Live Argyll Community Learning Services - Youth Learning Update
Argyll and Bute Council · 27 August 2025
Back to Mid Argyll, Kintyre and the Islands Area Community Planning Group — 27 August 2025 and its agenda
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liveArgyll Community Learning Team Kintyre Youth Work Update September 2025 Kintyre Youth Action Group The Kintyre LiveArgyll Youth Work Service facilitates weekly meetings with the Kintyre Youth Action Group (based in Campbeltown and Tarbert). The Action Group carry out local community projects and regularly volunteer and represent young people’s views in the area by carrying out weekly meetings which involve regular focus groups and large-scale youth consultations on a two-yearly basis. The input from the Action Group ensures the local youth work service is entirely youth led by focussing on local youth views, issues and areas the young people would like to develop. The Action Group have recently developed their own youth led voice model called the Kintyre Youth Action Council which is being rolled out across Argyll and Bute, and are also currently providing a regional voice for the NSPCC’s ongoing child safety online campaign. The Action Group are always available to consult with and to provide youth voice/perspectives on any issue, so please contact Jamie.titterton@liveargyll.co.uk if you have any enquiries. Kintyre Youth Action Council The Kintyre Youth Action Council held their second youth voice sitting of the year in June, where member met to discuss issues experienced by local young people. They met to discuss the issues themselves, as well as possible solutions they felt could help improve things for local young people. They then met with local decision makers to share their views on the topics they had chosen to discuss. Thank you to all who attended and who continue to support the Youth Action Council. The model that the group developed in collaboration with Bute Youth Action Group is now being rolled out across the local authority, with more information to follow on an official are wide launch. More information on the model is attached. If you would like to support the Youth Action Council members to be heard or to develop and support their work, please contact Jamie.titterton@liveargyll.co.uk.
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Ben Nevis Expedition Young people from Youth Action Groups across Argyll and Bute (Kintyre, Helensburgh and Dunoon) took part in an expedition up Ben Nevis at the start of school holidays. All the young people did incredibly well attempting the climb and six made it to the summit, which was a wonderful achievement. The participants met new people, raised some money for their youth voice work, improved their health and wellbeing, engaged positively with outdoor learning, developed their core skills and resilience, and improved their aspirations and motivation. Isle of Bute Camping Trip Once again, young people from the Kintyre Youth Action Group met with members of the Bute, Helensburgh, and Dunoon groups to take part in a two-night camping trip on the Isle of Bute over the school holidays. The groups explored Rothesay and the Island and learned and developed a number of outdoor, wild camping, and bushcraft skills whilst learning about the benefits of spending time in the great outdoors.
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Wider Achievement Awards – Campbeltown and Tarbert The local youth work service continues to support young people in Campbeltown Grammar School, Tarbert Academy, and Islay High School to access and achieve wider achievement awards for their wider curricular learning. This summer has seen around twelve young people complete a Youth Achievement Award, and around another twenty five young people completing Dynamic Youth Awards, with more awards ongoing after the holidays. MSYP Support We would like to take this opportunity to thank Alasdair Paisley MSYP who is leaving his role as a Member of the Scottish youth Parliament for Argyll and Bute as he is leaving to go to university to further his academic journey. Alasdair has worked incredibly hard over the last couple of years finding out and representing local young people’s views at Scottish Youth Parliament sittings and voting opportunities. He has been a key member of the setting up of local Youth Action Council’s during his time and leaves with all of our best wishes for the future. Regular Ongoing Projects • Music/Arts Group • Writing Group • Inclusion Group Please contact Jamie.titterton@liveargyll.co.uk for any questions, comments, networking, or partnership working suggestions.