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Funding News – Henry Smith Charity
We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded £139,900 from the Henry Smith Charity. This is three years funding for a full-time Counsellor to deliver counselling with young people aged 12-18 in Midlothian and starts on 1st July 2020. Young people’s mental health is as important now as it ever was and the
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Eskvale Hockey Club – MYPAS Fundraiser
Those wonderful people at Eskvale Hockey Club, over the month of June, are walking/cycling/jogging a distance the length of Scotland’s coastline – a staggering 9,910km in total. They have generously chosen to do this as a fundraiser for MYPAS. Laura Duffin, Eskvale Hockey Club President: “We have chosen MYPAS as our charity – we value the
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MYPAS Drug and Alcohol Survey
MYPAS Drug and Alcohol team want to hear from young people in East Lothian and Midlothian (aged 12-21) about how COVID-19 is affecting their drug and alcohol use. We would be very grateful if you have a spare few minutes to fill in the survey below. The survey is completely confidential Thank you! https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/3VPCZLZ
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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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Job Advert – Project Workers (East Lothian Young People’s Drug and Alcohol Service)
• Full time Project Worker (35 hours per week worked over 5 days) • Part time Project Worker (18 hours per week worked over 3 days) Salary: £29,585 – £31,321 pro rata New East Lothian Service MYPAS has been successful in gaining funding from Midlothian and East Lothian Drug and Alcohol Partnership (MELDAP) to provide
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Job Advert – Cleaner
Cleaner 4 hours per week £17,474 pro-rata (£9.60 an hour) Contract initially until March 2020 (continuation dependent on funding) Based in Dalkeith, Midlothian. Midlothian Young Peoples Advice Service (MYPAS) requires a cleaner to clean its premises  in central Dalkeith. Further details can be sought from the Job Description. Cleaning would be ideally undertaken in
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MYPAS Fundraiser – Rosslyn Chapel and Heriot Watt University Chamber Choir
A Ceremony of Carols – Heriot Watt University Chamber Choir at Rosslyn Chapel November 30 @ 19:30 – 21:30 | £10 – £12 Heriot Watt University Chamber Choir will be performing Benjamin Britten’s stunningly beautiful A Ceremony of Carols in the atmospheric setting of Rosslyn Chapel. Performed by Excelsior per cantum, the chamber choir of Heriot-Watt
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New MDMA leaflet and poster launch
MYPAS launched its new MDMA resource at an event on 14th June 2019. The resource was designed to bust myths around MDMA and to provide information on how to reduce risks. The resource will be available for all S3 and S4 pupils throughout Midlothian and is available to download here as an electronic copy and
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Local artist fundraises for MYPAS
Local artist, Dave Wright has donated sales resulting from his recent art exhibition to MYPAS and raised £275. Dave said “Having liaised with Carlo Riccio at the Riccio Gallery we decided to mount an art exhibition in March, 2019. I called in a couple of other local artists, Newton Ross and Jim Hay, to join me in
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Pupils fundraise at Dalkeith High
The youth ambassadors at Dalkeith High recently held 5 events over 5 days in school aimed at raising awareness of mental health. They designed t-shirts with the logo #TalkDalkeith to help them stand out to other pupils, gave out love hearts with positive messages, blew bubbles in the playground (promoting deep breathing and relaxation), encouraged
