LAYC Affiliates 2008-09
Black Community Development Project
6Vt - Edinburgh City Youth Cafe
Buckstone Youth Club/Project
www.buckstoneyouthproject.co.uk
Canongate Youth Project
Capacity Building Project
www.craigmillarcapacitybuilding.org
Childcare Connections
www.childcareconnections.co.uk
Children 1st Bfriends Service
Children Inc
Children's Holiday Venture
Children's Parliament
www.childrensparliament.org.uk
Citadel Youth Centre
Crew 2000
Edinburgh Young Carers Project
Epilepsy Scotland
Friends of the Award in Edinburgh/Lothians
Global Citizen Corps
Gorebridge Opportunities
Gorgie City Farm
Granton Youth Centre
Hopscotch Children's Charity
Jack Kane Community Centre
KITS - Kids in the Street
LGBT Youth Scotland
Mayfield & Easthouses Youth 2000 Project
Middleton Youth Club
Midlothian Young People's Advice Service
Moore House
Pilmeny Development Project
www.pilmenydevelopmentproject.co.uk
Ratho After School Care Association
Roosters After School Club
Sikh Sanjog
South Morningside After School Care Club
The BIG Project
The Yard Adventure Centre
Tranent (Recharge) Youth & Community Facility
Venchie Children & Young Peoples Project
Wester Hailes Youth Agency
YWCA Roundabout Centre
LAYC Partners
Edinburgh Leisure
http://www.edinburghleisure.co.uk/
Get Started, Stay Active with Edinburgh Leisure, the leader in health, fitness, leisure and sports experience across the city. Edinburgh Leisure manages sport and leisure facilities on behalf of the City of Edinburgh Council.Operate "Open All Hours" programme of youth activities at 8 different venues across the city
Healthy Respect
http://healthy-respect.com/
Healthy Respect is an innovative project aimed at helping young people develop a positive attitude to sexual health and reducing unplanned teenage pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections.
Youth Work Sites - Local
Volunteer Centre Edinburgh
www.volunteeredinburgh.org.uk
The Volunteer Centre Edinburgh site links you to information factsheets and resources on a range of volunteering issues. Organisations can register to have VCE process and advertise your volunteering opportunities.
Scottish
Youth Scotland
http://www.youthscotland.org.uk/
Youth Scotland is 'the network of youth clubs and groups in Scotland'. Working in partnership with a network of local Area Associations across Scotland.
YouthLink Scotland
www.youthlink.co.uk
Aim to support the youth work sector to provide effective services for young people by being the voice of the youth work sector in Scotland
Disclosure Scotland
Cenral Registered Body in Scotland
National
National Youth Agency
www.nya.org.uk
The National Youth Agency supports those involved in young people's personal and social development and works to enable all young people to fulfil their potential
UK Youth
www.ukyouth.org
UK Youth exists to develop and promote innovative non-formal education programmes for and with young people - working with them to develop their potential.Our network supports more than 750,000 young people, 7000 youth groups, clubs and projects and more than 40,000 volunteer and part-time youth workers throughout the UK.
The Scout Association
www.scouts.org.uk
It isn't all woggles and campfires nowadays...check out this family of sites for adults and young people alike - where else would you find "20 thing to do with a banana"
Youth Music
www.youthmusic.org.uk
Youth Music is a UK wide charity set up to provide high quality and diverse music making opportunities for young people aged 5-18
Policy
The Scottish Government
www.scotland.gov.uk
‘The official website of the Scottish Government, the devolved government for Scotland’ – As opposed to what? … a load of unofficial websites run by people who aren’t the government for Scotland? Now that might be interesting!!
Communities Scotland
www.communitiesscotland.gov.uk
Learning Connections is part of the Regeneration division of Communities Scotland. It is made up of three teams: adult literacies, community learning and development and community engagement
Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator
ww.oscr.org.uk
Their home page talks about ‘Our vision is for a flourishing charities sector’ OSCR’s 2 aims are(1) to develop a regulatory framework for charities; and (2) to manage the transition of OSCR into a statutory agency …. Nothing like guarding the guards then?!?
Advisory Concilliation and Arbitration Service
HM Inspectorate of Education
Scotland's Commisioner for Children and Young People
Practice
Youth Group Contacts
www.youthgroupcontacts.co.uk
Youth Group Contacts is a website for youth workers in the Edinburgh area looking for resources / specialist workers. Although produced a couple of years ago it can still be useful. Give it a go and let us know of contacts to be added or details needing changed.
Funding
The Big Lottery Fund
www.biglotteryfund.org.uk
The Big Lottery Fund's Young People's Fund - Scotland programme to help young people aged 11-25 learn new things and take part in healthy and positive activities that make them feel good about themselves.Groups can apply for grants ranging from between £5,000 and £1 million spread over 1-4 years.
The Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
www.esmeefairbairn.org.uk
In 2005 the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation expects to make grants of around £28 million for Art & Heritage; Education; Environment & Social Change; Enterprise & Independence so it is worthwhile taking your time to find out precisely what they would require in a funding application !!!
The John Paul Getty Jr Charitable Trust
www.jpgettytrust.org.uk
The Trust has an emphasis on self help projects and applications enabling people to reach their potential.It favours small community and local projects which make good use of volunteers. There are 4 main beneficial areas - social welfare is the largest. Grants are usually in the £5 - £15,000 range for both capital and revenue.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
LankellyChase Foundation
www.lankellychase.org.uk
Newly formed from two well established trusts merging so check out the new guidelines in detail. Generally the trust aims to concentrate on smaller charities and want their grants to be effective and to achieve something which would otherwise not happen or to sustain something which otherwise might fall.
Grants Online
www.grantsonline.org.uk
Grants Online are another subscription service providing information on grant funding opportunities with a fully interactive and searchable database. 7 day Free Trial facility.
Profunding
www.fundinginformation.org
Profunding is a subscription service that provides news and information to all those involved in raising funds for not-for-profit organisations.
Charities Aid Foundation
www.cafonline.org
CAF helps thousand of charities around the world . More than just a provider of books listing trust fund details - check out CAF's other services like banking etc
Young Peoples Sites
BBC Blast
www.bbc.co.uk/blast
Website to encourage young people to get creative in the art, dance, film, music and writing spheres. Linked to BBC Blast programmes highlighting some of the resulting work currently casting its spotlight on Comic Book art!
Young Scot
www.youngscot.org.uk
Personally I don’t use it, but then again I’ll not see 12-26 again.
Bullying Online
www.bullying.co.uk
A very simply arranged site – it does what it says on the label and so do all the bulletins – Advice for Parents, Advice for Pupils, School Projects, Problem Page, Tips, Links, etc
Other organisations
European Confederation of Youth Clubs
www.ecyc.org
LAYC’s continental cousins and their site contains some useful session outlines for youth work trainers.
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http://www.launchsite.co.uk
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