Strathmore Centre for Youth Development
Context
SCYD serves the Blairgowrie and Rattray areas as part of the Eastern Perth Youth Alliance ( EPYA ). Our vision is ..." To be a safe and supportive community where young people are valued and develop skills for life " Our core purpose is to provide social and educational opportunities to support young people to achieve their potential . We provide a safe place where young people can build positive relationships , develop skills and achieve accredited volunteering awards .
Locations
We spent a great amount of time with the young people out in our wonderful town of Blairgowrie & Rattray . We renamed the start of our week to " Move-it Monday " during the Summer as we set out engage everyone in physical activities . The young people took part in walk & talk sessions , multi-sports at the park , geocaching and just general chill & chat sessions in outdoor spaces .
Facts & Figures
28 days of activities 245 Youth engagements 107 Free trip places given 250 meals given out 167 hour volunteers
What We Did
Summer 2021 was one of our best summer programmes yet . We made sure that every activity session we did that food was provided free for all young people . This was with then intention of reducing food insecurity for families in our community . Our weeks were full of outdoor activities , indoor youth drop-ins within our building and we ended each week with a free trip for young people taking them across our amazing country . We have Instagram chat groups and Facebook messenger for all of our young people which is used on a daily basis to inform , chat and provide support .
OUR HIGHLIGHTS
# 1
We made some amazing connections with incredible young people from the Eastern Perthshire area .
# 2
We got to take young people across Scotland to places such as St Andrews , Edinburgh , Tentsmuir Country Park , Foxlake Aquapark Dundee and many other places .
# 3
We got to visibly see the positive difference in young peoples ' mental health through the activities that we delivered throughout the summer period .
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