National Gathering 2009

The weekend of 11-13th September was our long awaited national event for LGBT young people and their supporters to come together and take part in workshops, games, sports activities, a glitzy awards dinner, masked ball, and our annual elections for young people to take part in the LGBT National Youth Council (NYC).

The theme for the weekend was alternatives and covered sports such as hula hoop, street dance and zumba, creative activities including scratch dj-ing and clothes customisation, healthy eating and makeovers.

Around 90 young people from all over Scotland took part including Aberdeen, Angus, Dumfries, Dundee, Edinburgh and Lothians, Fife, Glasgow and Lanarkshire, Scottish Borders, and Stranraer.

The national gathering also gave young people the chance to democratically vote on our policy priorities for the year ahead. 

After passionate speeches across four policy areas delivered by NYC members the gathered young people decided to prioritise campaigning for equal marriage rights and for pro-democracy and anti fascism work.

The coming year will see us work with the NYC to influence policy in these areas at a local and national level, as well as campaigning with other LGBT rights organizations in Scotland.

Keep an eye on our website for more information or email info@lgbtyouth.org.uk for more information about our events, future work, and to find out more about the NYC.

You can also keep up to date with updates by signing up for our online forums, just register and once we receive your registration a trained online youth worker will be in touch to have a chat about using the forums and how we can support you to use them to the best of your ability:

www.lgbtyouth.org.uk/forum