Safeguarding. Wellbeing. Empowerment. Youth work is all this and more! It tackles root causes before problems escalate, creating safe spaces and building trust. This #YWW25 we’re proud to support the Youth Work Manifesto, calling for all young people to have a #RightSpaceFuture: buff.ly/qQmZ09H

It's #TrusteesWeek: time to celebrate the nearly one million charity trustees across the UK! We're lucky to have a few of them on our board, which is so weird because they're ALL one in a million?! 🤩 Thank you to our YTAS board members, past and present, for your commitment to the organisation 🙌

Every young person deserves the right to youth work. Let’s make it law. We’re proud to stand with the youth work sector in campaigning for a #RightSpaceFuture this #YWW25! Read the full manifesto here: buff.ly/qQmZ09H

📢 Stirling practitioners! 📢 Join YTAS and Creative Stirling tomorrow for a regional, in-person Knowledge Exchange session to discuss local opportunities for your participants to develop the professional skills they’ll need for a career. Read more and sign up here > buff.ly/UDeOoz2

What does a safe space mean? Youth work helps to create them every day. YTAS believes youth theatre is a specialist youth work practice, and we're proud to be members of @YouthLinkScot supporting their #RightSpaceFuture vision. Read the manifesto at buff.ly/qQmZ09H #YWW25

📢 Stirling practitioners! 📢 Join YTAS and Creative Stirling on Friday for a regional, in-person Knowledge Exchange session to discuss local opportunities for your participants to develop the professional skills they’ll need for a career. Read more and sign up here > buff.ly/UDeOoz2

We had a fantastic time at our first Regional Hub in Fife last weekend! Huge thanks to our partners at OnFife, Stellar Quines and Byre Youth and Community Arts for a great event, and to everyone who came along and participated. We'll have resources to follow, so keep an eye out 🎉

The Open Practice Lab is a facilitated session series in Glasgow that offers a platform for creative experimentation, cross-disciplinary exchange and networking. They have an open call right now for artists to join them in November buff.ly/T9szRzn (deadline - 7 Nov 2025)

Culture for Climate Scotland are holding their next SPRINGBOARD Local Assembly in Peebles on Sun 2 Nov 2025 where you can connect with other practitioners in your region to address climate change collectively

Curated Place's Cultural Business Development Programme is now open for applications – a free, 12 session course designed for Scottish arts and culture organisations across all disciplines buff.ly/BOu8FmI (deadline - 31 Oct 2025)

Engage are running a Proud Allies LGBTQIA+ Awareness Training online workshop on Fri 28 Nov 2025

Singing Willows have a Collaborators Call-Out for their new piece of Children’s Musical Theatre set to premiere at the Edinburgh Fringe 2026 inc Set Designer, BSL Translator/Narrator and Musical Theatre Actor buff.ly/0am0Z7l (deadline - 30 Nov 2025)

If you have leadership skills, can think strategically & have a passion for the role creativity plays within child development, Starcatchers @starcatchersuk.bsky.social are looking for new board members: buff.ly/Ud5pXZF (30 Nov 2025)

At the Root @attherootarts.bsky.social are working in partnership with Fauldhouse & Breich Valley Community Development Trust to provide free drama & creative arts sessions on Saturday mornings from Sat 8 November 2025

Stagecoach Performing Arts Stirling are recruiting a musical theatre tutor to join their team to teach their Saturday morning classes for 4-6 yr olds buff.ly/ovjVUDZ (deadline - 31 Oct 2025)

Cracking second day at our Regional Hub in Fife with lots of smiles at the Games Exchange and lots of questions answered in the Audition Ready session with Sarah Miele. Big thanks to everyone who came along and to our hosts OnFife 👏

Liverpool's 20 Stories High are currently recruiting Artistic Leadership that will create ambitious, excellent and equitable theatre and art for culturally diverse and working-class young people and communities buff.ly/k7Vn7nH (deadline - 3 Nov 2025)

The newly re-launched Performance Collective Scotland are recruiting creatives from rural areas of Scotland aged 16-30 to join their cohort of artists. Find out more and book a place at their Re-Launch Party in Dumfries at Sun 23 Nov 2025

Calling all teachers, lecturers, workshop leaders, tutors and facilitators working in the arts. Fancy meeting up to think about what makes a brilliant arts educator? Royal Conservatoire of Scotland are running their Online Discovery Sessions starting on 4 November 2025

Our very first Regional Hub in Fife is underway at the beautiful Adam Smith Theatre in Kirkcaldy!

