Argyll & Bute Council

This has been designated ‘Year of Young People’ by the Scottish Government and Scotland is the first country to recognise and celebrate the contributions and achievements of young people in this way. The aim is to inspire Scotland through its young people

In honour of Year of Young People 2018 Youth Services are going to focus on what young people have told us are the reasons they love living and growing up in Argyll and Bute! Together with young people from across the authority, we’ve co-produced an exciting calendar of events, projects and experiences that reflect and celebrate the top 10 pluses to being a young person in Argyll and Bute.

Preparation for YOYP18 begun by consulting with young people involved in young leader training in early June 2017. With their input we decided on the theme and a rough plan. We then developed a survey which was tested with a group of young people in Helensburgh and Lomond as part of a ‘Have Your Say’ event, before being rolled out across Argyll and Bute.

In total 1055 young people took part informing us of the top 10 reasons they love living and growing up in Argyll and Bute.

Safe, Outdoors, Easy to stay in touch, Nature, Quiet and Peaceful, Beautiful, Freedom, Sport/ recreation, Opportunities and Easy to get involved.

Youth Services have developed this programme of events for 2018 with these in mind, while also keeping with the six key national themes. Youth Services will use hashtags# to enable young people to link their activities to the plan, update in real time and share their involvement on social media.