Release The Cap Campaign

Release the Cap is a campaign aims to raise awareness of the daily battle young carers/adults face with mental health.

Team: @ilsecmsyp @MSYPAaran @EllieMSYP

[Release The Cap Campaign @ReleaseCap]

We asked MSYPs, SYP staff and Carers trust staff one word in which they thought described our young carers. This graphic below shows how amazing young carers are! 📸 #YoungCarerActionDay #NewCoverPhoto

[Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland @CYPCS]

📣 Young people have the right to a say in decisions that affect them, and the new @OfficialSYP manifesto sets out the changes they want to see made.

Read their asks to Scotland's decision makers on their new manifesto website, launched today: https://t.co/w4nFiQal2b

[Release The Cap Campaign @ReleaseCap]

As carers week comes to a close we wanted to take this opportunity to say that we at release the cap hope you have all had an amazing week! 🎉👏🏻

[Scottish Youth Parliament @OfficialSYP]

🎉🥳Well done to the @ReleaseCap team on winning The Donald Macleod Award for Exceptional Teamwork! #SYPAwards21

[Scottish Youth Parliament @OfficialSYP]

Up next, it's The Donald Macleod Award for Exceptional Teamwork sponsored by @davidhumeinst. #SYPAwards21

The nominees are:

👏 The Black History Month planning team
👏 @CJayQuigley, @WiktoriaMSYP, & @EmilyMSYP
👏 Marine Conservation Society AGM Steering Group
👏 @ReleaseCap

[Release The Cap Campaign @ReleaseCap]

Friday night movie night, why not The Princess Diaries!

[Release The Cap Campaign @ReleaseCap]

Monday Motivation, believe in yourself.

[Release The Cap Campaign @ReleaseCap]

Want to feel good this Friday, can't beat a bit of ABBA!

[Ellie Craig MSYP @EllieMSYP]

Today is a landmark day for children and young people in Scotland. As #UNCRCScotland passes through parliament, it’s important to think about what having children’s rights protected in law means to us. This is what it means to me !

[Ilse Cuthbertson @ilsecyc]

the stage 3 debate of the #UNCRCScotland is today! We have a chance to change the lives of all young people. The UNCRC is our young peoples futures and the future is our young people!

[Release The Cap Campaign @ReleaseCap]

This #YoungCarerActionDay has been a blast! We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved. We will continue to advocate for young carers and young adult carers. @OfficialSYP @SYPBoard @CarersTrustScot

[Release The Cap Campaign @ReleaseCap]

Finally, we hear from @CJayQuigley ! C-Jay takes this chance to explain how proud she is of all young carers in Scotland. This #YoungCarerActionDay lets take the time to appreciate and show how proud we are of every young carer. 💜

[Release The Cap Campaign @ReleaseCap]

Charlotte is a young carer and sharers her views on #YoungCarersActionDay "it’s also celebrating the variety of different young carers" we at RTC agree today is about celebration of all the amazing work that young carers do! 🎊

[Release The Cap Campaign @ReleaseCap]

@charlottemuir10 is a young carer and sharers her views on #YoungCarersActionDay "it’s also celebrating the variety of different young carers" we at RTC agree today is about celebration of all the amazing work that young carers do! 🎊

[Release The Cap Campaign @ReleaseCap]

@EmilyMSYP shares how hard it has been for young people with caring responsiblities through a pandemic and how young carers sometimes don’t get the recognition they deserve! #YoungCarersActionDay

[Release The Cap Campaign @ReleaseCap]

We now have @EllieMSYP who is a member of the RTC campaign, She speaks from personal experience of what today means to her. “Raising awareness is just the start, we need to look to the future and take action” #YoungCarersActionDay 🙌

[Release The Cap Campaign @ReleaseCap]

Next up is @WiktoriaMSYP, who takes the time to talk from personal experience as a young carer but also thanks our young people with caring responsibilities for all their hard work

[Release The Cap Campaign @ReleaseCap]

“As a young carer things haven’t always been easy” @ilsecmsyp discusses how growing up things were not easy but #YoungCarersActionDay will hopefully be a first step to make things easier for our young people 🌟

[Scottish Youth Parliament @OfficialSYP]

Up Next, @ilsecmsyp discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns on young people. She says the impacts on education and mental health have been particularly devastating.

Her reflections are particularly relevant on #YoungCarersActionDay.
#CabinetTakeover

[Release The Cap Campaign @ReleaseCap]

Now we have @kaylamsyp who thanks our young carers and young adult carers for all the work and dedication they put into their caring roles. #YoungCarersActionDay