News

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:

E: info@youthagency.net

Facebook: WesterHailes YouthAgency

Twitter: @WHYouthAgency

Instagram: westerhailes_youth_agency

June Highlights

4th July 2018

June was a busy month at the Youth Agency. As schools, teachers and pupils prepared to pack up for the summer, we bade a very fond farewell to the outgoing sixth year and welcomed the new. The senior pupils enjoyed a hectic few weeks of festivities which began with the ...

Award Season!

19th June 2018

Massive congratulations to Cerise Gander for winning this year’s Youth Agency Award for Personal Achievement at the Forrester High School awards ceremony. The Youth Agency acknowledges and celebrates academic and sporting attainment at the same time as recognising that success comes in many forms and guises. This award is presented ...

Kelpies Supernova Light Run

14th June 2018

The Kelpies Supernova 5K Run returns for 2018 with events taking place on Friday 9th November (8pm), Saturday 10th November (7pm) and Sunday 11th November (5pm) promising a spectacular weekend of running for all the family. Kicking off in the evening the run takes place in the dark but, don’t ...

AmazonSmiles

17th May 2018

Wester Hailes Youth Agency is delighted to be a charity partner of amazon.co.uk through their AmazonSmiles schemes. AmazonSmiles is a way for shoppers to give back to their communities while shopping with the online retailer. It’s wonderfully simple to use. Just select Wester Hailes Youth Agency as your charity partner ...

Supermarket Sweep

1st May 2018

A huge, heartfelt thank you to Waitrose Morningside for a terrific £340 cheque donated to Wester Hailes Youth Agency as part of their Community Matters Scheme. Our thanks go out to everyone involved in the scheme and to everyone who donated. We are also part of the Tesco Bags of ...

Supporting A Tobacco Free Generation

1st May 2018

Wester Hailes Youth Agency have recently signed up to ASH Scotland’s Charter for a Tobacco Free Generation. We are delighted to be on board and supporting this worthwhile cause which aims to protect children and young people from the harmful effects of smoking and second hand smoke. We are committed ...

Busy school days

4th April 2018

It’s been a busy couple of weeks at Forrester High School for the Youth Agency. As well as our usual work, we have been working with all of the first and second year pupils and have had a lot of fun delivering Sexual Health and Relationship Education (SHARE) and drug ...

Celebrating Purple Friday!

7th March 2018

The Youth Agency were delighted to take part in Purple Friday celebrations today and to show our continued support for the LGBTI community. Our celebrations were enjoyed by young people in the drop-in who made and sold cakes and took part in our purple photo booth. Our purple photo booth ...

The Youth Agency AGM

7th March 2018

The Youth Agency’s Annual General Meeting will take place at 6pm on Tuesday 27 February 2018 at Wester Hailes Youth Agency. ...

Christmas Cheer!

7th March 2018

Regular followers of the Youth Agency may know that we are not strangers to spreading our Christmas wishes with a bit of a performance – remember the 12 Days of Christmas with a Youth Agency twist! This year, however, we wanted to give something back to the community that use ...