Youth Work in the area

October 2017 – March 2018

Celebrating Achievement and Valuing Young Voices

During this period, the local youth team has worked with 825 young people aged between 11 and 21 amounting to about 825 meaningful 2018 has been designated the Year of Young contacts People during which the ideas and talents of children and young people aged 8 to 26 will In total there were approx 1178.3 hours of continue to be promoted and celebrated. engagement with young people

There are six themes, all of which will feature in And these took place on 141 separate occasions at some shape or form. Young Highlanders, with their the following locations supporting adults and partners, have agreed to focus on two of these namely , , Golspie & Lairg Equality & Discrimination and Participation

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Some of what’s been happening and what’s planned

What’s been happening - Quotes:

Sutherland Youth Winter Conference in Lairg - Quote from young person at the Winter Conference -

Golspie High School pupils had the opportunity to ‘People are actually listening to us? This is awesome’. participate in the Winter Conference with all the other High Schools and young people from Assynt. What’s planned – There were 16 representatives from GHS enabling their Sutherland Wide Photo Challenge views to be heard. They selected 10 issues that matter to Open to all young people in Sutherland. Email me two them and then had to prioritise them. This information has photographs. One photograph must be taken outdoors been collated and has now been used as the core of the either in your garden, near your home or near your Development Plan for Sutherland’s children. communities. With this photo attach couple of lines about This is reinforcing that your voice matters. what this picture means to you or why you took it. It’s as Well done to all contributors’  simple as that. All photos will feature as an exhibition in Timespan for the Year of Young People visit from local Ambassador - month of July. There are prizes a plenty so get out and about in your communities and get clicking. Full details are We enjoyed a visit from Year of the Young People on posters and can be seen on Golspie Youth Development Ambassador, Caitlin Campbell at Golspie High School. Facebook Page. If you require any further information feel She let us know about all the things she has been involved free to drop me an email details are at the bottom of this in and what is happening around the area. newsletter. Caitlin has also been working hard with Brora Carnival Good Luck  Week Committee and is planning some fun activities especially for youth during the festival week in July. Keep What’s planned – your eyes peeled for further information Golspie High School Forum will be looking at developing a guide to App safety. Well done Caitlin you are doing a fantastic job representing We will be investigating the dangers and trying to raise Sutherland awareness, highlighting the dangerous ones and which are the ones that can be used to help you. This will be displayed in the Youth Development Noticeboard in the school so all young people will be able to see it.  Know your apps. Be aware. Stay Safe

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YoYP 2018

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