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Summer 2025: LGBT Sports and Movement Programme
We’re excited to announce our LGBT Summer Sports and Movement Programme! MYPAS is running a sports and movement programme this summer with LGBT and questioning young people who are 12-21. A wide variety of activities will be offered to offer supported sessions of a variety of activities. LGBT young people have a different relationship with movement than their
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World Mental Health Day – Health in an Unequal World
Tom Grayson-Morrison, MYPAS Community Counsellor (East Lothian and Midlothian) shares his thought with us ahead of World Mental Health Day. As we approach World Mental Health Day on 10th October, with its theme of ‘Mental Health in an Unequal World’, I found myself thinking about how those who experience racial, social or economic inequality in
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MYPAS Secures Multi-Year Funding for LGBT+ Service
MYPAS receives a multi-year National Lottery award from The National Lottery Community Fund to support young LGBT+ people of East Lothian and Midlothian. Local charity MYPAS is celebrating today after being awarded £150,000 in National Lottery funding to support its work with LGBT+ young people in East Lothian and Midlothian for a 3 year period.
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Funding for continuation of support to LGBT+ young people
MYPAS have received £12,647 from The National Lottery Community Fund to provide online one to one and groupwork support to LGBT+ young people in East Lothian and Midlothian to improve their health and wellbeing. MYPAS already have a grant from The National Lottery Community Fund to run a weekly group and provide individual support to
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Happy 2nd Birthday MidYouth!!!
From the young people at MidYouth: “MidYouth celebrated its second birthday on the 29th of October with a night full of music, pumpkin carving, dooking and more! MidYouth first started on the 31st of October 2016. In these two years we have met weekly to be able to relax, meet new friends and discuss topics
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MYPAS LGBTQ Project
MYPAS is delighted to announce that it has been successful with a recent application to Young Start (delivered by the Big Lottery Fund) to expand its LGBTQ project – Midyouth. The new project will kick-off on 21st May 2018 with the start of the Youth Development Worker in post. The project is funded for two years. The
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Youth Development Worker – Midyouth LGBTQ Project
   15 hours per week £27,402 – £29,090 (pro-rata) Contract initially until March 2020 (continuation dependent on funding) Based in Dalkeith, Midlothian. For an application pack please visit www.goodmoves.org.uk or phone MYPAS on 0131 454 0757 or e-mail enquiries@mypas.co.uk Midlothian Young Peoples Advice Service (MYPAS) promotes the health and wellbeing of young people across
