The Greenwood & Irvine Royal Academies' Schools' Chaplaincy Team, along with Jon Jackal from Youth for Christ (YFC) and other YFC and Scripture Union workers, recently led assemblies for over 2,000 students!

A simple cheese toastie has played a significant role in bridging divides of class, age, race, and perspective in an Edinburgh community, according to a minister. Over the past two and a half years, volunteers from two Church of Scotland congregations have served approximately 16,000 toasties to local secondary school students.

During a recent Time for Reflection at the Scottish Parliament, Rev. Moira McDonald highlighted how the snack has fostered connections between teenagers, shopkeepers, volunteers, and ministers.

Alan Scott, Youth Worker at Partick Trinity, reflects on serving local schools over the past 12 years and working in partnership with The Wheel Trust. Alan emphasises the importance of building relationship and trust over time.

Formartine Youth Project was established in 2013 by the mid-Formartine churches of Udny & Pitmedden, Tarves, Methlick and Barthol Chapel to help meet the needs of young people in this rural area by creating safe accessible places and opportunities for them to meet: Be themselves, develop relationships, feel they Belong and Believe in themselves. Be, Belong, Believe.

In 2018 Jenny Cheung decided to take the plunge and leave her job to set up The Voice Project. She’s now working with 5 primary schools very week – 2 in North Lanarkshire, 1 in South Lanarkshire, 1 in North Ayrshire and 1 in Glasgow.

Over 8 years we really get to know these young people and their families. For many of those we work with simply being a consistent, trustworthy, interested adult can have a huge impact. More and more we find that schools are asking us to come alongside young people to work with them one to one, meeting weekly for a chat and offer of support.

A group of retired teachers from four difference churches across Perth, gather each Tuesday afternoon to run an after school Maths Help Club. Meeting in the youth room at Perth Baptist, the church provides an ideal location because of its proximity to both Perth High School and Perth Academy. 

Two congregations in Aberdeen recently partnered together with their local SU Regional Workers to deliver an interactive Easter event for local Primary 6 pupils. 

Sheddocksley Baptist Church in Aberdeen have partnered with TLG since May 2023 and have delivered 16 Make Lunch sessions over the summer and October holidays. This has enabled the church to reach children and families in the community in a really practical way and has opened the door to families accessing church.

IRVINE’S ‘Shoes Brothers’ are back with their latest festive feel good single - an Abba inspired version of Dance! Everybody Dance. Fresh off of recording in the studio, the duo, comprising Father Wullie Boyd and the Rev Neil Urquhart have spent the week filming a music video to accompany the song this week. And the performing pair pulled off the Christmas cracker with a little help from their friends in the local community