Author Archives: Olivia Armstrong

Mental Health Awareness Week: Anxiety – The Value of Youth Work

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”

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!

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”

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