Key Learnings:

Increased understanding of the work of the Suicide Prevention Youth Advisory Group and the wider Suicide Prevention Participation Network
Increased knowledge of opportunities for young people’s participation in policy making relating to Suicide Prevention Scotland

The participation network is aimed at practitioners in Scotland working with young people with experience of suicidality, young people who have lost someone to suicide or young people who experience poor mental health.

Meeting Focus:

The topics for this meeting will be online harms and digital safety for young people in the context of suicide prevention and will focus on the relevant section of the Creating Hope Together action plan 2026-9:

"1.8 Raise awareness about access to harmful online content about suicide, exploring technological opportunities to prevent access and connecting people to support, including through continued collaboration to support implementation of the Online Safety Act. We will also be alert to new and emerging risks – as well as seeking to act on positive opportunities – presented by technological and digital developments (such as Artificial Intelligence)."

Background

In 2022, Children in Scotland started its work delivering the national suicide prevention Youth Advisory Group in partnership with the University of Stirling.

In addition to the main work of the group, we are facilitating a participation network, in recognition that there will be many other children and young people who are not part of our advisory group but who have experiences and opinions that could and should inform our work.

Facilitator

This meeting of the group will be delivered by Chris Ross and Parisa Shirazi from Children in Scotland.

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