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We were delighted to welcome staff from the Scottish Children’s Lottery to the Youth Agency last month and we were equally delighted for their donation of £7,500 towards our work . We’re hugely grateful as this donation will allow us to continue providing our Junior Drop-in provision for young people...

It was our pleasure to be invited to join the latest Healthy Respect Best Practice Event.  The latest event took place this week and was focused on including LGBT+ young people in youth work services. The Youth Agency was asked to contribute to the event and share our role in...

The school holidays are officially over and our young people are heading back to school.  We’ve all had an amazing summer, and both our staff and young people have had so much fun. Our bouncy castle week was a highlight for both young people and the young at heart.  Who...

We’re having a wonderful summer at the Youth Agency helped by fabulous young people coming along to our summer sessions and helping us have loads of fun.        We’ve done so many fantastic activities and had an amazing time so far. At the start of the summer we welcomed our...

Have you ever tried making ice cream without a freezer?  We have here at the Pyramid.  Our young people got active and creative making ice cream with ice, sandwich bags and cream.  It’s fair to say that we had varying degrees of success but we had a lot of fun. ...

Four years since successfully gaining our Bronze LGBT Charter we are super excited to be starting the journey again.  And this time we are going for gold! We can’t wait to get started working with young people and partners to raise awareness and celebrate the amazing diversity of the LGBT...

The Youth Agency are proud to be a part of an exciting partnership called BWell Together.  Along with friends and partner organisations in the North West of the City we are working on the BWell Together project to bring an all-round support service to children, young people and families in...

We’ve had an enchanting couple of weeks at the Junior club throwing ourselves into everything Encanto!  The young people made a special request to watch Encanto and we were only too happy to oblige and join in.  We watched the movie on the big screen last week and this week...

A little reminder to everyone that our staff are still out and about on streetwork.  We’re out on a weekly basis covering the Wester Hailes, Longstone, Broomhouse, Parkhead and Sighthill areas.  We’ve been enjoying the lovely weather and are looking forward to the light nights now the clocks have changed...

Our streetwork sessions are busier than ever and it’s privelege to be out providing youth work support to young people in their communities.  Our streetwork staff recently partnered up with the Healthy Respect team from Chalmers for outreach work at Sighthill Park .  It was so good to see some...

Sending positive thoughts and love to all women everywhere on #InternationalWomensDay. Here at the Youth Agency we are lucky enough to work with amazing young women through our services, to have strong women as part of our staff team and board, and to work in partnership with inspirational women 😊...

Last week was everything purple – with a flourish of rainbow – as we joined in the annual Purple Friday celebrations to show our support for all of our LGBT brothers and sisters. As well as launching the Top Tips for Trans Inclusion document last Wednesday our drop-in and school...

We are delighted today to be launching the Top Tips for Trans Inclusion in Youth Work Spaces.  The Youth Agency have been working in partnership with Healthy Respect, LBGT Youth Scotland, the Lothian Association of Youth Clubs and young people to produce this document. We recognise that to welcome, include...

There’s been no sign of the January blues at the Pyramid for staff or young people.  In fact, the year has got off to a great start with loads of fun nights and things to celebrate. Our young people tried their hand at beating some world records.  How many toilet...

A very merry Christmas to all our of young people, families and supporters from everyone here at the Youth Agency. We are grateful for all of the support that we receive throughout the year that enables us to continue our work supporting young people in the community.  To those celebrating...

We love December here at the Youth Agency.  It may be getting cold, dark and frosty outside but in the Pyramid it’s a time for fun, fun and more fun. We’ve enjoyed Christmas baking, movies and hot chocolate, Christmas themed silent disco and, of course, fun-filled Christmas parties.  Sadly Santa...