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Merry Quizmas one and all!!

Merry Quizmas one and all!!

The BIG CY 40th Chrimbo Quiz of the Year A great night was had by all on Friday at our annual Quiz Night!! We welcomed 14 teams to the Parkside Bowling Club for our 40th year/Christmas themed quiz, with Susie and Catherine taking up the role of Quizmasters again (with...

CY AGM 2017

CY AGM 2017

Last week we hosted our AGM, where we celebrated all the fantastic work folk have been up to this year and looked forward to what’s to come. Canongate Youth is a really busy place- whether we’re supporting young people who aren’t in school or training, providing play...

Date for the Diary – AGM 13th November

Date for the Diary – AGM 13th November

CY will hold it's AGM on Monday 13th November 4.30-6pm and we'd love you to join us. We will look back and celebrate our 40 year history as well as look forward to the future and outline our plans to continue to deliver quality services for children and young people....

Meet Our New Manager

Meet Our New Manager

We are delighted to welcome our new Strategic Manager, Ellie Hutchinson, to the CY team. Find out a bit more about her below What does your position with CY entail? Hello! My job is to make sure all the staff are able to get on with their jobs. I’m here to apply for...

Introducing Ryan…our new Café Apprentice!

Introducing Ryan…our new Café Apprentice!

We are delighted to introduce the newest member of the CY team, Ryan Wilson.   Ryan has recently taken up the position of Café Apprentice in The Old School Café and is working alongside Dan and Lewis, cooking up delicious food and tasty cakes - as well as...

Old School Cafe Launches New Menu for August

Old School Cafe Launches New Menu for August

The Old School Cafe is ready and raring to go for the Edinburgh Festival with a brand new delicious menu available for the month of August. The Cafe is open Monday -Friday 9am-3pm. We look forward to welcoming you to sample some fantastic food! Menu Homemade soup...

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You

It has been a very generous week this week at CY HQ with a variety of donations coming our way! Firstly, we received a generous cheque from Tom Kitchin who chose us as his charity of the month to receive £1500 which we will use towards supporting the development of...

Happy Birthday to us!!!

Happy Birthday to us!!!

On Saturday 10th June we had our Big Birthday Bash to celebrate 40 years of working in the local area and what a fantastic day was had by all!! The morning started off quite dreary but the sun was well and truly out by the afternoon! We were all delighted with how the...

Our Big 40th Birthday Bash!!!

Our Big 40th Birthday Bash!!!

Canongate Youth has been working in the Southside/Central area of Edinburgh for 40 years this year!! We are quite proud of the work we do and the young people we have helped/encouraged/motivated/kept busy over the years and to celebrate the fact we are still going...