This year, Liberal Youth Scotland held their first training event for their members, McActivate, based on the long-running “Activate” event held by federal Liberal Youth, but with a Scottish twist!
There was a large turnout, with members from Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Galloway, St. Andrews and beyond coming down. After a few icebreaking games and activities, training was provided on how to design the best print material and publicity, as well as a tour around the party in 60 minutes, and a discussion on how Liberal Youth Scotland can affect the party and how campaigning will move forward in the years ahead.
The day closed with a great talk and question and answer session with new party leader Willie Rennie. Most people then all headed out for dinner and drinks. Overall, McActivate proved to be a huge success, with some saying that it was the best Liberal Youth Scotland event they had ever been to. It was a great chance to network and meet new young Lib Dems from across the country. It is clear that despite poor election results in recent times, the party is continuing to grow its amount of youth activists. McActivate showed that the future for the Scottish Liberal Democrats, with LYS involved, is indeed bright!
