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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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Merry Christmas from all at the Youth Agency

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! ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Parliamentary Recognition

Parliamentary Recognition

14th November 2018
The Youth Agency is delighted to receive support and recognition from our local MSP Gordon MacDonald who lodged a motion in the Scottish Parliament to acknowledge our achievement in gaining the LGBT Youth Scotland Bronze Charter Mark.  The full motion read as follows: Motion S5M-14370: Gordon MacDonald, Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish ...
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LGBT Bronze Charter Award

LGBT Bronze Charter Award

17th October 2018
The Youth Agency were so delighted to recently become the first voluntary organisation in South West Edinburgh to be awarded the LGBT Youth Scotland Bronze Charter Mark.  We were presented with our award in the Pyramid.  As promised here are some photos of the event….. Thanks to Ann Marriott who ...
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Our Rainbow Logo!

Our Rainbow Logo!

11th October 2018
You may have noticed that the banner logo on our website has changed.  This exciting, and colourful, change is for one day only and is to celebrate two significant events, both of which are happening today. First up, it’s #Nationalcomingout day and the Youth Agency are delighted to be showing ...
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Sexual Health Work

13th September 2018
It’s great to be working with Forrester High School S6 pupils on sexual health.  We are three weeks into an eight week programme and enjoying the sessions, and their company, more than ever! We’re looking forward to the next five weeks.  Let’s hope it’s just as engaging and enjoyable as ...
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MVP Launch

MVP Launch

23rd August 2018
As the new school term kicked off The Youth Agency had a wonderful day launching Mentors in Violence Prevention with the entire S6 cohort at Forrester High School. Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP for short) is a project designed to challenge violence, intimidation and bullying behaviour in our schools and ...
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The Youth Agency’s Sunny July

The Youth Agency’s Sunny July

25th July 2018
July at the Youth Agency was all about the sun, warm days, bright nights and planning, planning and more planning! Our drop-in has continued uninterrupted during the summer.  Following our fruit bonanza last month, our cooking has stuck with the summer theme.  We managed to squeeze in two cooking session ...
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Visit from MSP Gordon Macdonald

Visit from MSP Gordon Macdonald

25th July 2018
It was a real pleasure to welcome Gordon Macdonald and his office manager, Sarah Masson, to The Youth Agency today.  We had a great chat about the area, the issues local young people are facing as well as The Youth Agency and our work.  Many thanks to both Gordon and ...
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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.

It’s just taken me 10 mins to walk the half kilometre length of the national @CovidMemorialUK
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Each heart represents one of those 150k lost, those families changed forever.

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