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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…
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Young Islanders latest ministerial engagements
It has been a busy start to 2024 for the Young Islanders Network, with three separate opportunities for ministerial engagement to date. VISIT TO SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT AND THE PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE We kicked off the year with the Scottish Rural and Islands Youth Parliament (SRIYP) visit to Holyrood in January. Thanks to the amazing team at…
📣 In support for the young people in our
island communities who are part of the
farming and crofting communities, the
Young Islanders Network provide the
following statement:
The Young Islanders Network stands with the thousands of farmers across Scotland (1), England (2), Wales (3) and Northern Ireland( 4)protesting the inheritance tax changes that risk harming many family farms.
Whether it be 70,000 as estimated by The Country Land and Business Association or
500 as the Treasury estimates, these are all
invaluable parts of our communities and societies that we cannot just let be
financially ruined by these changes.
We understand that Westminster is saying
that “the vast majority of farmers will be
totally unaffected.(5) However, family
farms are integral to our island communities, they are more than just numbers.
These families don’t deserve to have their
livelihoods destroyed, whether it’s one
hundred or a thousand it is not justifiable. Every family counts.
Farmers are the bedrock of our society,
without them no one eats, they do an
incredible service to our nations, and we
should be supporting them and thanking
them for what they do. Not punishing
families that are trying to build and sustain
their livelihoods.
We call on the UK Government to
reconsider their plans to bring in the new
inheritance on farmers.
🟠 Written and supported by Young Islanders
Kaydence, Sapphire, Emma, Sophie and
Andy, Nymeria and Maria.
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👀It's been a busy one! Have a peek at the latest YIN Newsletter to see the great things the young people have been up to.
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YIN Newsletter November 2024
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We have had a busy time recently! It has been great to have the chance to get together in person again and this time in the beautiful island surroundings of Skye and Raasay.0 CommentsComment on Facebook
Here is the report broken down page by page for ease of access 👀💻 … See MoreSee Less
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📣The wait is over…. We are pleased to be able to share the Young Islanders Network – Housing challenge Report 2024 with you!📣
⭐️ Thank you to all the young people who participated and to all of you who shared the challenge far and wide⭐️
We now look to the future and hope that the report will initiate plenty meaningful opportunities and discussions involving young people in the island communities with key decision makers on housing. 🏘
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One more sleep ….👀
until the Young Islanders Network Housing Challenge Report 2024 is published!📣🏘 … See MoreSee Less
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