thing that can help is having a reading buddy. Reading buddying is where an older pupil [...]
Dear blog readers This week I bring you good news. You can now chat to ChildLine counsellors online as well as by telephone if you are feeling worried or upset about something in your life. So if school is getting you down and you need to chat, visit the Childline website. Here’s a cute picture [...]
Author Lynne Rickards talks to Enquire about Pink penguins and other wonders
Hello there blog readers, How’s school going? Looking forward to half term break? Last week I met up with Lynne Rickards, her daughter Anna and her son Cameron. Lynne has written some awesome books for children. Her latest book is called Pink. It’s about a Penguin called Patrick who wakes up one morning to find [...]
The one in which Enquire talks to Sikh Sanjog
Did you know there are about 500,000 Sikhs in Britain? Sikhs have been in Britain for a really long time. I bet you didn’t know that there was a Sikh princess in London in the early 20th Century who helped campaign for women in Britain to get the vote? Well, now you know! This week [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Enquire meets Edinburgh competition winner with love of books
This week Enquire talked to Molly, who goes to school in Edinburgh. Molly won a really cool prize recently for writing 100 words about something she loves – reading books. She got her 100 words made into a short film where TV star Rick Edwards reads out her 100 words. You can see the short [...]
Who’s up for trying on the human size haggis costume? Interview with Haggeye Youth Forum
This week Enquire interviewed the chairperson of Haggeye Youth Forum for blind and partially sighted young people in Scotland. Have a listen to the interview. You’ll find out about their adventures in London at the Houses of Parliament, their brilliant campaigns work and the hair-raising rock climbing they’ve done recently. Oh… And of course the [...]
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