Monday 3 November 2014, from 7.30-9pm, at The Forest Café , 141 Lauriston Place, EH3 9JN, in the basement room. The Forest Cafe’ is a community arts café very close to the city centre.
The UK military spends millions of pounds each year on its youth engagement programme, from 11,000 armed forces visits to state secondary schools and colleges, to huge cadet organisations. This concerns many people, particularly given that one of the main aims of these initiatives is recruitment into the armed forces – which carries much higher risks for the youngest, most disadvantaged recruits.
We will explore and discuss the military’s engagement with young people in Scotland. It will involve interactive exercises; screening of the new short film ‘Engage: the military and young people’ (made by teenagers); the launch of a new report on armed forces’ visits to schools in Scotland; and representatives from ForcesWatch, the Educational Institute of Scotland, and the Scottish Youth Parliament. It will be an opportunity to get informed, to reflect and to share opinions.
The workshop is free, but please book a place at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-on-the-uk-militarys-controversial-engagement-with-young-people-in-scotland-tickets-13311716703, and please buy refreshments before and/or after the event to support the café.
Organised by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Scotland, and is supported by Edinburgh CND, Edinburgh Stop the War Coalition, and Edinburgh Peace and Justice Centre.
