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Learning for Sustainability Newsletter – November 2018

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Tuesday 11^th December 2018
4:30pm – 6:00pm
Film Screening, followed by discussion
At
Rossie Young People’s Trust
DD10 9TW 

Wednesday 19^th December 2018
5:30pm – 7:00pm
Film Screening, followed by discussion
At
Room A, Bruce House, Arbroath

Please come along and be part of our audience on the day

To book your place please email stating clearly which session you would like to attend to:

ProtectingPeopleAngus@angus.gov.uk

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Child Bereavement UK is the leading provider of bereavement training to professionals, helping them to better understand and meet the needs of grieving families. Some scheduled courses that may be of interest can be found below, or you can browse all our upcoming courses by visiting the training area of our website

Working with bereaved teenagers

Understand more about teenagers’ responses to grief to help you communicate with them and provide appropriate support.

Book your place now

3 May 2019 – Stirlingshire, £50 – Bursary priced places

“The training will help me to engage more confidentiality with bereaved teenagers. It will also be of great benefit in facilitating my role as one of the teachers involved

Working with bereaved teenagers
3 May 2019, Stirlingshire, £50 – Bursary priced places

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Global Partnerships newsletter

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Competition: Global Voices

Do you want to put a stop to climate change? Stand up against inequality? Or are you passionate about helping people in other countries?

Take part in the Global Voices competition to win cash prizes and share your ideas with Scottish Government Ministers.

Answer the question: How do you think Scotland can make a difference in the world and issues affecting the planet and citizens?

How to enter

Be as creative as you want – it could be a letter, vlog, poster or article. And you can enter as an individual or group!

Have an idea? Here’s what you do next.

It’s open to 8 to 26 year olds from Scotland. 3 winners will be selected from 3 categories: primary school (8 +), secondary school and 18 – 26 year olds.

The best bit – the prize!
• The chance to tell your ideas to Scottish Government Ministers
• A tour of the Scottish Parliament for you and your class

Winners in both the school aged categories will get a £1000 cash prize for the school of each winning entry.

Winners of the 18-26 category will get £1500 to research or run their idea, plus a trip to Brussels to visit Scotland House, have a tour of the European Parliament and meet a Member of the European Parliament.

Your entry should cover:
• Why this issue matters to you
• What steps you would take to improve the situation at home in Scotland and in other countries
• What impact you think your idea would have on the world and how you can see Scotland leading the way?

Important info:
• Deadline is midnight on 9 December
• Each entry must be from an individual, a group of up to 4 young people or a primary or secondary school class
• A parent, guardian, youth worker or teacher must be the point of contact for all entries with young people under 16
• You can get help and advice to help with your idea but the final entry must come from young people
• Written applications must be no more than 1000 words, and videos no more than 7 minutes
• Entries 18-26 must submit a short paragraph (no more than 200 words) explaining how you would use the £1500 prize to further your research or implement your idea
• Entries will be judged by a group of young people and Scottish Government officials

Got all of the above covered? Here’s the final steps:

1: Fill out the application form and personal information form, and email Global.Voices@gov.scot
2: Upload your entry here. 

Please name the file with your full name and the title of your entry & submit a personal information form for each person in your entry!

You will be contacted via email to confirm the team have received your application.

If you would like to send your entry by post:

International Futures – 2H South
Victoria Quay
Edinburgh
EH6 6QQ

Good luck!
Scottish Governement

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Invitation to participate in Safer Internet Day 2019

Scottish Government and the UK Safer Internet Centre are delighted to invite Angus Council to participate in Safer Internet Day (SID) 2019. Celebrated in over 140 countries, SID aims to empower children and young people to use technology responsibly, respectfully, critically and creatively.  Safer Internet Day 2019 will take place on Tuesday 5^th February 2019, with the theme ‘Who owns the internet? 

It’s easy to become involved
Safer Internet Day 2018 was supported in the UK by over 1,700 organisations, including local and central government, companies, charities, police services, schools and wider. We would be delighted if you would join us to celebrate Safer Internet Day 2019!   It’s simple to get involved:

• Sign up to the SID newsletter: You’ll be notified when SID supporter registration opens, hear about events, materials and marketing for SID 2019.
• Talk to staff: Register as a SID supporter and use your internal communication channels to encourage the parents, carers, aunts, uncles and grandparents who work for you to talk about SID and online safety with the children in their lives.
• Educate young people: Schools, youth work teams, colleges, universities, early years and voluntary organisations can use the free SID educational resources with young people aged 3 – 18.
• You can access them all  here.

Or alternatively click each on link below to access the individual packs.

Education pack 3-7s
Education pack 7-11s
Education pack 11-14s
Education pack 14-18s
Parent & Carers pack

Schools and ELC’s can register as a Safer Internet Day 2019 Supporter here.  Please visit UK Safer Internet Centre for more information.

• Spread the word: Add your voice to the #SID2019 campaign to help engage customers, service users and partners to work together for a better internet.  Use our free marketing materials to join the worldwide celebration.