YMCA Tayside

YMCA Tayside is committed to providing opportunities for young people across Tayside.

We provide a variety of youth work services and support programmes to young people aged 8-25, mainly from disadvantaged backgrounds. This includes those who require early intervention, those who are underachieving, those who have addiction issues, offenders and those who have become homeless.

We have recently been funded through The Alliance’s Self Management Fund for a project called Y Thrive. This is a mentoring service for young people with high emotionally based absences from school due to struggling with their mental health. Y Thrives volunteer mentors will work alongside these young people to explore self-management techniques for managing their mental health and hopefully increase their ability to attend education either through schools or via other pathways.