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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…
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Young Islanders Network Housing Challenge – Interim report 2024
This interim report contains the findings (to date) of the Young Islanders Network (YIN) Housing Challenge. While the challenge is still open to submissions from interested participants, this interim report highlights some of the invaluable views from young people between the ages of 12-25 years old across all the island local authorities in Scotland. The…
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Have your say and take part in the YIN Housing Challenge
Invitation for 12-25 year old islanders to take part in our Housing questionnaire If you are aged 12-25 years old and live in or are from one of the Scottish Islands, we invite you to take part in this short survey on Housing. Your input will help to shape ad inform our discussions with decision…
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Young Islander Matthew represents at the Scottish Rural and Islands Youth Parliament 2023
The event with over 300 delegates (75 of which were youth participants) was held in Fort William on the 1st of November 2023 After 2 years of discussion, meetings and the pre-event we represented at last November in Birnham, the first Scottish Rural and Islands Youth Parliament was finally here. Our Young Islanders Rural and…
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