Our activity

1-3 May

One of our group, Liam, has been selected as a member of the Eurochild Children's Council 2022-2024! He started in March and recently got to attend their first in-person meeting in Brussels.

Liam wrote a blog about his time in Belgium, click here to read it.

22 April

At our April meeting, we discussed our priority topic of mental health and shared top tips of what can support good mental health, such as friends, pets, volunteering and sports. 

We also welcomed Clare Haughey, Minister for Children and Young People, and shared our recent work with her.

We heard about Clare's recent focuses at work, including the The Promise Implementation Plan.

We asked Clare about topics including disabilities, child rights and support for children and young people in education.

During the Q&A, Clare also asked us some questions about their asks for life in Scotland. We told her that we want Scotland to be free of racism, sexism & homophobia and for Scottish Government to #KeepThePromise. 

We found out that Clare prefers cheese & biscuits to cake!

27 April

CoW member Mhairi won the Environment award at the Young Scot Awards for her work as founder and CEO of Youth STEM 2030. Well done Mhairi!

16 March

We recently had a session dedicated to talking about the UK Government's proposed changes to the Human Rights Act. Parisa from Children in Scotland has summarised the views and concerns we discussed.

Click here to read her summary 

26 March

We had a great in-person meeting in sunny Edinburgh, enjoying a spring-themed creative activity, and sharing hopes for the coming year.

Children in Scotland's CEO Judith Turbyne came along and we put her in the hot seat about her plans for working with Changing our World. We also found out that she likes dogs, running, and her favourite food is refried beans.

We focused on our priority topic of mental health, and discussed what helps mental health and what can negatively impact it.

At lunchtime, we walked past Scottish Parliament and enjoyed relaxing in the sunshine, with thanks to Shaun for the lovely cakes he brought!

10 February

We're sad to say goodbye to Ellie, who joined CoW when she was 13 and will soon be starting university!

Before finishing her term with us, Ellie wrote a reflective article on the value of putting young people's voices at the centre of an organisation. Click here to read it.

18 February

We had our monthly meeting online, and talked about three things:

• We started the session with a self-care themed ice-breaker, thinking about what we love about ourselves and what we love doing
• We brainstormed our website and how we want to develop the content and design
• Then we worked on our hot topics and changes we want to see throughout 2022 for children and young people.

21 January

We had a busy first session of the year today, we:

• Started with a Scotland quiz led by group member Shaun, ahead of Burns Night on Tuesday
• Developed some content ideas for our website and how we want to be represented
• Reviewed our key areas of work and planned our priorities for 2022.

4 December

We met in person today, and definitely took advantage of seeing each other beyond our Zoom screens!

27 November

Four members of Changing our World have been elected as MSYPs in the 2021 Scottish Youth Parliament elections!