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Some of our Awards

Guide Gold Award

Provider: Girlguiding Scotland

The Guide gold award is a really special achievement. It gives you the opportunity to put everything you’ve learned through the Guide programme into practice… more

Comedy and Confidence Awards

Provider: Comedy and Confidence

Comedy & Confidence™ The DirectDevitt Comedy Award offers the opportunity to learn how to use Comedy in presentations, public speaking and includes… more

Biodiversity Action

Provider: Keep Scotland Beautiful

The Biodiversity Action course is for secondary school pupils and leads toward relevant, effective action they can take for biodiversity. … more

CASE STUDIES

Scout Leaders Remove Barriers to Achieving the Gold Chief Scouting Award

The Scouts is an organisation known worldwide for its adventurous programme and leadership opportunities. Yet, there are still barriers which Scouts Scotland is… Read More

FUSE Youth Cafe

This case study highlights the experiences of youth workers and young people from Fuse Youth Cafe, which has been using Youth Scotland awards to accredit their… Read More

All Case Studies

LINKS

Amazing Things

A Directory of Youth Awards in Scotland.

Recognising, recording and celebrating achievements across school and CLD settings

This wakelet brings together videos reports and other resources to support use of youth awards in schools, youth work and CLD settings.

Meta Skills Framework

This toolkit has been developed through consultation with educators and other partners to create a suite of resources that will support practitioners embed skills in a manageable and sustainable way.

Opportunity Finder

Find more than 35,000 jobs, apprenticeships, courses and volunteering opportunities all in one place.

Personal Achievement Tool on My WOW

Build a library of your achievements! Use this to help track your successes, reflect on what you've accomplished and discover what motivates you.

Scotland’s Curriculum Review Cycle

Education Scotland's blog contains key information on the latest developments of the Curriculum Improvement Cycle Education Scotland is leading on.

WWF and the Mental Health Foundation have come together to produce this guide for you. We want you to thrive and for nature to thrive around you. We think the two are mutually supportive. From forests and rivers, to parks and gardens, to window boxes or e

Transferability of skills gained through youth work

Download a copy of ‘Get Ahead – Scouting and employability’ – an example of how to identify transferrable skills gained through youth work experiences.

UCAS Personal Statement

How to write a UCAS Undergraduate personal statement

Tips on Writing a CV

Tips on CVs and applications and access to the MyWorldofWork CV builder.

Apprenticeships

A quick guide to Apprenticeships in Scotland.

What employers say about youth work awards

A sample of quotes from employers, and case studies.

Acting on Achievement - Report Published

Acting on Achievement is a thoroughly-researched report that outlines the important role youth awards and programme providers can play in education reform. Published in May 2024 by Awards Network, it…

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