News

We are delighted to announce that, following our closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, we will be resuming our drop-in service for young people this week. Naturally we are very excited to welcome young people back but are taking extra care to help support the health and wellbeing of young people, staff and volunteers.

Initially, our drop-in will be open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday which will allow us to ensure that thorough cleaning takes place between each session. The drop-in will run in conjunction with streetwork and our individual support service to help us meet the different and varied needs of the young people that use our services.

We hope that we will be able to continue with these services but, should it be necessary to close for a national or local lockdown, our latest service information will be posted here and on our social media pages. Alternatively, for information on any of our services or if you are a young person who requires support please contact us on:

E: info@youthagency.net

Facebook: WesterHailes YouthAgency

Twitter: @WHYouthAgency

The Pyramid is Open!

15th October 2020

After the long months of lockdown we were delighted to finally open the Pyramid drop-in and welcome young people back in to the building last week. It was, of course, fantastic to keep up with so many of our young people virtually during lockdown but nothing beats being able to ...

Streetwork Update

15th October 2020

Just a reminder for local young people that Youth Agency staff are still out and about on streetwork. We’re out several times a week covering the extended area from Broomhouse and Sighthill up to Clovenstone and from Longstone along to Calders and all areas in between! Our staff are happy ...

Youth Snappers Are Live

15th September 2020

Our young people and staff enjoyed a wonderful collaboration with WHALE Arts last year and earlier this year on a fabulous photography project. For obvious reasons the project had to be put on hold along with our plans to host an exhibition of their work. However, the work they produced ...

Individual Support in School

8th September 2020

We’re really delighted to be back in Forrester High School resuming individual support with young people. While we’ve been busy over the months of lockdown offering individual support and group work online it’s absolutely fantastic to be back in school and to meet young people face to face. Sadly, but ...

Summer Fun

29th July 2020

Someone may have forgotten to tell the weather that it’s summer but here at the Youth Agency we’ve not forgotten. Our summer activities, of course, look a bit different this year but we’ve had lots of fun. We’ve been meeting online with young people throughout the summer and delivering packs ...

Personal Achievement Award

29th June 2020

The Youth Agency was so pleased to participate in the first ever Forrester High Shool virtual award ceremony last week and we were even more delighted to present the Youth Agency Award for Personal Achievement to S6 pupil Jason Howie. We do, of course, celebrate all of the young people ...

A Little Round-Up!

1st June 2020

As we all know it’s been a challenging, strange and confusing time recently. Like everyone, we here at the Youth Agency have been busy adjusting and adapting but we want to reassure everyone that we are very much here, doing what we do and helping to support the young people ...

Comfort Packs Available

14th April 2020

The Youth Agency has comfort packs available to any local young people and families who need them. The packs contain essential hygiene products such as shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorant and sanitary products. We will begin distributing these packs from the Youth Agency office on Dumbryden Drive on Wednesday 15 April ...

Close Shave for Staff

14th April 2020

Two of our staff members, Val and Francine, are sporting new super short new hairstyles this week. After being sponsored last week to shave their heads Val and Francine have, to date, raised £2,390 for the Youth Agency. Thank you so much to everyone who donated; your support is massively ...

Thank you Asda!

10th April 2020

A huge thank you to staff at the Asda Straiton store for their support this week. At the Youth Agency we are committed to supporting young people and their families through this difficult time. When it became apparent that some families were struggling to get a variety of hygiene products ...