Grant to Wester Hailes Youth Agency (360G-WomensFundScotland-FR-0037821)
Funding Organization
£1,500
Recipient Organization
to contribute towards the salary costs of a part time youth worker.
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Grant Details
| Amount Applied For | 1500 |
| Amount Awarded | 1500 |
| Award Date | 2016-09-21T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Beneficiary Location: Country Code | GB |
| Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code | S01001897 |
| Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code Type | DZ |
| Beneficiary Location: Name | City of Edinburgh |
| Data Source | https://www.womensfundscotland.org/ |
| Grant Programme: Code | N.A |
| Grant Programme: Title | Donor Advised |
| Last Modified | 2023-03-17T12:54:13Z |
| Planned Dates: Duration (months) | 2 |
| Planned Dates: End Date | 2016-12-21T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Planned Dates: Start Date | 2016-10-27T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Recipient Org: Charity Number | SC027150 |
| Recipient Org: Company Number | SC179351 |
| Recipient Org: Description | Wester Hailes Youth Agency is a youth work charity working with young people aged 8-25 within Wester Hailes and the surrounding communities of South West Edinburgh. Our aims are to relieve poverty and disadvantage, to advance learning, and to further participation and citizenship amongst young people living in areas of deprivation. Our youth work is informed by a set of beliefs that include a commitment to equal opportunities, and to young people as partners in learning and decision making. We believe that the needs, abilities, and aspirations of young people should be recognised, understood, and met within a supportive environment, which encourages them to achieve their goals and make real measurable progress. In order to achieve our aims we provide the following services: Drop in Provision, Detached Youth Work, Environmental Work, Schools Work, Group Work and Individual Support. Our Youth Work is delivered by the Manager, 2 Senior Youth Workers and sessional Youth Workers. The Youth Agency was established in 1997 and is well known in the community. We have developed our projects and work with young people through a number of different services in different locations and often work with them over a number of years, providing consistent support at different stages of their lives; e.g. through our Drop in Provision. We build up trusting relationships with young people and they know that they can come and ask for help or additional support; for example, through Individual Support or Groupwork. Joanna Cherry MP commented about our work, "The importance of youth work in our communities is immense. Organisations such as the WHYA play a vital role in encouraging our children and young people; improving their self-esteem, providing guidance and support and equipping them with the skills required to succeed." Our services complement each other. Young people in the area are familiar with the Youth Agency and a one off intervention, e.g. on Streetwork, can lead to young people using our services. The familiarity helps to increase the impact our services have, as young people feel at ease accessing services; e.g. the Health Drop in we run in a local school. We work with partners to ensure that young people receive the support they need at an early stage. A partner commented about our work; ?the support that the Youth Agency gives to these young people has the potential to allow them to make life changing decisions.? |
| Recipient Org: Web Address | https://www.youthagency.co.uk |