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Keeping Ulva connected: A ferry important family!
We hear from Matilda whose family have run the Ulva ferry service for over 30 years! My name’s Matilda, I’m 14 and I live with my brother and my parents on the Isle of Ulva. Ulva is a small island near Mull and I’ve lived here all my life. For most of my life there…
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You had your say! Read the YIN Housing Challenge Report here
Since 2022 young people from across the islands have told us what is important to them in their island community; the top two recurring issues were Transport and Housing. Read our report to find out more on Housing in the islands from the young people’s perspective. The Young Islanders Network created a challenge, inviting young…
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Skye’s the limit!
Young Islanders from Shetland, Lewis, Barra, Tiree and Arran gathered in the beautiful surroundings of Portree, Isle of Skye from the 1st to 4th of November. A long awaited Young Islanders Network residential weekend offered a fantastic group of people from the ages of 12 to 25 years old, from across the islands to get…
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Young Islanders at Big Ideas 2024!
On Saturday 24th August, Young Islanders from Shetland, Orkney, Tiree and Lewis attended Youth Scotland’s 2024 Big Ideas Weekend where we also celebrated Youth Scotland’s 90th birthday! Big Ideas weekend 2024 During the last weekend in August, over 220 young people and youth workers came together for the biggest weekend in youth work, meeting friends…
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Guess Who’s Back…? (At HebCelt Festival 2024)
(…No, it’s not Slim Shady!) It’s the Young Islanders OUR FANTASTIC CONTENT CREATORS Following on from HebCelt 2023, we were delighted that Sophie returned as a YIN Content creator team leader in 2024 (https://yin.scot/young-islanders-get-involved-at-hebcelt-2023/) Sophie joined us in 2023 as a Content Creator for HebCelt. This year she returned taking on more of a leadership…
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Paul’s Island Hopping Easter
Young islander Paul from Lewis joined in to visit some youth clubs in Tiree, Cumbrae and Arran over the Easter holidays. Paul accompanied his mum, Naomi, the Senior Development Worker for the Young Islanders Network who was undertaking the tour as part of planned work to engage with Young Islanders across Scotland, and we thought…
🔵Our regular monthly online catch up takes place this Thursday 23rd of January with two groups.
🟠Ages 10-14 are invited to meet at 6.30pm & Ages 15-25 are invited to meet at 7.30pm on Zoom.
🟢Link will be send out shortly, if you do not get this link or are interested in joining, please email: yin@youthscotland.org.uk
⭐️We welcome any young people aged 10-25 from any Scottish island to join us! Please remember, if you are a student studying away or are currently living off island, you are welcome too! … See MoreSee Less
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The Young Islanders Network would like to thank the Hebridean Housing Partnership board and executive leadership team for the opportunity to meet and to discuss the contents of the Young Islanders Network Housing Challenge Report 2024.
There were 44 out of the 223 responses in the report from the Western Isles and concerns raised by participants were acknowledged and responded too during this meeting. We hope to continue to engage with HHP and to support ongoing opportunities for young people from the islands to be included in decisions being made which impact their future and choices.
One YIN member in attendance at the meeting said:
"I feel happy that HHP took the time to actually read our Housing Challenge Report and the way they had made there slides for the meeting last night to incorporate some of the things that YIN had in the Housing Report. I did find it interesting or maybe concerning how when it comes to building 8 houses that the pre-construction takes longer than the construction itself".
Hebridean Housing Partnership Chair, Gordon Macleod said:
"We enjoyed the opportunity to meet with representatives of the YIN. It was great to hear directly from the young people, what their concerns and views on housing are, and we will use what we have learned as we shape our Business Plan. We trust, this will be the beginning of a mutually beneficial partnership with the YIN."
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📣DIARY AT THE READY FOLKS!
🏘We have been invited to meet with the Hebridean Housing Partnership board at 7pm on Tuesday the 14th of January.
They have kindly offered to respond to the YIN Housing Challenge Report and are keen to share a short presentation and open the floor for your questions.
🟢We really encourage you to come along! Please let us know if you are coming so we have an idea of numbers and if you have any questions you would like us to ask, send them in too.
🟠Invitation open to young people from our membership aged 10- 25 years including those who are already in YIN or those who are looking to find out more and get involved.
🔵(A link will be sent out later in the week via email)
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🤩A big thank you to Matilda from The Ulva Ferry who has kindly shared her story with us! What an inspirational story and family!🛥
Hope you enjoy reading Matilda's piece here 😍https://yin.scot/keeping-ulva-connected-a-ferry-important-family/ … See MoreSee Less
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Thanks to Matilda's father who let my daughter Mathilde drive the boat 2 years ago😊