News

Following the Scottish Government’s recent announcement relaxing some of the restrictions relating to Covid-19 we are very pleased to say that we are now able to resume some of our face to face services. We have resumed streetwork services this week and our youth workers will be out and about in Wester Hailes, and the surrounding area, to meet with young people in the areas that they use. We have also been given the green light to resume face to face to work with the most vulnerable young people and our 1-1 support service has resumed in school.

In order to comply with the ongoing restrictions our Pyramid drop-in will, for the time being, continue to run online. We look forward to opening the building and welcoming young people back to the drop-in when it is considered safe to do so and are hopeful that this will be some time soon.

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:

E: info@youthagency.net

Facebook: WesterHailes YouthAgency

Twitter: @WHYouthAgency

Instagram: westerhailes_youth_agency

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

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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 ...

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 ...