We were thrilled to be mentioned in Cameron Wyllie’s column in the Scotsman on Tuesday 26th October.
The article, titled ‘Teachers should give children the confidence to speak up, not ban words from the classroom’ goes into detail on the need for young people to be equipped with confidence and the ability to speak up for themselves.
On our workshops, Cameron says ‘I hope many schools in Scotland will try out ideas like the already well-established Speak Up Scotland programme run by Young Speakers Scotland, a charity based in Edinburgh which teaches young people from less advantaged backgrounds to debate, and thus how to express themselves, state their opinions, make their point… argue with their parents, even!’
We couldn’t agree more.
You can read the piece here and find more of Cameron’s writing on his blog.