The launch of Planet Youth Scotland in September 2021 was covered in the mainstream media.

STV ran this story on Friday 25th September:

Footage courtesy of STV

Laura Devlin, education correspondent at The Courier, also reported on the programme on 20th September, with an article entitled: From Reykjavik to Dundee: How local pupils are leading the way with Icelandic model of drug prevention. 

View the full story here.

For more information, visit our Planet Youth Scotland webpage.

Winning Scotland has formed a partnership with the University of Bristol and the University of Cardiff Public Health Intervention Responsive Studies Team (PHIRST).

Funded by the National Institute for Health Research, the partnership will underpin an evaluation of our flagship ‘Mindset Teams’ programme, and ultimately understand its long-term potential to positively impact public health and children’s education.

Mindset Teams supports the development of a growth mindset culture in Scottish schools in order to improve learning resilience for health and education outcomes.

The programme enables teaching practitioners and senior leaders in education to work together to develop, implement and embed a growth mindset culture in schools to address pupil learning, wellbeing and ultimately attainment and inequalities.
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Our earlier findings suggest that Mindset Teams positively impacts teacher perceptions and improve pupil attitudes, but the PHIRST evaluation takes a closer look at the longer term impact. Can Mindset Teams help reduce the poverty gap and improve health? 

Fancy joining Planet Youth Scotland?

We are building a small team to support our new initiative, Planet Youth Scotland and are open to an initial conversation with anyone who feels they have the right skills, attitude and experience to add value to the project.
 
We may seek to recruit for a number of posts at various levels. As such, as this stage we are inviting informal expressions of interest to get involved – we are more interested in people than job titles right now!

In general though, we are seeking candidates with a passion for youth development, experience of partnership working and a track record of coordinating, influencing and facilitating across a range of sectors and stakeholders.

In addition, some/all of the following skills and experiences are highly desirable:

• Awareness of relevant local and national government policies 
• Worked in local or national government or community development 
• A keen and active interest in relevant local and/or global initiatives and research 
• Experience of change management and/or overseeing complex projects 
• A record of co-production, involving all stakeholders in forming solutions
• Subject matter expertise in education, community and/or health 

• Experience of initiating and developing new projects 
• Worked with people at all levels of an organisation and members of the public 

Salaries will be decided based on the posts we agree/offer, but we anticipate a salary range between £30,000 and £45,000 pro rata, depending on the role.

Express your interest
To express your interest, email info@winningscotland.org by 31st October, enclosing a CV and a cover letter which explains why you would be a good fit for this project and the impact you believe you could have.  

If you would like an informal conversation about the role(s), contact zahra@winningscotland.org.

We welcome interest from people seeking secondments, freelance or fixed-term contract roles.