ATS Young People’s Forum

The scottishathletics Young People’s Forum is is a national group established to give young people a platform and voice in all aspects of the planning, development, and delivery of athletics in Scotland.

The forum has 21 members aged 14–23, selected from more than 30 applicants through a group and individual interview process.

Six members from Cohort Two are continuing as mentors, while three members from Cohort One — who previously mentored Cohort Two — are now stepping into lead mentor roles.

For more information about the Forum, please contact the Development Team at development@scottishathletics.org.uk.

• Isla Browne (Whitemoss AC)
• Eilish Inglis (Kilbarchan AC)
• Amelie McKay (Harmeny AC)
• Joseph Duff (Kilmarnock Harriers)
• Lorcán Morrison (Harmeny AC)
• Aoife Sandilands (Lasswade AC)
• Madeline Curley (Kilmarnock Harriers)
• Olivia Dinnes  (Aberdeen AAC)
• Caitlin Eddie (Whitemoss AC)
• Alessia Equi (Shettleston Harriers)
• Harry Macleod (Inverness Harriers)
• Eilidh Cooke (Kilmarnock Harriers)
• Annabelle Munro (Inverness Harriers)
• Niamh Cameron (Motherwell AC)
• Connor Merckel (Airdrie Harriers)
• Ethan Reid, (Livingston AC)
• Lidya Woldeselassie (Shettleston Harriers / Red Star AC)
• Kayleigh Simpson (Arbroath and District)
• Tammy Oshinowo ( Aberdeen AAC)
• Summer Taggart (Greenock Glenpark Harriers)
• Jacob McKinlay (Edinburgh AC)

The mentors are:

• Jedidah Ajala (Edinburgh AC)
• Mollie Mae Scott  (Cambuslang Harriers)
• Mhairi Ballantyne (Kilmarnock Harriers)
• Annastacia Hinde (Victoria Park City of Glasgow)
• Harris Morrison (Greenock Glenpark Harriers)
• Hannah McGeehan (Inverclyde AC)

And the lead Mentors are:

• Morgan McBurnie (Kilmarnock Harriers)
• Callum Ballantyne (Cumbernauld AAC)
• Chloe Emordy (Springburn Harriers)

Young People – Information booklet for clubs and coaches

One of the key pieces of work to be completed by the first cohort of the Young People’s Forum was the creation of a guide for clubs and coaches, full of advice on keeping young people in the sport.

It was based on in-depth work by forum members, including a survey of scottishathletics members aged 23 and under, on mental health and retaining young people in sport, and discussions at the first ever YPF Conference at the Emirates Arena in March 2023.

Athletics Trust Scotland Young People Information booklet 2023

Cohort One Report

The first Cohort joined the Young People’s Forum in late 2021, their term running through to late 2023.

Find out more by reading ATS Young People’s Forum report 2023.