Q and A with young people from the Pilton Youth & Children’s Project FACENorth Group
The Pilton Youth & Children’s Project FACENorth Group focusses on alternatives to crime in Edinburgh north. More information about this project can be found here. What age should you start to be charged from and why? “14, because that’s when you start getting in trouble and learn stuff.” “16, that’s when you get the jail […]
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The potential to do more than just survive
In this month’s Year of Young People blog we hear from an anonymous contributor who reflects on her time in foster care and her determination to ensure that her past does not define her future. Around the age of 14, waking up from a coma following an overdose of tablets, I felt cheated and confused. […]
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Meet Vicky Glover, Scotland’s first ever female Commonwealth Games boxer
Vicky Glover is 18 years old and the first woman selected to represent Scotland in boxing at a Commonwealth Games. Since her selection, she has received a great deal of media attention, with CNN, BBC and a range of newspapers all seeking to speak with her, something that she seems to be taking in her […]
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Listening to young people is not enough…
January is a time when many of us look back at the road we have already travelled, and look toward our aspirations and hopes for the year ahead. In this piece, Ellen Maloney considers what role participation could have played in her life growing up. You can follow Ellen online via her twitter account @eatsleeplaugh. […]
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