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AYF Youth Voice News 5th June'25

AYF Online Gathering 6:30-7:30pm Thursday 12th June:  Join the meeting All young people, 12-25, in Aberdeenshire welcome. We welcome reps from youth groups from across Aberdeenshire. At the online event learn more about Aberdeenshire Youth Forum model then have breakout rooms to: Present themes, chosen by young people at the AYF relaunch, give young people a chance to add their experience and views, find out what else is important to young people attending , promote and try out Aberdeenshire Youth Forum engage page.

Join the AYF online gathering 6:30-7:30pm, Thursday 12th June 2025 Join the meeting Interested but want to know more. Contact roisin.daly@aberdeenshire.gov.uk or checkout the AYF engage page https://engage.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/aberdeenshire-youth-voice QR code in attached leaflet

MSYP News - Scotish Youth Parliment Manifesto Campaign Survey Chance to have your say in the next 5 years of Scottish Youth Parliment. Closing date Friday 13th June! We know the survey is a bit long but we think it's worth it. Find out more and access survey to add your voice through link Your voice. Your future. - Scottish Youth Parliament

Youth Voice in Aberdeenshire Spotlight - Mintlaw Academy Youth Voice Group challenge bullying in schools Story contributed by Bethany Ovenstone MSYP on behalf of Mintlaw Youth Forum

A youth voice group made up of Mintlaw Academy pupils are becoming champions on antibullying within their school. When deciding what issues they found it important to address bullying is something they all had experiences with. They wanted to not only improve efforts regarding bullying for themselves but for future Mintlaw Academy students creating a welcoming environment. They quickly got to work with the help of Aberdeenshire CLD (Community Learning & Development). They have surveys to get feeling on how others pupils felt about the topic and gather their experiences. They have met with Senior Leadership staff regarding the issue, discovering that there was no Mintlaw Academy specific 'Anti-bullying policy' as they currently follow the Aberdeenshire wide policy. They have hosted sessions to address bullying finding that some of those responsible for this behaviour found it hard to draw a clear line between banter and bullying. We also discussed phone policies in school and how it can impact bullying in school. We agreed social media and technology can be a great tool but can also lead to a lot of negativity that can present itself outside of these platforms. The school has developed a policy of limiting use of phones within school for pupils and it will be interesting to see how this can affect trends in bullying in the long term. I wish them all the luck in this project, it's great to see!

AYF News Letters: We're supporting the development of AYF Aberdeenshire Youth Voice Promotion Group and will be sharing regular news letters. If you would like to receive regular AYF Youth Voice news letters, you can subscribe through https://engage.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/aberdeenshire-youth-voice If you would like to contribute news (Live consultation/Events/Youth Voice Successes) you can get in touch with roisin.daly@aberdeenshire.gov.uk Or look out for a 'Your news tab' appearing on AYF Online Page.