SYP Weekly Update 127
21st January 2010
Find out more about what's happening in the SYP in our weekly updates, click on the section title to take you to more information for each of the articles...
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Events
- SYP Awards 2010
- Young Scot/NHS Health Scotland Young People's Panel 2010-11
- Fundraising tips for Keenan
Communications
UK and International
Policy
- SYP pushes for plans to raise the drinking age to be dropped
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NOTE: Some of the opportunities mentioned in the Weekly Update may apply only to Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament (MSYPs). Please email rob.g@scottishyouthparliament.org.uk for guidance.
SYP Awards 2010
The popular SYP Awards are back for a fifth year running and we need you to decide who should be in the running for a SYP crown. The SYP Awards will be part of our March Sitting in Coatbridge on Saturday 6th March 2010, and is set to be a fabulous evening, but we need your nominations!
Has any current MSYP or support worker been fantastic over the last year? If so nominate them for an award, there’s six categories to choose from and it couldn’t be easier on survey monkey to fill it in quickly and easily. You have until Friday 19th February to get your votes in! Just click here to nominate . Good luck!
Young Scot/NHS Health Scotland Young People's Panel 2010-11
Are you aged 14-26? Do you have an interest in health issues and would like to help provide health information for a young people’s website? If so, this could be the ideal opportunity for you! Young Scot and NHS Health Scotland are recruiting for the Young People’s Health Panel 2010-2011.
What is the Young People's Health Panel?
The Young People's Health Panel is a voluntary group of young people who help Young Scot to make sure their health information is relevant and down-to-earth. The panel lasts for one year and panel members will get together four times throughout the year.
What will You get to do?
There are lots of opportunities for you to get involved in. You can:
• Tell us about the Health issues that are important to you and your friends
• Tell us what you think of our Health information
• Help us write health information
• Help produce health vodcasts
• Photography
For more information
Check out their website: Young People's Health Panel 2010, call Lorna on 0131 313 2488 or email lornam@youngscot.org.
Closing date for applications is Friday 26th March.
Fundraising tips for Keenan
Keenan Alexander MSYP for Glasgow Springburn got in touch with us at SYP HQ to report that he and eight other Glasgow MSYPs are heading off to Malawi in September to work with the National Youth Council of Malawi! The group will be looking at health, participation and representation of females in Malawi, and are hoping to volunteer in schools, orphanages and hospitals whilst they are there. They are looking for any stories and or ideas for fundraising with their trip. Drop him an email direct to keenan.alexander.msyp@sypmail.org.uk or join in the conversation on our Facebook discussion page .
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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.
The measure is part of the Alcohol Bill which the Scottish Government are considering. While there is much in the Bill that the SYP feels would really help Scotland’s problems with drink, this particular proposal, which would require each of Scotland’s 40 local Licensing Boards to consider raising the purchase age of alcohol to 21, could see particular towns, entire local authority areas or even individual shops refusing to sell young people to alcohol who are over the national minimum purchase age.
Read the full article here
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We need your stories!
We’re always looking to hear about what you’ve been getting up to in your areas as an MSYP, so don’t leave us in the dark if you’ve been busy doing fantabulous things, yes I did just say fantabulous things! Drop an email to francesca.l@scottishyouthparliament.org.uk by midday on a Wednesday and we might feature your story in the weekly update!
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