Panel Information
- For those aged 11-18 years old living in Scotland
- June 2026 – February 2027
- Travel costs included
- 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
About this opportunity
You don’t need any experience to apply, all you need is a passion and drive to make changes within Scottish Education to benefit all young people!
The sessions, run by Young Scot, will each cover a different theme linked to Scottish Education, with questions provided by the Education Reform team with Scottish Government, who will support by providing more detail and answering any questions you might have.
There will be four in person sessions in the Young Scot office in Edinburgh between June this year and February next year. We would ask that you are able to commit to at least two of these sessions to allow you to get the most out of being on this panel. We will also do our best to ensure that the dates suit all young people on the panel.
Children in Scotland, Scottish Youth Parliament and Children’s Parliament are the three other organisations working on this project, running sessions with different groups of young people.
We would love to hear from anyone who is interested in getting involved!
Skills Development
As well as the opportunity to meet a group of like-minded young people and be part of making change within education, you will also have the chance to work on and develop a range of skills throughout the process. This focuses on key skills, integral to the volunteer experience at Young Scot. These are:
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Confidence
- Awareness
- Decision-making
- Innovation
We will provide you with more detail on the above skills, provide space for you to have conversations with staff about your development and help you to build confidence to talk about these in future settings.
Get Involved
Applications close on Sunday 7th June at midnight.
We are happy to make reasonable adjustments to help you take part based on your needs. All young people are welcome at Young Scot including those with disabilities, neurodiversity, queer young people and ethnic minorities.
We’re keen to collaborate with young people who can sometimes have more barriers to taking part in opportunities due to their personal circumstances. This includes ethnic minorities, disabled young people, young carers, care-experienced young people, and young people who live in low-income households.
This application form is also available as a word document and we also accept verbal applications made using video or voice recordings. If you need any support with signing up, please contact us at YSHive@young.scot and we’ll be happy to help.
Next Steps
Once you complete the form, we will be in touch with you via email. Depending on the volume of interest in this Panel, we may run a short, online selection session. More details about this will be shared.
Questions or concerns?
No problem, we’re happy to help with those! Just get in touch with us at yshive@young.scot and we’ll support you as best we can.