Outreach

Youth Engagement

The Outreach team are trained youth engagement workers. Our bright magenta and yellow branded vehicles make it possible for us to travel around the country, spreading the Young Scot message in the most eye-catching of fashions.Our 'wheels', the van, the Warrior and the InfoMobile, never fail to attract attention. The trailer can be towed and opened out indoors or out and it can be set up as an Mobile Youth Information Zone using the electricity supply, laptops and plasma screen. The InfoMobiles are a great way of engaging with young people hail, rain or shine.

Schools, Colleges and Universities

Young Scot has a strong presence within schools, colleges and universities and this allows us to promote our key messages to the post-school audience and provide information on a variety of topics including credit unions, information literacy, and citizenship and financial capability.  

The Outreach Service also works directly with school pupils to assist them in filling out their application for a Young Scot NEC Card and we attend Scottish university student Fresher's Fayres' throughout the year. 

Events

The outreach service is available for events all across the country. In 201, Young Scot Outreach engaged with 26,000 young people across Scotland, attending events, such as T In The Park, fashion shows over 30 Freshers Fayres, Skills Scotland careers event and a multitude of local authority events and festivals.  

Young Scot Academy

Another part of our exciting outreach services is theYoung Scot Academy.  This is a training scheme which enables young volunteers, aged 11 to 26, to get involved in Young Scot by producing information, creating opportunities in their local community and widening their skills in a variety of areas including negotiating discounts, media training, video blogging, creating podcasts and web content.

So What's The Impact?

Face-to-face engagement gives young people an increased knowledge of both local and national services, allowing them to receive information that is tailored direclty to their needs.  

For more information, please contact our Field and Services Director by emailing juneo@youngscot.org