Non-Stop | November Newsletter
November raced in with COP26, a speech in favour of Peppa Pig World, and now - St. Andrew’s Day!
If you’ve struggled to keep up with it all then don’t worry, we’re here to help. Come on and coorie in for this month’s latest…
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UPDATES
What we’ve been doing
👥 We hit 2000 Members of the Scottish Young Greens! (that’s like, a quarter of the entire Scottish Green Party membership)
>>> In fact, we’re sitting at 2010 people at the time of writing. Let’s try and hit 2022 by 2022! 🎯
🎉 We launched 2 local area groups. Lothian and Mid-Scotland, Fife & Central are now live!
>>> Make sure to join the dedicated Slack channels if you’re in these areas - you won’t want to miss the exciting things that are coming…
🎧 The Scottish Young Greens Official Podcast, “Green Tea” is now available on all good streaming and podcasting services!
>>> Listen to the debut episode and subscribe so you get notifications for upcoming episodes to find out what’s brewin’ 🍵
GET INVOLVED
Stuff you can do to join the crew
🖱️ Our fabulous working groups will be keeping applications open! Click this link to read more about the groups and apply…
👨🏫 The Education Interest Group want to know how you think Scottish Education needs to change. Join the chat in #education on Slack. Not on Slack? Reply to this email and we’ll sort you out 😉
🚪 This month in #blether we’re having 31 days of fun content. All you need to do to get your daily dose of fun is open the December Doors. Keep an eye on Slack for a daily link, bookmark this link, or come back here to open the doors below ⬇️ (you can only open doors on or after the day)
EVENTS
So much to do, fill your calendars!
🚮 Local Litter Pick - Sunday 12th December 2021 - more info soon…
Your amazing Events & Fundraising Officer is organising a nationwide event, where we can target our efforts locally and sweep the streets clean of litter. What a brilliant way to clean up the year and start afresh for 2022! More information to follow on safety, locations, points of contact, and all other details - keep an eye on Slack, your emails, and our social media accounts 👀
✊ The Evolution of Green Activism - Wednesday 15th December 2021, 19:30 - 21:00
Join a panel of greens of all different ages, backgrounds and experiences to give a Q&A on the different ways to get involved with green activism. Speakers to be announced closer to the event. Contact events.syg@scottishgreens.org.uk if you have any questions.
WE HEREBY STAN…
Shout-outs for seriously fantastic folks
This is the feature in our newsletter where we recognise amazing people for the great things they get up to.
To the wonderful Finn Merchant for giving so much of your time to us as Welfare Officer on Council. We’re truly grateful for all your hard work and kindness 💚
And the brilliant Betty Colburn for getting stuck in as an Ordinary Member since our AGM in July, especially with the work on education. Thank you very much from us all 💚
OPPORTUNITIES ‘N THAT
Internships, Courses, and Volunteering Roles
Advocacy & Communications Intern @ Plantlife
💼 Kickstart a career in environmental advocacy or climate communications with this 12-month internship. APPLY HERE.
Learn British Sign Language Online - just pay what you can!
👌 If you would like to communicate inclusively and learn a new skill, enrol on this CPD certified Intro to BSL Course!
Volunteer as a Smithsonian Digital Transcriber
✍️ Help to digitise thousands of historic documents and collections records. If you’re 14+ and have some free time, sign up.
GOOD NEWS…
The latest and lightest to brighten your day
Happy St. Andrew’s Day!
It’s the 30th November which means it’s also St. Andrew’s Day - the celebration of Scotland’s Patron Saint.
In 2006, the Scottish Parliament declared St Andrew's Day a public holiday. It’s not law, but most Scottish employers can give their staff a day off and close for the day on the 30th November, or the closest Friday or Monday if the date falls on a weekend.
St. Andrew is also Patron Saint of other places, like Greece, Romania, and Russia - to name a few - as well as Barbados (who just said buh-bye to the Queen and became a republic after 55 years of independence)
Will you be having haggis, neaps and tatties tonight? Or have you already started the holiday chocolates?!
Make the most of the last month of 2021. Wrap up in the cold and snowy weather and look forward to the next newsletter on Hogmanay!
Be yourself and stay safe ❤️
Sophie Brodie (she/her)
SYG Membership Secretary 2021-22
@sophiebrodie99