Culture and Media Committee

We had a lovely time celebrating #WorldBookDay tonight!!! Well done to our queen of the costume contest @WiktoriaMSYP and our quiz winners @FinnMsyp, @Victory_MSYP and @SYP_Rosy ! Special thanks to @MsypRosie and @MSYP_RhysPearce for all the work you put into tonight!!!

🗓️ Our latest online information session for young people interested in becoming an MSYP takes place later today 💬 Are you aged 14-25 and want to be a voice for young people in your community? ➡️ Sign up to find out how you can #StandForSYP: bit.ly/SYPInfoEvening

📣 News from the democratically elected voice of Scotland’s young people 📝 Our Deputy Chief Executive, Jamie Dunlop, has been appointed as @OfficialSYP's next CEO 🗨️ Here's what @SYPBoard Chair @MollieMSYP had to say on our announcement today:

A huge congratulations to @alannahlogueSYP who is our new convener.

🔍 Meet the team that are leading on our Women's Empowerment Programme!

💬 Today is #TimeToTalk Day. This year @SeeMeScotland want to encourage everyone to make space in their day for a conversation on mental health. ❤️ It's a chance for all of us to be more open – to talk, to listen, to change lives. ➡️ Find out more here: bit.ly/SYPTimeToTalk

🏳️‍⚧️ The Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill has been passed! 🗳️ MSPs have voted in favour of the changes that will make the lives of trans people across Scotland easier #ComeOutForTransEquality #TransRightsAreHumanRights

#AssessYourAccess 2022 Campaign Summary! 82 Pledges in Total. Pledges from across Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales. 5 Presentations to Organisations.

I would encourage everybody to go and look at the amazing work that these young people are doing.

In order to celebrate #BookWeekScotland I am going to share with you one of my favourite books of all time. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson. One of the best mystery books I’ve ever read. I am also currently reading The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan @CME_SYP @molliemsyp

Hey MSYPs! Today marks the start of #BookWeekScotland, so what better way to celebrate than sharing our favourite books! Mine has got to be ‘The Island’ by M.A Bennett but ‘The Power’ by Naomi Alderman is such a close second (so much so i accidentally bought it twice!) 📚

@molliemsyp @SYPBoard @OfficialSYP @SYPTERA @SYP_Economy @EducationSYP @SocSec_SYP @SypJustice @CME_SYP @SYP_Equalities @CCTeamSYP mine would have to be either 'The Brothers Karamazov' by Fyodor Dostoyevsky which totally blew me away when I first read it or 'A Tree Grows In Brooklyn' by Betty Smith which really got me to be enthusiastic about reading when i was younger!

@molliemsyp @SYPBoard @OfficialSYP @SYPTERA @SYP_Economy @EducationSYP @SocSec_SYP @SypJustice @CME_SYP @SYP_Equalities @CCTeamSYP Mine is definitely ‘Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine’ -still think about it regularly!

@molliemsyp @SYPBoard @OfficialSYP @SYPTERA @SYP_Economy @EducationSYP @SocSec_SYP @SypJustice @CME_SYP @SYP_Equalities @CCTeamSYP mine is definitely the perks of being a wallflower by stephen chbosky :)

@molliemsyp @SYPBoard @OfficialSYP @SYPTERA @SYP_Economy @EducationSYP @SocSec_SYP @SypJustice @CME_SYP @SYP_Equalities @CCTeamSYP I love this 💕 My favourite books are the Books Theif by Markus Zusak (on the left) and Pobby and Dingan by Ben Rice(on the right)

@molliemsyp @SYPBoard @OfficialSYP @SYPTERA @SYP_Economy @EducationSYP @SocSec_SYP @SypJustice @CME_SYP @SYP_Equalities @CCTeamSYP Amazing! Some books that I’ve read that I have found very interesting is “We Are Not Okay” by Natália Gomes and “Listen to the moon” by Michael Morpurgo

This week is #BookWeekScotland so if you want to know what some of our MSYP’s favourite books/ current reads are the watch this space. Also let us know what you are reading the #BookWeekScotland #reading #SYP #books #politics #YouthPolitics

Did you know trips to the theatre aren’t only beneficial for drama. This trip to James IV (the 4th) also included learning in the languages, there was French, Spanish and possibly Gaelic but I’m not sure. It just shows that the theatre can teach you anything. #Theatre #Langauges