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Setting Running Goals for 2024
Alison Binns, MYPAS Board member, shares her journey going from someone who hadn’t run before to someone who enjoys running regularly. Alison reflects on the importance of exercise and its benefits for your mental health and wellbeing. I started running regularly in my early 40s. It was so hard at the start, the first 10…
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Job Vacancy – Counsellor (Young People) – 17.5 hours per week
£33,137 to £35,034 pro rata Contract for six months Based in Dalkeith. The postholder will be responsible for providing counselling to young people aged 12-18 within a holistic service. The postholder will also develop and promote further therapeutic work both within and outwith MYPAS. Qualified to Diploma level (or equivalent) in a counselling therapeutic discipline,…
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2024 Bluebell Trail Run
🌟 Exciting News! 🌟 The Bluebell Trail Run Committee is thrilled to announce that the Bluebell Trail Run is back for 2024! Lace up your shoes and get ready to hit the trails with us. Entries are now OPEN! 🏃♂️🏃♀️ Enter here: https://www.bluebelltrail.co.uk/ Whether you’re up for the challenge of the 5k or aiming to…
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Edinburgh Marathon Festival 2024
Edinburgh Marathon Festival is BACK for 2024. After a successful EMF2023 we want to make 2024 event BIGGER, and we need you to make that happen! Pick your distance, lace up and take on the challenge. Join in one of the UK’s most popular running events and experience the Edinburgh Marathon Festival on 25/26 May…
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12 Days of MYPAS
This winter holiday we are sharing 12 posts on Instagram written by MYPAS members of staff to help young people look after their health and wellbeing over the break.
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Mental Health is a Universal Right. World Mental Health Day 2023.
When designing and delivering our services, MYPAS works hard to ensure that the rights of children and young people are protected as well as meaningfully involving young people and their families in our service design. Such an approach seeks to ensure that our services are available, accessible, acceptable, of high quality, and participative, with a…
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Kiltwalk 2023
Come and fundraise with us this year at the Edinburgh Kiltwalk, September 17th 2023. We need your support! It means so much to our children and young people to see people supporting them by walking for MYPAS. See below for details on how to enter for FREE! What is the Kiltwalk? The Kiltwalk is a…
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Pupil Power!
Our latest blog post is to celebrate some of the recent fantastic fundraising by schools and pupils across East Lothian and Midlothian. First up we have Team Penicuik High who recently took part in our annual Bluebell Trail Run on the 14th of May. This team, made up of pupils and staff from the high school raised…
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Hey Girls! Community Partners
We are proud and very excited to announce that we are now community partners with Hey Girls UK! This means that all young people accessing MYPAS services whether you are visiting our offices or having sessions at school or in the community can take FREE period products. A bit about Hey Girls!… Hey Girls! are…
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Mental Health Awareness Week 2023 – Anxiety
What is anxiety? Anxiety could be seen as an emotion or sensation. It could be defined as fear, a feeling of unease, or a bodily reaction to stress or threat. It could be that the experience is never quite captured in words. You might feel worried and not really know why. You might feel scared…
