Young Scot is delighted to be partnering with Capital City Partnership to deliver the Regional Youth Participation and Pathways Consultation giving young people the opportunity to directly inform decisions on how they can access future regional skills and employability opportunities.
To do this, we need your help to engage young people with a wide range of experiences, including those studying or working, those navigating transitions, and those not currently in education, employment, or training. We’re particularly keen to hear from young people who have faced barriers to accessing or staying in education, training or employment, whose experiences of support have been difficult or who are less connected to services and youth groups. We welcome support to reach young people both through existing groups and beyond them.
We’d also really like to engage with young people (including pre-existing groups like youth groups) with experience of barriers to accessing or staying in education, training and employment and those less connected to existing support.
These insights will shape the development of future regional skills and employability opportunities for young people through the ‘Integrated Regional Employability and Skills‘ proposal (IRES 2027+).
Activity details
- For those aged 16-24 (inclusive) living in Edinburgh, East Lothian, Fife, Midlothian, Scottish Borders and West Lothian
- Travel expenses and food paid for by Young Scot
- Attend two sessions between November and March 2027.
- Receive 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!
- Record your participation as volunteer hours with Saltire Awards
We are looking to engage with six groups of young people (approximately 8-10 per group) – one in each of the mentioned local authorities.
We intend to hold one workshop with each group – held at a time and place that works best for you – followed by a one-day event, held at Young Scot’s office in Edinburgh.
The Edinburgh event will bring together representatives from each local authority workshop to share ideas and help develop a set of recommendations. The recommendations will be shared with Scottish and UK Governments and regional partners to help shape their plans on how to better support young people to access opportunities.
When is the project happening?
Project activity is taking place between November and March 2027. Dates are TBC currently – these will be decided based on what works best for each group.
We’re aiming to hold one workshop with each group but are happy to explore delivering the workshop over a couple of shorter sessions.
The Edinburgh event day is yet to be confirmed but will be either 23rd or 25th February, 2027 and will run from 10:30am – 3:30pm.
What will young people get out of it?
These workshops will give young people the opportunity to directly inform decisions that will be made about how young people can access work and education opportunities.
The workshops are also a brilliant way for young people to meet new peers, gain skills and grow in confidence.
We want to ensure barriers to taking part are removed and therefore travel, subsistence and refreshment costs for young people taking part will be covered by Young Scot.
Time to take part will also be recorded and can be used towards the Saltire Awards, Youth Achievement Awards etc.
We are offering a £30 voucher for every young person who takes part – our way of saying thanks and recognising the time and effort.