News

Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and the announcement by the Scottish Government that we are now operating at above tier 4 restrictions The Youth Agency will be moving all of our youth work services online. This will include our individual support, groupwork and drop-in services.

As soon as we are able we will resume face to face work with young people. We are obviously keen for this to happen as soon as possible but will only take this step when it is safe to do so and with the consent of the relevant authorities. In the meantime, we hope that everyone stays safe and healthy.

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

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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, ...

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 ...

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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30th April 2019

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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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

Merry Christmas from all at the Youth Agency

21st December 2018

Merry Christmas from all at the Youth Agency. We’ve had a wonderful week celebrating with lots of young people at our drop-in and different groups. We wish everyone a happy and peaceful New Year and look forward to seeing everyone again in January! ...

S5 Sexual Health

15th November 2018

Our block of S5 sexual health work in Forrester High School wrapped up this week. We spent a total of four weeks with each of the five classes looking at healthy relationships, confidence in decision-making relating to sexual health and relationships, risk taking behaviour, STI’s and ways to keep ourselves ...

MVP Success

14th November 2018

Our Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) programme is nearly complete in school for another year. Our S6 mentors have worked exceptionally hard over the last 12 weeks learning and practicing MVP lessons. They have spent the last two weeks working with S1 pupils to deliver inspiring lessons to their younger ...