Welcome to West Lothian
Facts of the Week
The elephant is the only animal which has 4 knees (called stifles)!
No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times!
Quote of the Week
"Obstacles are things that a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal"
E. Hoseph Cossman
Welcome to the West Lothian Young Scot Homepage. We hope you enjoy browsing through what we have to offer and if you have any comments or anything you would like us to include on the website please e-mail them to us youngscot@westlothian.gov.uk. Please contact us if you know of anything that is up and coming in your area for young people and we will do our best to give it a mention on the web page.
Happy Browsing!
West Lothian Youth Congress Update
The West Lothian Youth Congress(WLYC) meet on Monday evenings 7pm - 9pm in Lindsay House Chambers every four to six weeks. The dates of the meetings for the next 3 months will be:
3rd November 2008 in the Chambers in Lindsay House (Bathgate)
12th January 2009 in the Chambers in Lindsay House (Bathgate)
If you are interested in finding out more information about the congress please don't hesitiate to phone or email.
Check out the what's on section for events taking place in the Celebrate Linlithgow 2 week festival!
Drop in club - West Lothian Young Scot introduces a new drop in for West Lothian Youth Congress members and for young people representing their secondary schools across West Lothian. This will be held in Lindsay House, South Bridge Street in Bathgate on Friday afternoons 1pm - 4pm. This club offers a space for young people to be creative and get involved in Young Scot activities and gain support and learn more about having your say through community planning structures. In you intend to come along please email or phone to let us know you are coming. Look forward to meeting you!
If you want to find out info on a local charity; The Baby Reece McGuire Memorial Fund and how you can help check out the West Lothian Latest in the Features Section!
West Lothian Young Scot visited 2500 primary 7 pupils across West Lothian in May and June delivering the new Young Scot packs. There were over 600 Christmas card design competition entries. The winner was from Linlithgow Bridge Primary with their card with a reindeer on the front!
Well done and thank you to everybody who entered!
Drop op us an e-mail: youngscot@westlothian.gov.uk or send your articles to the address at the bottom of the page and we'll post up the best ones in our features section!
For more information on anything you see on the web page contact us!
West Lothian News
Calling all young people from Addiewell, Bathgate, Blackburn, Boghall, Seafield, Stoneyburn and Torphichen.
If you are interested there will be an opportunity to come along and learn about web journalism, learn interviewing techniques, how to write an article, meet new friends, network lunch and transport free of charge and there will be a chance to celebrate our achievements on the day with your articles going live on the site!
We then will celebrate with a game of team building - Bowling!
If interested please contact Claire Carbray on the below details.
What you need for the day - a creative head, if under 16 years a consent form and a smile!
Looking forward to hearing from you!
West Lothian Youth Congress
Attention!!!!
Calling all Secondary school Pupil councils in West Lothian. Did you know you have 2 spaces to represent yourselves and your area on West Lothian Youth Congress come and have your say and feedback to your school and community.
West Lothian Youth Congress will welcome new members and will be delighted to talk to you about what's happening to make West Lothian a better place to live. We are a friendly bunch of young people who enjoy hearing others opinions and views and carried them forward to aid change.
The West Lothian Youth Congress meet 10 times per year in Lindsay house, Bathgate from 7pm - 9pm. If you wish more information or wish to come along to one of our meetings please don't hesitate to contact us on the Young Scot address at the bottom of this page!
If you'd like to find out the latest for West Lothian check out the following website www.westlothiannews.co.uk
Uni and Colleges
If you're still not sure which course or even which uni/college you'd like to apply for check out our features section in the top right!
Under our University and College links section there is a direct weblink to either the homepage or the prospectus page for the vast majority of Scotland's Universities and Colleges to help you make up your mind!
Financial Tips
If you're a student and are about to open a student bank account check this month's financial tip from the West Lothian Credit Union Forum below:
Don't just look at the freebies!
Check out the factors that will affect you long term; bank charges, services etc before you decide which bank to go for.
Did You Know?
West Lothian has the youngest population in Scotland with the highest percentage of under 18 year olds in mainland Scotland. With statistics like this isn’t it about time you got involved in issues that affect you. In West Lothian there are many ways to be part of something bigger, Pupil Councils if you are at school, Youth Forums or West Lothian Youth Congress. To find out more contact us on the details below.
Hopefully you will find lots of information that is relevant to you. We want to hear from you, so get intouch with your news. While you're visiting these pages remember to have a shot at voting (over there on the right). Our votes are sometimes different from those on the national Young Scot website so why don't you have your say?
To Get You Started
To Get You Started
The Lab section over on the right is a section open to all of you. Its a chance for you to unlock your creative skills!
If you have any jokes, funny stories or anything else you think young people of West Lothian would like to read then simply send them to the e-mail address above or send to the address at the bottom of the page.
We're looking forward to reading your articles!
Joke Competition
We are running a new competition!
To get more jokes in the Lab we are running a joke competition for 12-25 year olds in West Lothian. We will pick a winning joke at the end of each month and the winner will win a mystery prize! All appropriate entries will be posted into the Lab section over on the right!
If you would like to enter the competition then send your entries to the e-mail address at the bottom of this page! You can enter as many jokes as you think people will have a good laugh at!
We look forward to laughing at your entries!
Podcasts
Podcasts The 'Free Ears' group from Broxburn worked with us to create a podcast! They were the lucky winners of a national competition and as a prize visited Talk 107 radio station in Edinburgh.
Hack Pack
Many of you have been trained as web journalists and will be keeping these pages updated with all your news. We also now have a Sports Journalist, Michael. He will keep you updated on the progress of Livingston Football Club next season.
If you would like to write for us on something you are interested in such as films, books or local news then please get in touch! We will help you out with any costs to do this.
Discounts
With your Young Scot card you can get loads of different discounts throughout Scotland and Europe.
If you want to check out where you can get these discounts go to the Young Scot Discounts section.
West Lothian Youth Congress and MSYP's
West Lothian Youth Congress and the Scottish Youth Parliament
The Youth Congress is where young people come together to discuss issues affecting them and to tell service providers what they would like to see happening for all young people in West Lothian. The Congress is part of the Community Planning Partnership in West Lothian and is the platform to elect our 4 members to the Scottish Youth Parliament. At present Koren, Anna, David and Derek represent you at a national level. Check out the Scottish Youth Parliament Updates section of Features to discover what the SYP are up to at the moment!
Contact Us
If you want to get in touch with West Lothian Young Scot, you can contact us at :
Address; West Lothian Young Scot, Community Learning and Development Service, Lindsay House, South Bridge Street, Bathgate, West Lothian, EH48 1TS
Telephone; 01506 776478
West Lothian Young Scot is part of the Work with Young People Team-Community Learning and Development Service, West Lothian Council.
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