SYP charges into priceless action for young people

It’s been difficult to escape the hard financial times of the last year and young people are no exception – in fact many argue that young people are being hardest hit by the economic recession and should be a big priority for action.

With that in mind, the SYP March Sitting in Coatbridge over the weekend of 6th and 7th March, MSYPs got stuck into hot debates themed around ‘Young people and money’, heard from special guests, got honoured at the SYP Awards 2010, debated issues that they care about that may go to the Scottish Parliament’s Petitions Committee and looked to the future with plans for our next Youth Manifesto!

Read all about the Sitting by clicking here.

SYP pushes for plans to raise the drinking age to be dropped

In 2008, the SYP campaigned successfully for the Scottish Government to drop their plans to raise the purchase age of alcohol to 21. The plans have now been revived in a measure that could see 18, 19 and 20 year olds in selected towns and villages across Scotland unable to buy alcohol. Young people across the country have told the SYP that this would be a mistake, so this week we asked the Scottish Parliament to drop the proposal. Click here to find out what we said!