# Silence, Truth and Anti-Racist Thought, 2021 The survey published by Intercultural Youth Scotland aimed to gather the opinions and perceptions of young BPoC on themes surrounding Black History Month celebrations within their local communities and Black History teaching in schools for The UN Decade for People of African Descent 2021. Key findings * There is an overwhelmingly strong demand for positive education around Black History to turn away from the brutality of our history, and to focus more on the contributions that Black people have made to the world historically. * 86% of respondents feel extremely negative when being taught Black History. * Young Black people in Scotland lack the opportunities to explore Black history in as much qualitative depth as they need, and not enough is being done to address this. * 45% of respondents feel extremely positive when being taught Black History by a person of colour, while only 6% feel any sort of negativity in this regard. * There is a common feeling among young BPoC of being presented with a history that centres on slavery and dehumanisation, when there is a high demand to focus on Black History with a positive outlook. --- ## About SCVO SCVO (Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations) is the national membership organisation for Scotland's voluntary sector. Our role is to champion the role of voluntary organisations in Scotland and to support them to do work that has a positive impact. SCVO supports members and the wider voluntary sector with all aspects of setting up and running a voluntary organisation. SCVO represents the needs and concerns of the voluntary sector to the Scottish government in Holyrood and UK government and Westminster. Through our learning and events programme SCVO offers training and development opportunities to the sector. Members access an extensive membership benefits package including specialist, in-depth, 1-to-1 guidance from our Information Services team and from professional service partners. Access to exclusive membership networks (including comms, employers, governance and policy) supports members to grow their connections, stay up to date, exchange ideas and views with peers, and learn through tailored learning opportunities. SCVO members enjoy free access to Funding Scotland Premium to stay on top of funding opportunities to support their organisation’s financial resilience. Discounts and savings on SCVO products and services (including our HR service, managed IT support, payroll service and events and training) and partner offers provide members with support to allow them to focus on delivering their organisation’s goals. Further SCVO products and services include [extensive digital support](https://scvo.scot/support/digital), a climate action resource [Growing Climate Confidence](https://climateconfident.scot), a voluntary sector publication [Third Force News](https://tfn.scot) and a voluntary sector jobs and recruitment service [Goodmoves](https://goodmoves.org). For more information on SCVO membership, visit [SCVO membership](https://scvo.scot/membership)