greenspace scotland engages and empowers young people through the Young Placechangers programme. The Young Placechangers approach combines greenspace scotland’s experience of working with community groups on placemaking with Youth Scotland’s experience of youth work and supporting young people to take the lead.
Young Placechangers puts young people in the lead role – bringing together the wider community to look at local spaces and plan improvements. The Young Placechangers programme has used a co-production approach to develop and pilot a training and support programme enabling young people to transform both the place they live, their relationship to it and the wider community. We have created the Young Placechangers Toolkit to help young people get involved in place discussions and decisions
Our Young Placechangers programmes have been supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Scottish Government, The Gannochy Trust and OVO Foundation.
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greenspace scotland engages and empowers young people through the Young Placechangers programme. Find out more about young placechangers and watch videos from the Young People & Place Festival Read more
The Young Placechangers toolkit aims to inspire young people to take the lead in their local community, to voice their opinions and help make positive change happen. Practical, free and fun - have a look! Read more
Online resource co-produced by the Rumpus Room and greenspace scotland to support young people to take ownership of places through creative investigation and actions - take a look! Read more
Young Placechangers in action – a selection of case studies from Young Placechangers projects across Scotland Read more
Support from the OVO Foundation helped us develop Net Zero in Our Place working with youth groups on climate change and renewable energy. Read more
greenspace scotland working with youth groups across Perth and Kinross on local Young Placechangers programme with funding from The Gannochy Trust. Read more
greenspace scotland's child protection policy Read more