Archives for August 2009
What does bullying mean to you? Respect Me competition
Hello there blog readers, How are you? I am just back from lovely holiday in France. Thought I would blog about Anti-Bullying Week, which will be from 16-20 November. Respectme and the Scottish Government are running a competition for young people between the ages of 9 and 16. The theme of the competition is ‘What bullying means to [...]
If you could visit the Parliament and ask a politician a question, what would you ask?
Got a burning question for a politician about issues that are affecting you and your mates’ lives? Now is your chance to ask it! This Friday, 21 August at 2pm, Young People’s Question Time will be hosted at the Scottish Parliament. You can find out more and book tickets on the Festival of Politics website. [...]
Alcohol culture in Scotland… let’s get it sorted
Peer pressure, stress at school, isolation … these were just some of the issues about alcohol that came up in a podcast I did last week with Siobhan, one of the young people on the Youth Commission on Alcohol. The Commission is a group of young people from different parts of Scotland who are looking [...]
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 [...]
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