News

After the challenges of lockdown we are delighted that we have been able to work with young people face to face across all of our services. We are continuting with strictly applied enhanced cleaning and other mitigations to help protect all of the young people, their families and our staff from Covid-19.

Our drop-in continues to run in the Pyramid and staff are still out on streetwork in Wester Hailes and the surronding areas. We are also 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.

We will continue to post any updates to our service delivery 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

Our festival favour

5th October 2021

It was so exciting to welcome Edinburgh International Fetival and the guys from Spectrum Arts to the Pyramid last week for a special drop-in session. The Youth Agency were lucky enough to be selected for one of the Festival’s festival favours, a programme new for 2021 which takes artists and ...

Fabulous Summer of Fun

1st September 2021

As autumn beckons we wave goodbye to what was a fabulous summer of fun at the Pyramid drop-in. All of our age groups – even the big kids – got involved and had a super time along with the staff. ...

Healthy Respect bus visit!

24th August 2021

It was really fabulous to work with our friends from Chalmers and have the Healthy Respect bus visit our patch recently. While the bus parked up at Sighthill Youth Agency staff were happy to team up with Healthy Respect to provide a great and much valued service for young people. ...

BBC Scotland Drivetime

16th August 2021

It was a pleasure to welcome BBC Radio Scotland Drivetime presenter John Beattie to the Youth Agency last week. We had a wide and varied chat with John discussing the Youth Agency, our place within the community and the difference that youth work can make to the lives of young ...

Summertime Fun

30th June 2021

Happy summer everyone! Our drop-ins have been operating outside as much as possible. As well as keeping ourselves, the young people and their families as safe as we can it’s been great to enjoy the fresh air, sunshine and play some fantastic old school games. We’ve also been ...

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 ...