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Join us for the 2025 Bluebell Trail Run!
Click here for more information about the 2025 Bluebell Trail Run.
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The Edinburgh Kiltwalk 2025 entries are now open!
Click here for more information about the 2025 Edinburgh Kiltwalk.
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Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week 2025
For Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week, MYPAS Counsellors shared their expertise on handling different emotions by covering one emotion each day of the week. Using characters from “Inside Out 2”, they provided examples of how to respond to the feelings and offered tips on dealing with them. Here’s the round-up of the emotions we covered.…
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Five Ways of Beating Winter Blues
Winter sometimes seems like the longest season of the year. To help you get to Spring, we rounded-up five ways of how to beat the Winter Blues. Meditate Keep up a sleep routine Exercise Seek out the light Get creative
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Edinburgh Kiltwalk 2024!
This year the Edinburgh Kiltwalk is taking place on Sunday 15th September. We are offering free places and MYPAS t-shirts, all we ask is that participants give fundraising a go on the lead up to the event. This year we have teamed up with a local business in Dalkeith, Klassic Kilts, who are offering a…
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FREE CPD Opportunities for Midlothian Professionals
MYPAS has been commissioned to provide a second version of the Positive Approaches to Risk handbook. This will involve adding in new content and updating sections to reflect current risk taking behaviour trends relevant to Midlothian’s young people. We are delivering a series of 5 webinars to accompany the new version of the handbook focusing…
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Kind²Mind Big Give: one donation, twice the impact
MYPAS is delighted to announce that we have been selected to take part in the 2024 Kind²Mind match funding campaign, organised by the Big Give. The Big Give is partnering with over 150 amazing mental health charities, helping people to feel seen, heard, and supported. Donate to MYPAS once and have twice the impact during…
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Looking after your Wellbeing during Assessments
Fran, MYPAS’ Business Development Manager offers her top tips to help young people reduce the stress and anxieties brought on by assessments, deadlines and coursework. Spring is upon us. Spring is also the time in which many young people across Midlothian and East Lothian are submitting coursework and revising for SQA assessments during the Easter…
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Setting Running Goals for 2024
Alison Binns, MYPAS Board member, shares her journey going from someone who hadn’t run before to someone who enjoys running regularly. Alison reflects on the importance of exercise and its benefits for your mental health and wellbeing. I started running regularly in my early 40s. It was so hard at the start, the first 10…
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Job Vacancy – Counsellor (Young People) – 17.5 hours per week
£33,137 to £35,034 pro rata Contract for six months Based in Dalkeith. The postholder will be responsible for providing counselling to young people aged 12-18 within a holistic service. The postholder will also develop and promote further therapeutic work both within and outwith MYPAS. Qualified to Diploma level (or equivalent) in a counselling therapeutic discipline,…
