The theme of this year’s Mental Health Awareness week is Anxiety. According to the Mental Health Foundation, levels of anxiety in the UK have not yet dropped to pre-pandemic levels. In their UK 2023 survey of UK adults aged 18+, 73% of the population felt some level of anxiety in the previous two weeks andContinue reading “Mental Health Awareness Week: Anxiety – The Value of Youth Work”
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Paisley YMCA Newsletter May 2023
Check out our latest newsletter about our Easter Hackathon and World Earth Day message!
Combining the Easter Holidays with our Hackathon workshop for 3 days of fun, digital youth work! 💐🖥️
We began the Easter Holidays this month by hosting a three-day Hackathon workshop in our space for young people in Paisley!
Paisley YMCA’s April 2023 Newsletter
Check out Paisley YMCA’s April 2023 Newsletter!
We are recruiting for new Board Members at Paisley YMCA!
We are recruiting for new Board Members at Paisley YMCA! Please read further to find out and get involved!
It’s A Full Exhibition of Trail-Blazing Women – International Women’s Day at STEM Girls
The stars aligned for some perfect timing this week as we celebrated International Women’s Day this year on the night of our weekly female-led youth club STEM Girls.
Youth Mental Health Awareness Week 2023 at Paisley YMCA
Last week, we had been taking part in Children’s Mental Health Week 2023 to highlight and help young people with their mental health across the UK from 6th – 12th February.
International Day of Women and Girls in Science – STEM Girls at Paisley YMCA
February 11th is the International day of Women and Girls in Science and we have been busy this week at our STEM Girls club developing new projects with their creative sides with their scientific minds. While our clubs are inclusive to young people of all genders, our STEM Girls club every Wednesday is the club whereContinue reading “International Day of Women and Girls in Science – STEM Girls at Paisley YMCA”
Paisley YMCA February 2023 Newsletter
Check out our latest newsletter from Paisley YMCA!!
Welcome back to Paisley YMCA!
We are delighted to welcome all young people aged between 7 – 18 across Renfrewshire and beyond back to our space this week for our youth club schedule beginning in 2023!