Plans to tackle child poverty revealed at Perth summit
ByRichard Burdge
A delegate speaks at the Perth event.
A new national campaign will be launched to tackle child poverty, it has been announced in Perth.
The Scottish Youth Parliament (SYP) members voted on a shortlist of campaigns at their national sitting held in North Inch Community Campus.
The winning campaign was announced by vice-chairwoman Terri Smith.
Immediately after the announcement, SYP chairwoman Louise Cameron MSYP said: “I am delighted that members of the Scottish Youth Parliament have chosen to campaign to tackle child and youth poverty.
“Research has shown that growing up in poverty affects the opportunities children and young people have available to them.
“We firmly believe that this must change and that more needs to be done to support these young people.
“The Scottish Youth Parliament has made a huge impact with our previous campaigns and I have no doubt that we can be equally successful with this campaign and make a real difference to benefit the young people of Scotland.”
The SYP is the democratically elected voice of Scotland’s young people and has nearly 160 members who are elected every two years.
