Really proud of the Shameless Youths

Young people who have been leading a campaign to remove shame from conversations about relationships and online safety have celebrated their achievements.

- STAFF REPORTER

The Shameless Youths campaign, involving 17 young people supported by NSPCC Scotland, in partnership with West Dunbartonshire Youth Council and West Dunbartonshire Council, launched last November.

It was set up to support parents and carers, professionals and young people to have realistic, judgement free and informed conversations about healthy relationships, on and offline.

During the past six months the group of young people from West Dunbartonshire Youth Council have spread their message of healthy relationships, including what consent online looks like, through their web pages, video content, social media, posters and leaflets.

They have reached at least 470 professionals, 104 parents and carers, 365 young people, and had 2,334 views of their video.

The group, who named their campaign 'Shameless Youths,' also worked with Glasgow artist Maya Rose Edwards to help create sculptures and other artworks that were displayed at Clydebank Town Hall earlier this year.

At the event, on June 26, Shameless Youths took to the stage to explain their goals and motivation for getting involved and what they have enjoyed most and gained from the experience.