The Scottish Youth Parliament (SYP) represents all of Scotland’s young people. Our vision for Scotland is of a nation that actively listens to and values the meaningful participation of its children and young people. Our goal is to make this vision a reality, in order to ensure Scotland is the best place in the world to grow up.
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Scottish Youth Parliament Manifesto 2016-2021
Report Theme: Rights
Author: Scottish Youth Parliament
Year Evidence Completed: 2016
Size of Study: 5000+
Location: Scotland-wide
Everyone Has a Story Overview Report
"...it starts with listening to their story."
Report Theme: Health & Wellbeing
Author: Partnership Drugs Initiative
Year Evidence Completed: 2016
Size of Study: 101-500
Age range: 0-4 5-6 7-10 11-14 15-17 18+
Location: Scotland-wide
When a child or young person has a parent in recovery from problematic drug or alcohol use, their stories are crucial to understanding, supporting and assisting them to thrive. ‘Everyone Has a Story’ shows us we need to listen more to these stories and how this can be done.
Everyone Has a Story Component 2
What Practitioners tell us
Report Theme: Health & Wellbeing
Author: Partnership Drugs Initiative
Year Evidence Completed: 2016
Size of Study: 101-500
Location: Scotland-wide
This component provides insight into the views of practitioners from a range of disciplines but primarily working with children and young people whose parents have a problem with drugs or alcohol or are in the early stages of recovery. The survey analysis aims to help provide an increased understanding of support and gather practitioner’s views of the needs of the child or young person that could help create a better understanding of the support needs for children and young people whose parents are in recovery from problematic drug and alcohol use.
Everyone Has a Story Component 4
What the evidence tells us
Report Theme: Health & Wellbeing
Author: Partnership Drugs Initiative
Year Evidence Completed: 2016
Age range: 0-4 5-6 7-10 11-14 15-17
Location: Scotland-wide
This component, ‘What the evidence tells us’, provides a comprehensive
summary of the evidence, including formal literature, giving an overview of what we know are the potential protective and risk factors for children and young people. Its aim is to provide an understanding of the existing research and potential gaps that could help us have a better understanding of the support needs for children and young people whose parents are in recovery from drugs and alcohol.
Everyone Has a Story Component 3
How young people could share their story
Report Theme: Culture, Media & The Arts
Author: Partnership Drugs Initiative
Year Evidence Completed: 2016
Size of Study: 11-30
Age range: 15-17
This component part focuses on the feedback from the Call to Action event and how we looked at engaging children and young people in a way that would given them a voice as to answer the question, how would you like to share your story? A group of five young people involved in Clued Up based in Kirkcaldy worked alongside icecream architecture to give their take on what this question meant and what they would want.
Everyone Has A Story Component 1
What we hear from the stories and experiences
Report Theme: Health & Wellbeing
Author: Partnership Drugs Initiative
Year Evidence Completed: 2016
Size of Study: 31-50
Location: Scotland-wide
This component gives more insight into the process followed and the learning gained by practitioners, both individually and collectively, as they gathered and analysed short stories shared with them by children and young people.
Moving on-life after school
A report on the views of young people with additional support needs on their experiences of moving on from school
Report Theme: Education & Learning
Author: Highland Children's Forum
Year Evidence Completed: 2016
Size of Study: 51-100
Location: Highland
Highland Children’s Forum were commissioned by Highland Council and NHS Highland to consult with children and young people in Highland with additional support needs about their experiences of transitions planning for moving on from secondary school.
Status of Young Women in Scotland 2016
Report Theme: Participation & Engagement
Author: The Young Women's Movement
Year Evidence Completed: 2016
Size of Study: 101-500
Location: Scotland-wide
In 2016 The Young Women’s Movement set out to explore the theme of hidden conversations with young women aged 16 to 30 living in Scotland. This report shines a light on issues experienced by groups of young women in Scotland whose voices are so often unheard.
Our Generation’s Epidemic
Young people's awareness and experience of mental health information, support and services
Report Theme: Health & Wellbeing
Author: Scottish Youth Parliament
Year Evidence Completed: 2016
Location: Scotland-wide
The report outlines findings which capture young people’s experiences and awareness of mental health services. It sets out key recommendations to ensure that mental health services and information are the best they can be for Scotland’s young people.
All Children Should Be Health, Happy and Safe
A Children’s Parliament consultation with children with disabilities about their rights
Report Theme: Additional Support for Learning
Author: Children's Parliament
Year Evidence Completed: 2016
Size of Study: 11-30
Location: Scotland-wide
Children identified what can get in the way of realising their rights and what actions can be taken to support the realisation of rights for children with disabilities.