15 May 2024
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 shows how youth awards have supported young people across Scotland to build core skills, explore new experiences, make connections with positive role models in their communities and earn accreditation.The report draws on wide-ranging sources from the UK and Europe to evidence support for a future…
18 Sep 2024
We are delighted to share with you our first ever nature-edition newsletter. It contains helpful examples from member organisations of different ways young people of all ages and capabilities engage in nature related activities, whether in nature, about nature or through nature. It includes outdoor learning, natural science, conservation and climate matters. View a copy here.
3 Jun 2024
Our Spring newsletter is full of information on youth awards news nationally and locally. From information on education reforms to progress on profiling achievement, you will find want to catch up here.Link Here
6 May 2024
To whom it may concern,We are writing this letter to express our shared hope that the John Muir Trust can urgently reinstate the John Muir Award, or explore solutions to ensure its availability, having ‘paused’ it in March 2024. It is an important part of Scotland's learning, engagement and achievement landscape. Awards Network data shows that the John Muir Award accounted for almost 12% of all youth awards achieved by young people in Scotland in 2023.The John Muir Award has existed for 27…
22 Jan 2024
The Awards Network has distributed record numbers of awards in the academic year 2022-2023. Link here to read more winter news.
3 Jul 2023
Our June 2023 Newsletter shares an exciting opportunity to join the Awards Network team; an update on the redesign of the John Muir Award; news on the integration of the Youth Work Outcomes and Skills Framework from YouthLink Scotland; resources for getting started with nature-based awards and much more!
4 May 2023
An opinion piece by James A. DuffyRead more about how the strategies and values of youth awards could be reflected in the revised model for Qualifications and Assessment HERE
7 Feb 2023
The Awards Network believes that the totality of a young person's achievements from within and outside school must be recognised and valued. Read our Response HERE
7 Feb 2023
In our first Newsletter of 2023 read findings of the Prince's Trust NatWest Youth Index 2023; A new Urban Nature Toolkit for youth workers; how Comedy supports DYW and learner re-engagement; the Awards Network's response to the Review of Qualifications and Assessment; job opportunities and more
