YoungScot – Get Informed
The YoungScot website has lots of information on it, ranging from health and wellbeing, lifestyle tips, sexual health, relationships, rights and identity, travel and leisure, and information on how you can make a difference. This information is aimed at people your age and is easy to understand!
What to do If Your Friend Has a Different Opinion to You
Whether it’s politics, religion, music taste or football, we all have different views, but respecting each others’ opinions is important for maintaining positive friendships. Here’s some tips for how to stay on talking terms with your friends when you have a disagreement about something!
Peaches and Aubergines Website
YouthBorders website, ‘Peaches & Aubergines’, was made by young people, for young people; and looks at the important matters relevant to them around healthy relationships, consent and respect.
How to Deal With Bullying Behaviour
Bullying is never acceptable. We won’t always like or agree with everyone we meet, but we have to respect each other – and that can be as simple as leaving someone to get on with their life while you get on with yours.
Where Can I Get Emergency Contraception
Condoms burst, pills get missed or sometimes you have sex without a condom and regret it later, it can happen. Luckily, emergency contraception can prevent pregnancy if you’ve had unprotected sex. This link will give you information on what emergency contraception is and help you to find the nearest place where you can get emergency […]
What to do if You’re Worried About a Parent or Carer
Most parents worry about their children sometimes, but we worry about them too! There’s no point keeping worries to yourself though. It’s normal to feel worried sometimes about people we love. Knowing you worry about them could help them to look after themselves better. Talking about worries helps cut them down to size
Where to Meet Other LGBT Young People
It can be nice to meet people who may have similar interests or stories to you, so going to an LGBT meet up can be a great way to meet people like you – even if you are still figuring out who you are! Find out more about meeting new people through LGBT meet-ups and online. Having a good […]
How to Deal with Problematic Flatmates
Sometimes we can get into arguments with the people we live with. It can be especially awkward if you’re living is shared accommodation with new people. Here’s how to sort those issues out – big or small.
Mental Health & Making Friends
Meeting new people and making friends can be difficult at the best of times, but it’s important to consider the mental health of others and yourself when talking to new people.
Meeting New People
It can be daunting to meet new people, especially in a new environment such as college or university. Save the Student is a website which offers advice on student life, and this article gives tips for meeting new people who are in the same position as you.