I spoke at the youth justice conference in Aberdeen. I shared a platform with Fergus Ewing, Minister for Community Safety. The conference was focussed on the whole systems approach adopted in Aberdeen with regard to offending behaviour for those aged under 18 years. It provided an opportunity to speak about 16/17 year olds in custody (and indeed, 16-21 year olds in custody) and the link to poor outcomes for young people leaving care.
Sarah-Louise and I attended an event hosted by CLD in Glasgow to consider the most important issues for young people in Glasgow – after which there was a vote. Around 70 young people attended the event. As the event was taking place in the Mitchell Theatre, which was hosting the annual ‘gang show’, I spoke to the 50 cast members of the gang show who were taking part in the vote the next evening.