Strathfillan & Killin Youth Zine

Introduction
Young people will live the longest with the decisions that we make today.
For this reason, Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park and PAS
sought to include the youngest voices when creating the Community
Action Plan (CAP) for Strathfillan and Killin. Community Action Plans (CAP)
are documents which identify the goals and aspirations of a community
and outline how they are going to achieve them. These documents are
unique in that they are created by communities for communities. They
provide a snapshot of the views, issues and aspirations of a community
at a fixed point in time. A CAP will help a community come together to
make positive changes to all aspects of community life. It provides focus
and direction and helps support grant funding applications.
A creative statement – in this instance, a ‘zine’ – is an engaging and
interesting way for the participants to shape their comments and ideas
and is a great way of presenting young people’s ideas and planning and
place-making suggestions for the communities that form Loch Lomond
& The Trossachs National Park.
What is a ‘zine’? The Cambridge Dictionary defines it as a small magazine
that is produced cheaply by one person or a small group of people, and
is about a subject they are interested in. This self-published work of
original or appropriated texts and images can be a product of either a
single person or of a very small group and are popularly photocopied
into physical prints for circulation. In this instance, the “Young People
Statement” zine is reproduced in the CAP document, both in print and in
a digital form.
A group of pupils from McLaren High School in Callander, many of whom
are from the communities which are part of Strathfillan and Killin area
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