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Do you play in a band and want to advertise your gig? Has your footy team won the league? Are your sides still splitting from the last joke you heard?  Mad for the latest movie? You can send all this and more to these pages.  Email us at youngscot@north-ayrshire.gov.uk

 

Summer Consutlation

Want to win big?  A £400 goodie box is up for grabs with iPods, games, vouchers for gigs and shopping.  Fill in the survey and get entering.  Click the link on the left hand side....

Mental Health Survey

Go to the survey section and complete this quick 5 minute survey and be entered into the prize drawn to win a £30 HMV voucher!

M&Ds One Day Event

FREE bowling at Cosmic Bowl.  FREE GOLF at Devils Island Adventure Golf.  FREE entry to Amazonia.  FREE game of pool in Diamond Lil's American Pool Hall. 
Thursday 2nd July - check the whats on pages for more details!

Youth Conference Report

We held the annual Youth Conference at the Gailes Hotel on 5th November 2008.  Almost 100 young people from across North Ayrshire attended.  To download a copy of the report and see what the event was all about... Click Here

Competitions

Win Win Win!!!  Loads of stuff to win on these local pages.... get registering your card then jump into the Competitions page by clicking here. 

Primary 7s get registering your card... it's the only way you can enter the comps... and right now their is a competition just for you's to enter... and you could win an iPod Nano and iTunes vouchers!

Remember you can win prizes but getting the 2 consultation on the 'surveys section' completed... take a couple of minutes out to win BIG!!!

Young Scot Overload

Big On The Beach:  Come along to Ardrossan South Beach on Friday 7th August and watch the five finalsits battle it out in the YSO Competition... even better its a beach party for 9 to 16 year olds!

Marymass:  One of the biggest events in Scotland all year round.  Being held on the 22nd August at Irvine Moors.  Join the youth zone and watch nine local bands on the verge of being signed to record lables.  Headlined by X Factor Finalsits - High Voltage!

Fancy Dress Event: 31st October at Cornerstone, Kilwinning.  Fancy dressed Overlad Event.  It is still being decdied between 'Night at the Oscars' or 'Hero's and Villans'.  Again watch live bands and join in the fancy dress fun!

Keep checking here for more details!

MSYPs For North Ayrshire... Giving You A Voice!

MSYPs are elected to represent Scottish Parliamentary constituencies and national voluntary organisations. North Ayrshire have four newly elected members.

Check out what our MSYPs have said they are going to do for young people in North Ayrshire.  Find out what they will do for you... making your voice heard on a national level! To see these click here

Your local MSYPs are:

Cunninghame North:  Erin Mackenzie & Christie Clarke

Cunninghame South:  Kieran Morrell

Think U Know... Keep Safe Online

 

Go to find the latest information on the sites you like to visit, mobiles and new technology. Find out what's good, what's not and what you can do about it.

Check out this site and find out the dangers of social networking sites, how to keep safe online and loads more!

www.thinkuknow.co.uk

The One Scotland Card

The One Scotland Card (has replaced the Young Scot Card)

For young people is now available FREE to all young people aged 11 to 26 in North Ayrshire!

You still get all the great discounts you got with your YS Card, Library Card, Proof of Age and more -Aged 16, 17 or 18  you also get 1/3 off Bus travel, Free Young Persons Rail Card Voucher, and if you live on the islands 2 FREE return trips to the mainland a year.

In the coming months all North Ayrshire P7 pupils will have been offered the One Scotland Card. If you  miss our visit contact us at youngscot@north-ayrshire.gov.uk

Not at school??
You can get one FREE at the Trading Standards Office at Bridgegate, Irvine. If you go there then remember to bring some form of ID like a drivers license (full or provisional), passport, Birth Certificate, Adoption Certificate, Marriage Certificate, Young Scot or other PASS hologram card. You will also need a document with proof of address on it.

Lost Your Card - Call 0845 6030596 giving your Name, Address & Date of Birth, and a new one will be sent to you.

Register Your New Card! - You can register your new card through the link above. Get your card ready, type in the details required and get prepared to enter all the cool comps, get access to all areas of our website and if you want you can receive all the latest info! Easy as that.

Win for Registering

We are out and about at schools giving all you guys and girls in P7 your card.  By doing this we can send you the latest info and you can also enter all the YS Comps!

Even better by registering you are in the prize draw to win a prizes on the competition page!  Magic!

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If you fancy yourself as a bit of a journalist we'd love to hear from you.

Send us anything you have from stories, reviews, jokes, any articles no matter how long or short!

You can see you work up here live!

Send all articles to us by email. youngscot@north-ayrshire.gov.uk

Teachers & Youth Workers In Need Of Inspiration!

Youth Workers

Okay... Youth workers within North Ayrshire can click into their very own section within the Features subsection (top right hand side of the page).  Find out news, training opportunities and more.

For training opportunities Click Here
For booking 'The Pod' Click Here
For booking 'MYC' Click Here 
To check resources and book them out Click here

If you're a young person in North Ayrshire, or know a young person in North Ayrshire without a Young Scot book, then please e-mail us. However, do check with your school to find out if books are yet to be distributed to your class. If you don't attend school but are still aged 12 to 18 you will be eligible for a Young Scot book and pack.