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Catherine Czerkawska and others
Maria Kicinski of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service – a former Scotland Young Thinker of the Year. She is now a procurator fiscal in Glasgow
Anthony Silkoff, another former winner of the programme, with Rowena Arshad, former Equal Opportunities Commissioner for Scotland. Anthony now works for Tony Blair’s Faith Foundation
Chloe Thomson represented the Scottish Refugee Council on the programme. She now works as an immigration lawyer in New York City. Thom Sherrington, a teacher at Aboyne Academy, went on to win the UK and Ireland Young Thinker of the Year title
Two recent Scotland Young Thinkers of the Year: Morag McCracken (left) of Balfour + Manson LLP and Gillian McMahon (right) of the charity Mary’s Meals
Jessica Walker from Scottish Water – the youngest-ever
Scotland Young Thinker of the Year – and Michael Mitton of the Findhorn Foundation, another former winner
Sharon Smith from South Lanarkshire Council received a special award at last week’s Young Scotland and Northern Ireland Programme for an outstanding paper championing the cause of disadvantaged young people. Sharon, aged 20, works with elderly people and volunteers for young people
One of my roles at the Young Scotland Programme is to act as timekeeper for the delegates’ presentations. When I ring the triple bell, they know they’re in trouble…
On Thursday we’ll be looking back at the first
Young Scotland Programme 10 years ago this month
