© Young Scot 2008 Who is Young Scot? National youth information and citizenship agency for Scotland Registered charity, based in Edinburgh Established for over 25 years Supporting young people aged Co-located with YouthLink Scotland and the Scottish Youth Parliament

© Young Scot 2008 Young Scot Aims To provide young people, aged , with a mixture of information, ideas and incentives to help them become confident, informed and active citizens. We do this in a variety of formats so young people can access information in a way they are comfortable with. It is our hope that the information we provide will enable them to: –Make informed decisions and choices –Turn their ideas into action –Take advantage of the opportunities available to them –Have the confidence and knowledge to take their place as active citizens in their communities- locally, nationally and globally.

© Young Scot 2008 Services for Young People…

© Young Scot 2008 Key Statistics… 340,000 Young Scot cardholders across Scotland 10m hits per year on sites Partnerships with all 32 local authorities through Dialogue Youth initiative Young Scot card offers 1,200 discounts in Scotland 100,000 reciprocal deals with 42 countries across Europe 160,000 copies and 36 local versions of the Young Scot Books published in 2007 Extremely positive HMIE audit in 2007

© Young Scot 2008 Dialogue Youth Dialogue Youth is a partnership between Young Scot, COSLA, Scottish Government, Local Authorities, their community planning partners and young people. A national strategy delivered through local action.

© Young Scot 2008 Local Authority Network

© Young Scot 2008 Dialogue Youth Route to connect young people with decision makers at a local level, using new technology Dialogue Youth partnership with every council Community planning and service delivery tool Based on local adaptation of Young Scot services – smartened cards, portal, etc Giving young people an early positive experience of how they can affect local services and provision

© Young Scot 2008 Young Scot and Financial Inclusion/Capability

© Young Scot 2008 National Youth Information Portal The national youth information portal for young people aged in Scotland Channels dedicated to money, careers, training and work and housing Portal receives over 10million hits a year

© Young Scot 2008 InfoLine Website Information on money, housing, health, training and work for young people in transition from school to independent living In-depth information available in downloadable factsheets

© Young Scot 2008 Young Scot InfoLine FREE & confidential youth information service Freephone telephone line: am to 6pm, Monday to Friday Contact centre within national Young Scot office with fully trained Information Advisors enquiry and text service Promoting InfoLine at Fresher’s Fairs throughout Scotland and working with partners and intermediaries such as learndirect Scotland

© Young Scot 2008 Financial Advisory Board (Youth) …or FABY!! Young Scot money advisory group made up of young volunteers aged from across Scotland FABY meets to discuss issues relating to money and access to financial products/services for young people Group work to produce podcasts on managing money and develop information factsheets for portal

© Young Scot 2008 Podcasting Creating popular and informative podcasts with young people about money and independent living issues. Alternative way of providing money information Can include interviews and discussions Young people and FABY group are involved in the making of podcasts Inclusive method of delivering information and engaging young people

© Young Scot 2008 Scottish Centre For Financial Education (SCFE) Intelligence gathering consultation with Christmas school leavers in partnership with SCFE and the Scottish Government to inform the production on an independent living/transitional resource Consultation revealed that young people want contextual information in video format, backed up with info factsheets New online and interactive resource in production

© Young Scot 2008 Financial Capability Partners Young Scot continuing successful partnership work with the FSA and Lloyds TSB Scotland to compliment Scottish Government work plan. LTSBS action plan including young people carrying out mystery shopping in bank branches and providing training input to branch staff Young Scot supporting FSA Money Doctors network in Scotland and Northern Ireland; NEET intermediaries and partnership development work

© Young Scot 2008 In conclusion… Young Scot can support you to deliver financial capability/inclusion work in your area through –InfoLine phone and web information service –Provision of financial information written for young people in downloadable/printable factsheet format –Supporting new media information formats such as podcasting –Volunteering opportunities for young people in your area through FAB(Y) –Access to new independent living resource using new media, in partnership with the Scottish Government and SCFE –Provision of expertise and knowledge on financial capability/inclusion issues

© Young Scot 2008 For more information… Louise Macdonald Chief Executive Kirsten Maxwell Project Development Manager