Find Your Light Productions are looking for an experienced Musical Director and vocal coach to join their 2026 production of 'Everybody’s Talking About Jamie' in Edinburgh buff.ly/RuILnaw (deadline - 31 Oct 2025)

The Acting Lab are running an eight session Improv Workshop series in Dundee starting on Sat 25 October 2025

Queen Margaret University have a funded one year MA programme for Scottish domiciled creative practitioners wanting enhance their theoretical and practical skills when working with/in communities buff.ly/os7TeeO (deadline - 1 Dec 2025)

Are you interested in creating work for young audiences? Join leading theatre makers on Sat 8 November 2025 for a day of talks, workshops and networking on writing for young audiences with Catherine Wheels and Playwrights' Studio, Scotland

National Theatre of Scotland are running a Freelancers in EX/CHANGE free workshop on Sat 25 Oct 2025, for freelancers sharing back initial research from Project EX/CHANGE, exploring new models, working practices, and possibilities for change in the theatre industry

🥁 Drumroll... 🥁 We're delighted to announce that the National Festival of Youth Theatre #NFYT2026 will take place from Fri 3 - Mon 6 July 2026. Mark your calendars and look out for the bookings opening in December. We’re also moving the festival, so we’re looking forward to welcoming everyone to…

Toonspeak Young People’s Theatre are seeking a strategic and creative fundraiser to join their senior management team buff.ly/fnsXWHG (deadline - 27 Oct 2025)

Culture for Climate Scotland are running a free Evaluating Arts-Climate Projects online session with researcher Emma Hall on Wed 12 Nov 2025

Starting on Mon 17 November 2025, Creative Scotland have three webinars where you can hear from the latest round of Go See Share Fund recipients on what they’ve learned including new models for creative businesses and how to connect to new markets and audiences

Applications are open for these courses at Royal Conservatoire of Scotland : • MEd in Learning and Teaching in the Arts • MA/MFA Arts Leadership & Fundraising • PG Certificate in Learning & Teaching in the Arts buff.ly/0gV3lzN (deadline - 31 Mar 2026)

Singing Willows have a Collaborators Call-Out for their new piece of Children’s Musical Theatre set to premiere at the Edinburgh Fringe 2026 inc Set Designer, BSL Translator/Narrator and Musical Theatre Actor buff.ly/9zFcewM (deadline - 30 Nov 2025)

Our next Knowledge Exchange: Pathways into the Industry event is taking place at Creative Stirling on Fri 7 Nov 2025 where you can focus on mapping local opportunities for your young participants to develop skills as they step into the professional world

What are the challenges, and rewards, of creating participatory arts projects that focus on mental health? Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival are holding a Participatory Arts and Mental Health Symposium on Fri 24 Oct 2025 in Glasgow

Firefly Arts are running a full-day Technical Theatre Masterclass for young people aged 14+ on Wed 22 October 2025 at Howden Park Centre

People of Fife - YTAS are coming to the Kingdom! We're holding our first Regional Hub at OnFife's Adam Smith Theatre in Kirkcaldy on Fri 24 - Sat 25 October 2025 with a programme of workshops, networking and lively discussions

Daysix are offering their creative and digital services—up to the value of £10,000—to individuals, businesses, and charities who are working on ideas with real potential for positive impact as part of their Make it Happen fund buff.ly/BNaM0eS (deadline - 14 Nov 2025)

The newly re-launched Performance Collective Scotland are recruiting creatives from rural areas of Scotland aged 16-30 to join their cohort of artists. Find out more and book a place at their Re-Launch Party in Dumfries at Sun 23 Nov 2025

Curated Place's Cultural Business Development Programme is now open for applications – a free, 12 session course designed for Scottish arts and culture organisations across all disciplines buff.ly/9wcZe2O (deadline - 31 Oct 2025)

Find Your Light Productions are looking for an experienced Musical Director and vocal coach to join their 2026 production of 'Everybody’s Talking About Jamie' in Edinburgh buff.ly/fj1ufVw (deadline - 31 Oct 2025)

National Theatre of Scotland are running a Freelancers in EX/CHANGE free workshop on Sat 25 Oct 2025, for freelancers sharing back initial research from Project EX/CHANGE, exploring new models, working practices, and possibilities for change in the theatre industry

Looking for new ideas? Loads of new Opportunities & Events added to our website this week including Engage, Toonspeak, Acting Lab, NTS, Curated Place, Singing Willow, Daysix and Culture for Climate Scotland

Engage are running a Proud Allies LGBTQIA+ Awareness Training online workshop on Fri 28 Nov 2025

If you're a Glasgow-based 18-25 year olds, Toonspeak Young People’s Theatre are running a free Theatre and Music Workshop with Andy McGregor on Sun 26 October 2025

Culture for Climate Scotland are holding their next SPRINGBOARD Local Assembly in Peebles on Sun 2 Nov 2025 where you can connect with other practitioners in your region to address climate change collectively

The Acting Lab are running an eight session Improv Workshop series in Dundee starting on Sat 25 October 2025

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland are hosting a 'Design-for-Performance – Collaborators in and Beyond Theatre' talk by Robin Peoples on Mon 20 October 2025

🥁 Drumroll... 🥁 We're delighted to announce that the National Festival of Youth Theatre #NFYT2026 will take place from Fri 3 - Mon 6 July 2026. Mark your calendars and look out for the bookings opening in December. We’re also moving the festival, so we’re looking forward to welcoming everyone to…

Why did nobody come? Well, did you tell anyone? If you're a member of YTAS, you can add your workshop, job, training course or performance information to our website and we'll share it with the sector

Applications are open for Creative Scotland's Open Fund for Individuals which supports a wide range of activity initiated by artists, writers, producers and other creative practitioners in Scotland

At the Root @attherootarts.bsky.social are working in partnership with Fauldhouse & Breich Valley Community Development Trust to provide free drama & creative arts sessions on Saturday mornings from Sat 8 November 2025