The SYP started in 1999 in Edinburgh and is getting stronger every year. We listen to young people and understand what issues are important to them and then campaign to try to make Scotland a better place for young people.

We do this through our Members (MSYPs) who are elected young people aged between 14 and 25 representing different areas and voluntary organisations from across the whole of Scotland. Every year we have at least four national meetings where we discuss issues which affect young people and try to propose new and sometimes radical solutions to these problems.

What’s even better is that there’s no party politics in the SYP, we do what we do to make sure young people are involved in the big decisions.

We are a young people’s parliament, designed by young people, led by young people…for the benefit of young people. The SYP is totally youth-led, all of our Trustees are 25 and under.

The SYP doesn’t just consult when it wants to, we are keen that you can tell us what you think at any time and have established lots of ways to make this happen. Aside from the local consultation through our Members, we regularly go out to schools, youth events and the like to see first hand what the issues are.