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Youth Ambassadors

Recent research by Health Scotland found that one in two young people thought that a woman could provoke violence simply by the way she dressed, highlighting the culture of woman-blaming that still exists in Scotland today.  Becoming a Youth Ambassador will give you the chance to challenge these attitudes and support us as we work to prevent one of the world's most pervasive form of human rights abuse.

What is a Zero Tolerance Youth Ambassador?

The Zero Tolerance Charitable Trust campaign to end male violence against women by tackling the root causes of this violence.  As a ZT Youth Ambassador, you will represent The Zero Tolerance Trust throughout your university, school, or community.  By raising awareness of violence aganist women and children and by organising events to raise money for Zero Tolerance you will be helping us to end violence and abuse.

What does it involve?

There are no hard and fast rules about what you must do as a youth ambassador and the type of events you will organise should depend on how much support your group give you and how much time you can devote to Zero Tolerance.  You may want to set up a weekly campaign club and  invite a series of speakers to talk to your classmates about our work or perhaps you would like to throw a Zero Tolerance party and raise some money for us.   Whatever you chose to do you will be helping us to challenge the attitudes that lead to violence against women.  Pick activities that you know your community would enjoy and use your powers of persuasion to get friends, family and locals to chip in.

You’re not on your own!    

As one of our very own youth ambassadors you will be part of a Scotland-wide Zero Tolerance community and we will always be on hand to help make your events successful.  We will provide an induction to start you off and training sessions to improve the skills you’ve got.  If needed, we can supply you with Zero Tolerance materials and even guest speakers to inspire you.  Keep us up to date with everything you plan and not only will we advertise it to our supporters but we will let you know what everyone else is up to.

What’s in it for you?

Apart from being fantastic experience to put on your C.V, being a ZT Youth Ambassador will be seriously good fun.  You will be arranging events that everyone will want to be part of, from club nights to bungee jumps.  As a ZT Youth Ambassador you will be making a very real contribution to the worldwide campaign to stop violence against women.  If that’s not enough to inspire you, the ambassador who can organise the most successful events for Zero Tolerance throughout the year will win a great prize.  Watch this space for more details!

Are you who we are looking for?

We are looking for people aged between 16 and 26 who are enthusiastic and organised.  If you want to end violence against women and have the time and determination to support your peers as they campaign then you are an ideal candidate.   Check out our person specification on the next page and if you think you fit the bill then why not apply?

Apply today

Send in your CV and include a supporting statement telling us why you would like to be a Student Ambassador.  Your supporting statement should be no longer than 600 words and should outline any skills and experience that you have and which you feel would make you a dynamic ZT Youth Ambassador.

Please send applications to us either by email or post to

Libi Hutchin

The Zero Tolerance Charitable Trust

11 Maritime StreetEdinburgh

EH6 6SB

Email: zerotolerance@btconnect.com