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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 Programmes

Check out the 'What's On' Pages to see what there is on over the summer holidays.  Youth Services provide a huge range of great groups to get involved in over the summer.  As well as that there are open days, one off events and loads loads more!

Register your card!!!

There is a competition for all P7s on our Competitions Page (see the right hand side) with the chance to win 1 of 9 iPods!!! But to do this you have to register your card first. To do this click on the Register now button at the top of the page... but wait... you need to make sure you have your card first to do it!

Competitions

P7s have the chance to win one of nine ipods once they register!

Think U Know!?

If you're between 11 and 16, you probably know a lot about using the internet. 

Think U Know have created a space for you to share what they think is good, look at what's not, share experiences of things that have gone wrong and show you ways you can get yourself out of bad situations.

They like to keep things easy, so you'll see they've split different things you can do into sections.

You can also watch films, play games and report if you think someone online is being weird sexually with you. If you know something they don't, or you want to get involved in making their stuff, join their panel here or take a minute to fill in their polls. It's all about you.

Check it out....  www.thinkuknow.co.uk

The Mobile Youth Centre

• Helpful Contacts/Signposting
• What's On
• Search For Discounts!
• Competitions
• Skool Buzz
• Surveys
• Email Us: youngscot@north-ayrshire.gov.uk

Mobile Youth Centre Progress

The launch was a great success - see our bebo for more info and photos! 

So obviously its here!!  Its like a youth centre on wheels that can turn up at your area with loads to do!

Inside internet access, Consultation "Big Brother" Diary Room, comfy seated area to hang out, Wii, X Box 360, Nitendo DS's and PS3, 8 laptops with internet access, outside sheltered seated area, outside games, film editing and music suite and full disabled access.

MYC is back on the road.... check our feature articles in the 'Features Section' for dates on where he'll be touring this summer in North Ayrshire.

The One Scotland Card

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

For young people is now avaliable 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.

Soon all North Ayrshire Secondary schools and 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 603 1387 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 recieve all the latest info! Easy as that.

Write For These Pages!

• Email Us Your Stuff Now!

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!

The young people you work with in North Ayrshire all have a Young Scot book, and these books can be used as part of a PSE lesson relating to citizenship. Whether your pupils can find them or not is a different question, as there are often many stories of them being lost! But these books can be equally as valuable in a Youth Work setting to inspire young people and prompt discussion and debate around citizenship and their place in the community.

Young Scot no longer produce hand books for teachers, however, there are a number of downloadable hand-outs in PDF format on the corporate version of the Young Scot website including every section from both the '|Wee Book' and 'Big Book', Activity ideas and discussion starters, Quizzes and Answer sheets.

If you intend to use the books as part of a citizenship programme, it may be worth while asking your pupils to leave their books at school for a few months. This way you can get the best out of the books without having to listen to excuses of them being forgotten!

For more information head to: http://www.youngscot.net/resources/?a=d&s=192&sr=185&ss=50

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.