News

We are delighted that, following a recent relaxing of the Scottish Governement’s restrictions to manage Covid-19, we are able to open our drop-in doors again. All of the staff are so looking forward to having young people back in the building and seeing, and working with them, face to face. As we open up again we do, of course, have enhanced cleaning and other mitigations in place to help protect all of the young people, their families and our staff from Covid-19.

In addition to the drop-in we continue to be out on streetwork in Wester Hailes and the surronding areas and are continuing with our individual support service to help the most vulnerable young people and those needing a bit of extra support as we move through this challenging time.

Updates to our service delivery 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:

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Pyramid Rings With Young People Again

18th May 2021

It has been wonderful to welcome young people back to the Pyramid drop-in and, for staff, it’s been especially delightful to see them running around and hear the sounds of their excitement, chatter and laughter as they enjoy time with their friends. We’ve been spending our drop-in sessions outdoors getting ...

Junior Drop-in Open for Business!

4th May 2021

We are beyond delighted (and excited) to be opening our drop-in doors tonight for the first time since December. We’ve enjoyed the many messages, chats and Zooms we’ve had with young people over the last few months but nothing beats meeting our young people face to face and seeing them ...

Company Shop Vouchers

2nd March 2021

Our heartfelt thanks to The Company Shop Group for their generous donation of £1000 in vouchers for their Edinburgh store. Located in Wester Hailes, their shop is just a hop, skip and a jump from our own building and we’re so grateful to them for reaching out to us and ...

Pass the Torch – it’s Purple Friday

26th February 2021

Today is Purple Friday! Which, of course, means a chance to celebrate the LGBT community, to be the best allies that we can be and just generally to make Scotland a great and inclusive place for everyone to grow up and live. For obvious reasons we can’t get together to ...

In Conversation with…..

25th February 2021

February is LGBT History Month and, to celebrate, LGBT Youth Scotland and LAYC have hosted a short series of In Conversation With events. Joining LGBT Youth Scotland over three conversations were Scottish Borders Rape Crisis Centre, Healthy Respect and, of course, young people. During these conversations a whole host of ...

Merry Christmas from everyone at the Youth Agency

22nd December 2020

Merry Christmas from everyone at the Youth Agency. It has, of course, been a very strange and, at times, worrying year but we’ve ended it on a high with festive fun and Christmas parties. Sadly Santa wasn’t able to visit this year but our staff were happy to step in ...

Partnership Funding in the SW

25th November 2020

We are excited to announce we have secured funding from the Scottish Government’s Youth Work Education Recovery Fund. A partnership of youth work organisations, drawn from the South West Edinburgh Youth Providers network, have come together to provide a comprehensive programme of accessible youth work activities up to August 2021. ...

Our Thanks to Arnold Clark

17th November 2020

We are very grateful to staff and customers of the Arnold Clark Motorstore in Sighthill, Edinburgh for their recent donation of £854.24. We are particularly grateful to the staff member who nominated the Youth Agency to receive this fantastic donation from their Change for Charity initiative. It means such a ...

Streetwork Update

17th November 2020

Don’t forget, Youth Agency staff are out and about on streetwork across the area. We’re available to work with any young person on the issues they are facing in their lives. Whether it’s just for a chat, you have something on your mind or feel like you would like some ...

Impact of Youth Work – Report Available

10th November 2020

The Impact of Community-based University Youthwork in Edinburgh is a new report that launched today. This report pulls together research that aims to understand that impact of youth work on young people in Edinburgh and to understand what made that impact possible. At the Youth Agency we’re proud and priveleged ...