'I started working at Canongate Youth in September 2018. My role involves developing and delivering support sessions for young people in order to foster wellbeing. My favourite thing about the job so far is exploring approaches to supporting the young people and seeing them becoming more confident and positive. I enjoy being part of such an amazing team!'

Contact Sima on sima@canongateyouth.org.uk

I began working at Canongate Youth in September 2018. My role is to ensure all administration tasks are dealt with to allow our amazing team to focus on working with our children & young people.
My favourite thing about my role is that every day presents a new challenge.

Contact Claire on claire.white@canongateyouth.org.uk

I have worked at Canongate Youth since June 2007 within the employability team working with young people aged 15 – 24 years, providing a range of 1 – 1 and group support. My role involves managing our employability programme, developing partnerships with employers, colleges and training providers and managing and supporting the staff team. I love being part of the team here at Canongate Youth and being able to support young people to realise their full potential.

Contact Susie on susie@canongateyouth.org.uk

I have worked at Canongate Youth since May 2014. The best part of this job is seeing the change in young people from the start of working with them, to the point of them moving on to other things...and the relationships built with them in the meantime. I also have a great team that I work with and there is never a dull moment in the CY office!

Contact Catherine on catherine@canongateyouth.org.uk

I have worked at Canongate for too many years to mention- let's just say I've been here the longest and I can't go onto the front street without meeting a stream of young people or family members past and present. Over the years my role has been that of a generic youth worker working both in our open community provision and providing services to local schools through group work and one to one support. Over the past year, my role has changed slightly to having more of a focus on the work that we do within schools whilst still maintaining some contact through our open provision. I love having the opportunity to work in such a positive way with young people and hope to continue to do so for many more years!

Contact Suzanne on suzanne@canongateyouth.org.uk

I have worked at CY since September 2007. My role involves coordinating and managing our programme of events/activities/clubs, managing sessional staff and looking after volunteers. My favourite thing about working at CY is that no day is the same and you never quite know what you will be involved with next.

Contact Clare on clare@canongateyouth.org.uk

I have been at CY for almost 2 years, I work in the Old School Cafe alongside young people and volunteers while providing them with support, guidance and average banter. Together we produce all the food for the Cafe and the young people ensure my job is always challenging, and fun.

Contact Dan on dan@canongateyouth.org.uk

It’s been nearly 2 years since I started my Apprenticeship in the Old School Café and for the last year I have been kept on as a paid member of staff after completing my SVQ3 in Hospitality Leadership and Supervision. I work alongside Dan and Ryan helping young people get ready for work, supporting them as they gain skills. These can be just basic customer service, food prep, using the till and handling cash payments or even just to build the young person’s confidence.

Contact Lewis on lewis@canongateyouth.org.uk

I have worked at CY since January 2016, after starting as a volunteer prior to this at Open All Hours and Music Café in 2015. You will now find me in the majority of both the Under and Over 12’s clubs that run throughout the week here at CY. I thoroughly enjoy working as part of this team; meeting and building positive relationships with the children and young people; and I love the fact that no two days in the clubs are the same!

Contact Ruby ruby@canongateyouth.org.uk

I first joined the team at Canongate Youth in December 2017, when I began volunteering at Banana Club, and have now moved onto joining the team as a Children’s Worker. I work as part of the Under 12’s team (Banana Club, Space@6 and Play Rangers) where we do loads of different activities indoors, from arts and crafts, cooking and games to playing outdoors. I love this job because I get to see children and young people have fun while at the same time learning and growing as individuals, but also because I get to channel my inner child, have fun with them and learn from what they have to say.

Contact Julia on Julia@canongateyouth.org.uk