Event Information
🎂 For anyone aged 11-25 (inclusive) years old
📅 Tuesday 14 May for 11-18 year olds. 5-8pm on Zoom with breaks
📅 Thursday 16 May for 19-25 year olds. 5-8pm on Zoom with breaks
🗺️ You can be living anywhere in Scotland
🎁 Receive 200 Young Scot Reward Points for taking part. Don’t have free membership with Young Scot yet? Sign up here and access exclusive rewards and discounts!
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About this opportunity
The Scottish Government is running a consultation about people making healthier food and drink choices. The consultation will look at restricting promotions in shops on food and drink that is high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS). Young Scot is working with Scottish Government to help young people have their say in this consultation.
We want to hear your opinions about restricting promotions on less healthy food and drink in shops during a workshop. The purpose of these workshops is to explore your shopping habits and look at how and why you are shopping for food, for example at lunch time at school, college and work.
We will be asking you questions like:
- Where do you shop? Supermarket, convenience store, out of home (especially during school, college, working day), or online?
- Do you know of any food promotions that save you money? What types?
- How likely are you to plan ahead or shop on impulse? Are you influenced by promotions? Would food promotion restrictions affect you in your community?
You don’t need any experience to apply but it would be great if you had an interest in this topic and wanting to ensure the voices of young people are heard in this policy.
We would love to hear from anyone interested in getting involved, but are particularly keen to hear from young people that feel confident in representing any of the communities below, including, but not limited to:
- LGBTQI+
- Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority
- Young Carer
- Gypsy/Traveller
- Care Experience
- Disability
- Refugee or Asylum Seeker
- Living in a Rural Area
Sign up and Next Steps
👉Interested in joining the HFSS Food and Drink Consultation Sessions with Young Scot? Complete this short form via Smart Survey.
We’re happy to accept this form in other ways, like a word document or verbally. If you would like to apply in a different way, please get in touch at yshive@young.scot.
Once you complete the form you will be emailed with a Zoom invitation to the session and any more information you might need before joining the session.
Sign-ups close on the 10 May.
Got a Question?
If you’ve got any questions or would like to know more about #YSHive or the HFSS Sessions, get in touch with yshive@young.scot. We’re happy to help!