To develop community mentors and volunteers within the link up activities and groups which bring people in the Gallatown community together to undertake mutually beneficial activities, leading to increasing confidence and capacity of the individuals involved and to continue to empower the community’s effectiveness in addressing its own problems.

Link Up Gallatown project commenced in 2012 as part of the national Link Up programme operating in ten vulnerable Scottish communities.

Youth Scotland, Scotland’s national charity for the support and delivery of community-based youth work, would love you to come and join

our dynamic team

We have developed an exciting new partnership with Scottish Government to support the roll out of a Carbon Neutral Schools Project with primary and secondary school age children and young people on the Scottish Islands, using a youth work & schools’ approach.

We have identified the need for a development worker role which will suit an experienced youth worker/educator who is passionate about empowering and upskilling young people on the Scottish Islands on sustainability, climate change and carbon neutral initiatives. If this is you, then we want to hear from you!

This role will be part of our Young Islanders Network/Youth Work and Training Team

YMCA is the largest and oldest youth organisation in the world with a global vision of a world where every person lives in harmony with self, with society and with creation.

Here in Scotland our mission is to empower young people and communities to build a just, sustainable, equitable and inclusive Scotland, where every person can thrive in body, mind and spirit. YMCA is an inclusive Christian youth organisation, open to people of all faiths and none. We seek to work with all children and young people in a non-judgmental and supportive manner.

Having just approved a new Strategic Plan 2022 – 2026, which is aligned to World YMCA Vision 2030, YMCA Scotland is now seeking a new Honorary Treasurer. This position provides a unique opportunity to be part of the governance of a Scottish charity that is an active and leading member of the European and World Alliance of YMCAs.

West Lothian Youth Action Project (WLYAP) is an established West Lothian wide, Youth and Community based third sector organisation, with a reputation for positively engaging young people aged 10 -25 years, who are isolated from mainstream youth services. Our methods of approach are varied to maximise engagement. We recognise that every young person and family situation is unique to them, therefore one box does not fit all. These different approaches are evident through our provision of detached youth work, early intervention, groupwork programmes, befriending, practical and life skills training, music tuition, cooking workshops and community based environmental opportunities.

As part of a collaborative with West Lothian Drug & Alcohol Service and Circle, we are seeking to recruit two full time Youth Worker posts with a specific remit to provide an innovative approach to addressing the issue of substance use with young people and their families.

This will be a full - time post on an initial fixed term 3-year contract (potential for 5 years).

These specialist Youth Workers will work alongside our partners in the Collaborative, delivering a responsive service including 1-1 interventions, groupwork programmes, Early Intervention and Prevention sessions in education and residential establishments across West Lothian. An innovative approach, utilising a wide range of creative skills is required for these posts. The work will primarily be focused with young people; however, the Whole Family Approach is embedded in our partnership ethos.

The Youth Workers will work in a variety of settings as part of the Collaborative and will work alongside the Youth Action Project staff team. Some evening and weekend work will be required.