Research into the impact of the cost of living crisis on young people in Scotland has revealed that people as young as 11 years old are worried about the effect rising prices are having on their households.

“My emotions subscribe to fake news” is a leaflet that explores the role played by our cognitive biases in our relation to false information. A young illustrator was in charge to express everyday situations where our biases can mislead us when we interpret information.

The study helps to identify and rethink the challenges as a City Council and as citizens and where we should focus on maintaining and improving social, physical and emotional well-being.

“Noorte Ekspress” aims to ensure the availability of high-quality and reliable information for those young people who have not reached youth information online but want to get information in paper form.

Youth Ambassadors is a programme to decentralise information by making it easier for young people to access it. The Programme is coordinated by the General Directorate of Youth, Ministry of the Presidency, Tourism, Culture and Sports of the Region of Murcia.

The consortium meeting of the YinfoPioneers project happened in Tirana, European Youth Capital 2022, on 1-2 December 2022. The consortium had the unique opportunity to gather with the Minister of State for Youth and Children of Albania.

ERYICA's new mental health and emotional well-being project, YIminds, kicked off in Brussels on 28-29 November 2022. The project focuses on building a structured dialogue between youth information workers, mental health professionals and young people

From 26 to 28 October, 50 ERYICA members from Andorra, Portugal and Spain gathered in the beautiful island of Menorca for the 5th ERYICA Ibero-insular working group meeting. Check out the main outcomes and decisions of the meetings!

The ERYICA Nordic-Baltic Working Group, whose participants come from Finland, Estonia, Norway, and Lithuania, met in Tallinn (Estonia) on 26-27 October 2022. Get to know more about the meeting!

What is mental health? What is the role, and what are the boundaries of youth information services? ERYICA, in partnership with the Council of Europe, is organising this webinar to provide first-hand insights on mental health and share good practices regarding how youth information providers can contribute to young people’s mental health.

Youth Voice Network of Organisations is a non-governmental society established on 20 July 2018, after four years of informal work on advocacy and lobbying, with the mission to mobilise, integrate and strengthen the youth's potential through awareness, information, advocacy and lobbying services in education, care, health, and employment areas in Albania.

The majority of teenagers are online and have access to digital devices. The rapid increase in smartphone users is indicative. Still, the digital divide between household income and gaming consoles is evident. 97% of teens use the internet daily.

MedYIa partners run in the last months an online survey that became the basis for the partners’ work, enabling them to create tailor-made, face-to-face training closely aligned to the needs of youth workers. Check out the results!

The European Union, in the context of the European Year of Youth 2022, has taken an important step to empower young people. The Union adopted the first Youth Action Plan to support young people to find their place in society and actively shape a better future.

Save the children international has created a practical and easy-to-use guide to writing child-friendly documents. This guide is focused on written form, summaries of official texts easily accessible for the mental potential of children and visually appealing.

The current historical affairs (digitisation of the economy, war in Ukraine, COVID19 pandemic, shift to authoritarian models of political governance) prove how deeply influential the circulation of information is and how vital its evaluation is from the citizens.

“In the context of a general shortage of qualified staff and rising youth unemployment, youth information and counselling services are optimistic about the decision to make 2023 the European Year of Skills. What is essential, is a careful and organised implementation of the initiative in order to ensure equal distribution of resources and opportunities.”

ProMo-Cymru is pleased to announce that they have once again been awarded the contract to run the Meic helpline service, commissioned by the Welsh Government for up to five years. Don’t know yet what Meic is about? Have a look to the article!

oung people in Scotland can now access money-saving opportunities, financial information and tips on looking after their mental health with Young Scot’s new information hub.

The brochure "Wie geht es dir?" (eng: "How are you?") comprises 100 pages and includes articles, interviews, self-checks, and an ‘ABC on mental health’ where the most important terms regarding mental health are explained.