Youth

Royal Highland Education Trust (RHET) Perth & Kinross has announce a new sponsorship deal by Scottish law firm, Gillespie Macandrew through the support of its Early Years Farm Resource Box initiative.

The partnership aims to enrich early agricultural education for young people across Scotland.

The Scottish Association of Young Farmers Clubs (SAYFC) has announce the launch of an ambitious fundraising campaign aimed at raising £1 million for a new state-of-the-art building at the Royal Highland Centre.

A national campaign to support young people to safely navigate social media and prevent violence has been launched.

‘Quit Fighting For Likes’ aims to get young people to think about and discuss attitudes and behaviours around the filming and sharing of violent incidents.

The Forth Valley & Lomond (FVL) Youth Local Action Group (YLAG) is now running their inaugural Youth Impact Fund.

It is a Fund run by young people, for young people, with funding from the Scottish Government.

This year, FVL YLAG is responsible for a fund of around £15,000, with the purpose of empowering and supporting young people in their living, learning, and working, within the rural area of Forth Valley & Lomond.

New guidance to empower schools to take action on mobile phone use and next steps in ongoing work to improve relationships and behaviour in schools has been published.

The ‘Behaviour and Relationships in Schools’ action plan, and targeted guidance for teachers to manage mobile phone use in schools, set out steps to be deployed at the national, local and school level over the next three years in response to concerns about relationships and behaviour in schools, including:

Scottish Rural Action (SRA) are recuiting! 

Today (12 August) is International Youth Day so the timing is perfect for the release of a new video that focuses on raising the profile of Youth Local Action Groups (YLAG). 

Up to £885,000 to inspire the next generation of business owners.

A new fund has been launched to spark fresh ways to engage young people in entrepreneurship.

Forth Valley and Lomond (FVL) Local Action Group (LAG) have announced the next deadline for applications for Community Led Local Development (CLLD) grants is the 30 August 2024.

Projects can run from October 2024 to March 2025