-
Funding Success
We are delighted to be awarded £63,000 for a 25 hour a week Family Counsellor and a 25 hour a week Art Therapist from the Community Support and Services Framework (Mental Health and Wellbeing) through Midlothian Council. Our award was as part of a bid by the Midlothian Children and Young People’s Wellbeing Consortium (a…
-
Positive Approaches to Risk – document launch
Join us for the online launch of the POSITIVE APPROACHES TO RISK DOCUMENT, on Wednesday 4th of November @ 4.00-4.45pm. This Midlothian document contains guidance for those working with young people and a positive approach to risk taking behaviours. The event is Free and will outline the content of the document as well as future…
-
New Digital Drop-In
MYPAS are excited to announce a new way for young people to contact us. Our Digital Drop-In is available for young people, aged 12-21 within the Midlothian and East Lothian areas. Young people will be able to chat live with a MYPAS worker about any issue which is having an impact on their health and…
-
BBC Children in Need Next Steps Fund
We are thrilled that we have been awarded £67,851 by BBC Children in Need’s Next Steps Fund. This will fund a full-time Counsellor over the next 18 months. The Counsellor will engage with young people aged 12-18, across Midlothian and East Lothian, adversely mentally affected by the situations brought about by the covid pandemic, with…
-
Midlothian School Counselling
We are delighted to announce that we will be working with Midlothian Council on a one year School Counselling pilot. We will deliver counselling for 10-18 year olds in Midlothian, all year round and both within and outwith school environments/times. It is anticipated that the service will start counselling sometime in October. More information on…
-
Eskvale Hockey Club – MYPAS Fundraiser
THANK YOU ESKVALE HOCKEY CLUB for your fantastic Coastline Challenge fundraiser for MYPAS. An impressive 11595 km walked, ran and cycled – a superb collective club effort! 
-
Blog – Changing our LGBT+ group to an online platform
From ‘In the Room’ to ‘On the Zoom’ Nicole Walsh, Youth Development Worker (LGBT Project) reflects on moving MYPAS’ services for LGBT+ young people from face to face contact to online contact. The Coronavirus pandemic has meant that we have all had to adapt and change how we live our lives. We were used to meeting up…
-
Funding News – Henry Smith Charity
We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded £139,900 from the Henry Smith Charity. This is three years funding for a full-time Counsellor to deliver counselling with young people aged 12-18 in Midlothian and starts on 1st July 2020. Young people’s mental health is as important now as it ever was and the…
-
Eskvale Hockey Club – MYPAS Fundraiser
Those wonderful people at Eskvale Hockey Club, over the month of June, are walking/cycling/jogging a distance the length of Scotland’s coastline – a staggering 9,910km in total. They have generously chosen to do this as a fundraiser for MYPAS. Laura Duffin, Eskvale Hockey Club President: “We have chosen MYPAS as our charity – we value the…
-
Funding for continuation of support to LGBT+ young people
MYPAS have received £12,647 from The National Lottery Community Fund to provide online one to one and groupwork support to LGBT+ young people in East Lothian and Midlothian to improve their health and wellbeing. MYPAS already have a grant from The National Lottery Community Fund to run a weekly group and provide individual support to…
