young people leadership;

How values can shape young people into making change happen

2023-08-09T15:33:19+01:009 Aug 2023|

The purpose of International Youth Day is to bring youth issues to the attention of the international community and celebrate the potential of youth as partners in today’s global society. At Columba 1400 we help young people to discover their values to help build their confidence, motivation, and determination so that they can become leaders and [...]

Celebrating the LGBTQ+ community

2023-06-12T13:28:56+01:0012 Jun 2023|

Columba 1400 works closely with young people of all different genders and sexual orientations, with members of the LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) within our YPLA team. It's important the team understands how best to support all young people taking part in our values-based leadership academies, so this Pride Month their continued professional development focuses [...]

Lowland Leader Training

2023-06-05T11:47:55+01:005 Jun 2023|

As part of our Young People’s Leadership Academies, we make use of the outdoors to encourage talking, connecting, thinking, and relaxing. We walk and talk in the local environment during Phase One of the academy and explore the stunning landscape in Skye during the residential. Whilst technically these walks don’t require training for our team – [...]

Mental Health Awareness Week – Anxiety

2023-05-11T13:37:14+01:0011 May 2023|

Our team of facilitators are committed to continuous professional development to ensure they deliver the best experience for the young people we work alongside. To tie in with Mental Health Awareness Week (15-21 May), they are focusing on mental health this month. In this blog, our facilitator Heather talks about anxiety – why it happens, how [...]

A graduate’s story – Euan

2023-05-10T18:14:52+01:0010 May 2023|

Euan, 15, is a pupil at Alva Academy in Clackmannanshire and attended our Young People's Leadership Academy at our centre in Skye in September 2021. He is also an incredible entrepreneur who has been building his handcrafted designs business since the lockdown in 2020. Here he tells us why his experience with Columba 1400 made such [...]

The Columban Youth Team

2023-05-23T10:24:32+01:0018 Apr 2023|

We recently appointed two young person consultants, Jessica and Marysia, to our board. Both are graduates of our Young People’s Leadership Academy (YPLA). Jess completed her academy in 2016 and Marysia completed hers in 2017. In this blog they introduce themselves and their plans for working with us. Jess I am 20 years old and studying [...]

What it’s like to attend a board meeting

2023-03-29T16:01:24+01:0029 Mar 2023|

Recently, we appointed two young person consultants, Jess and Marysia, to sit on our board and represent their peers. On 13 March Marysia and Jess joined their first board meeting, alongside the trustees and senior leadership team. Below they write about the experience and discuss what it was like for them. Jess "This week was the [...]

Young carers action day

2023-03-15T09:11:06+00:0015 Mar 2023|

We run values-based leadership academies for young people both from our centre in Skye and in the community. We work with young carers across Scotland, enabling them to take part in our academies by running them close to home. This Young Carers Action Day, Ryan Duffy from East Ayrshire Carers Centre, explains the difference our academies [...]

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