She/ Her Izzy – GLOW group – Perth
Maslow’s Pancake Stack of needs! For Pancake Day the GLOW group considered pancakes as a metaphor for life. We thought about how the first pancake always turns out rubbish but this paves the way for better pancakes and reflected on our own ‘First Pancake’ moments in life. Then we thought about a ‘recipe for life’ […]
Lou – Forth Valley – Creative Stirling
To round off 2023, and bring in 2024, Forth Valley's Lavender Lives project has running some creative workshops with young people. Lavender Lives Part 2, funded by Youthlink Scotland's Art Fund, provides our young people with opportunities to be creative, learn new skills, meet people, build confidence and grow their employability skills. On Saturday, we […]
Ann Catherine Marriott – Edinburgh, Lothian and the Scottish Borders
The LGBTYS East Team, Ann, Socks, Julia, Nari and Keith are taking part in the Purple Friday: Miles for Money Challenge to champion LGBTQ+ visibility and raise money for LGBT Youth Scotland. We aim to complete 250 miles by swimming, walking, running, ballet, rowing, elliptical and burlesque!! Would you like to sponsor us to keep […]
She/Her Socks – Edinburgh
The Crannie Community Hub in Edinburgh and LGBTYS have been collaborating on a chef project – 4 young people have been working with a professional chef, supporting them to gain access to the hospitality! So far the young people have cooked a cauliflower wellington with roasted veggies and raspberry cheesecake, and most recently they learnt […]
She/Her Socks – Edinburgh
This Christmas, the Edinburgh based SmashUp group made queer festive cards to send to groups in Dundee, Perth and Glasgow. After the SmashUp cards arrived in the post, the Glow group said: ‘It felt really nice to do something in collaboration with another group. I liked receiving the cards and thinking about what they will […]
He/Him Alan – Edinburgh
The Rainbow Cookery project was developed and created to encourage young people into cooking and to show that it doesn’t have to be scary or expensive and that you can make some incredible food without spending a fortune. Young people made some beautiful things!
She/Her Izzy –
We’re pleased to introduce you to everyone’s favourite member of the Central and North team, our lovable mascot Kenneth!! Kenneth lives with our Dundee group who won him in a contest, as well as attending group every Wednesday he goes on lots of adventures, including attending Pride marches across the country. This year Kenneth travelled […]
She/her Izzy –
Young people from the GLOW group in Perth visited RASAC PK for to make banners to be handed out to participants at the upcoming Reclaim the Night March. This is something the group do every year and they are really excited to see their banners in action at the march!
She/Her Clair, Youth Highland – Dingwall
During our LGBTQ+ Charter Mark, we worked with LGBTQ+ young people to address an issue with accessing a gender-neutral loo, this metamorphized into an RPG featuring their experiences, the UNCRC, signposting and activism to make positive change. We were over the moon to be nominated as a finalist at the YouthLink Scot Youth Work Awards, […]
Sam from Creative Stirling –
Creative Stirling work in partnership with LGBTYS to develop opportunities for LGBTQIA+ young people. Our first project, Lavender Lives, allowed young people to create work for an LGBT History Month exhibition focusing on their experiences growing up as an LGBTQIA+ young person in Forth Valley (FV). Recently, we secured funding from Youthlink Arts Fund for […]
