An Interim Report on progress delivering outcomes on the high level Ambitions of Scotland’s National Youth Work Strategy 2014/19 has recently been released. The Report highlights the role of youth awards in ‘supporting young people in their learning and to progress to further and higher education, training and employment on leaving school.’
Noting the important contribution of volunteer and paid youth workers to delivery of youth award opprtunities, John Swinney, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, said: ‘The phenomenal growth in completions of youth awards is a real sign of youth work’s success.’
(National Youth Work Strategy 2014/19 – Interim Report, July 2017, YouthLink Scotland, p24)
The full report can be found on the YouthLink Scotland website
