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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:

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S6 Sexual Health

24th October 2019
We’ve just completed an 8 week block of sexual health work with S6 pupils from Forrester High School.  This work covered a whole range of topics including healthy relationships, risk taking behaviour, STIs and contraception designed to keep young people informed and safe.  We worked hard to cement the knowledge ...
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25 Years Service

25 Years Service

24th September 2019
Massive congratulations to our fantastic manager, Val, who, this month, is celebrating 25 years of working at the Youth Agency. From the staff, partners and the thousands of young people who have worked with the Youth Agency in this time many thanks for the years of dedication, hard work and, ...
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MVP Schools Work

MVP Schools Work

16th September 2019
It’s great to be back to MVP work.  After a successful launch with the whole of S6 at the start of term we have been busy over the last few weeks preparing our mentors to work with their S1 peers. MVP is the short name for Mentors in Violence Prevention ...
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Summer of Fun

Summer of Fun

9th September 2019
We’ve enjoyed a sunny summer of fabulous fun at the Pyramid. As well as our usual activities the young people have enjoyed lots of cooking (and eating!) and our younger participants also enjoyed lots of outdoor play to make the most of the sunny weather. As the weather turns cooler, ...
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Youth Agency Award for Personal Achievement

Youth Agency Award for Personal Achievement

5th June 2019
As ever, we were absolutely delighted to present the Wester Hailes Youth Agency Personal Achievement Award at the Forrester High School annual award ceremony which took place yesterday.  We love to see young people fulfill their potential however, The Wester Hailes Youth Agency Personal Achievement Award is not all about ...
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Lloyd’s Charity Collection

Lloyd’s Charity Collection

14th May 2019
Many thanks to Lloyd’s Banking Group, and their generous staff, for their recent support.  At their most recent charity collection their staff donated and helped to raise almost £150 to support our work with young people.  With matched funding from Lloyd’s, we were fortunate enough to receive almost £300 in ...
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Support us with easyfundraising

30th April 2019
Please help support Wester Hailes Youth Agency by shopping online. Use easyfundraising to shop with over 3,600 retailers including Amazon, Argos, John Lewis, ASOS, Booking.com, eBay, Boden, and M&S. Every time you shop, you’ll raise a free donation for Wester Hailes Youth Agency every time, it’s that easy! Find out ...
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Fun at the Science Fest

Fun at the Science Fest

12th April 2019
The Youth Agency had a truly fabulous day out at the Edinburgh Science Festival this week. We dropped in on a few of their free activities to learn, experiment and have fun.  We learned all about blood and how different blood groups are identified, we had a go at extracting ...
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Busy March

28th March 2019
It’s been a busy month at The Youth Agency.  As well as our drop-in, health drop-in and individual support work we have been working in Forrester High School with all S2 and S4 pupils covering their sexual health and relationship sessions. In total we have worked with over 250 pupils ...
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Helping to turn Scotland purple!

Helping to turn Scotland purple!

26th February 2019
We had a great time last week celebrating LGBT History Month and helping to turn Scotland purple.  We threw ourselves wholeheartedly into LGBT Youth Scotland’s Purple Friday celebrations to show our  support for LGBT communities and to stand up to homophobia, biphobia and transphobia in whatever form it may take. ...
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April 19

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April 9

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April 8

Here is how you imagine the 150k lives lost to Covid.

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Each heart represents one of those 150k lost, those families changed forever.

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