📢 Are you a student or apprentice in Scotland?   Marcus Flucker MSYP and I are running a survey to better understand what challenges students and apprentices currently face.   If you have a spare 10 minutes today, please fill out our survey here: forms.office.com/e/VFcMQskYem

A reminder that we are still consulting students and apprentices. Check out our survey below 👇🏻

I am so excited to share that Jamie and I are in Taiwan this week for the Children’s Rights Symposium! We can’t wait to hear from other delegates and to share our work with Scottish Youth Parliament on the UNCRC and participation

Thanks for sharing Hayden Atkin MSYP!

Always a pleasure to catch up with the team ScotParl Engage and chat all things #UNCRC!

🗨️ All 12-25 year olds living in Scotland can respond to our #SYPHaveYourSay survey today! 📊 We will then use your responses to further consult on individual policies to be included in our manifesto later this year. ➡️ Have your say here: bit.ly/sypyourviews

Looking forward to this session later this week with Finance and Public Admn Committee!

🎙️ SYP Vice Chair Olivia Brown MSYP spoke to @FionaSStalker on BBC Radio Scotland Drivetime this evening about @ChildrenSociety's #GoodChildhoodReport 📰 It highlights more 15-year-olds are reporting low life satisfaction in the UK than anywhere else in Europe youtu.be/MWpra83SW7c?si…

Hugely welcome news and a credit to those like Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland who have worked hard to see this change.

We're deeply disappointed that the First Minister today failed to deliver the new Human Rights Bill for Scotland in his Programme for Government. We're calling on the Scottish Government to fulfil its long-standing commitment to the people of Scotland. Our statement:

Children’s Commissioner Nicola Killean warns @ScotGov's Programme for Government fails to address systemic problems in education, risking children’s rights & undermining its efforts to tackle child poverty. Statement: bit.ly/3Z5Pooy

CEO of YouthLink Scotland, Tim Frew addresses MSPs on the Social Justice Committee about potential charges for youth work volunteers' disclosure checks, warning it could lead to a decline in volunteer numbers: scottishparliament.tv/meeting/social…

BIG NEWS - we're Scottish Uni of the Year! 🎉 The accolade comes from the Daily Mail Uni Guide, considered the most broad-based of the domestic uni league. Don't take our word for it (or theirs!) - let our students tell you why Dundee is the best👇 buff.ly/3ZfaQaQ

📰 SYP welcomes news that safe access zones - or buffer zones - will come into force from later this month 🏥 People accessing healthcare facilities should be able to do so without fear of harassment ➡️ You can find our full consultation response here: bit.ly/SYPAccessZones

📣 Calling all MSYPs 📣 The #SYP82 Priorities Ballot is open and Marcus Flucker MSYP and I are putting forward a motion on better support for students and apprentices. Initial results from our consultation show a need for improved support. Rank our motion first to help our work.

We are delighted to kick off our launch conference today Queen's University Belfast 🎓 NI Commissioner for Children and Young People Lord Mayor of Belfast, Cllr Micky Murray The National Lottery Community Fund NI JRRT Scottish Youth Parliament Welsh Youth Parliament Jan Eichhorn

📣 MSYPs 📣 The Priorities Ballot for #SYP82 remains open and Ellie Craig MSYP and I need your help to get our motion to debate. Students and apprentices need more support for everything from accommodation to academics and our motion can help us to take action on this.

🗳️ Two of our MSYPs, Ellie Craig MSYP and Marcus Flucker MSYP, are in Belfast today for the launch of Votes at 16 NI!