We love an opportunity to shout about how amazing our young people are so here goes...... Thanks to continued funding from Creative Scotland we have been working, over the last year, on a new addition to our music activities available at CY called RockSchool. This is...
We are really excited to launch Power Up, a new programme about young women, relationships, sexual health and well-being. Power Up is a free 10 week long programme that aims to offer a comprehensive and practical approach to well-being issues related to relationships...
#12daysofgiving We’re super excited to launch our Christmas wish list today. Every (working) day between now and 21st December we’ll be celebrating all the fantastic things we do with the children and young people who come to us. Last year we worked with over 640...
2017-2018 was another jammed packed year for CY's youth and children's programme . We continued to support children and young people to be the best they can be, try new things, learn new things, meet new friends, play outside and have lots of fun! We are already in...
We are delighted to welcome 3 new faces to the CY team over the last month..... Claire White Claire is our new administrator and will be looking after all the office tasks to keep the place running smoothly. Contact Claire on- claire.white@canongateyouth.org.uk...
Are you looking for a challenge over the summer? Would you like to raise minimum £100 for us? We’re looking for at least 5 folk to take on a summer challenge and help us to keep our vital services going for children and young people. If you’re interested, get in touch...
Our Plans Canongate Youth has been going for over 40 years, and we’ve worked with lots of different children and young people over the years. Whether you come to us for Play Rangers, Bananas, volunteering at the café, music, getting employability support or sports-...
As most people will (hopefully) know by now, this year is a very exciting year in Scotland with the Scottish Government’s programme of themed years focusing on the Year of Young People! As part of this we will be taking the time to celebrate some of our amazing young...
We recently had the pleasure of hosting a German student through the Erasmus+ programme. Tina joined us on an 6 month internship and was involved lots of different areas of CY. Here are her thoughts on her time with us........... I did a five month placement at...