Our members make us who we are

Established in 1995, YCSA (Youth Community Support Agency) has long supported young people from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities, particularly within Pollokshields and Govanhill, while also delivering services across the wider city. YCSA provides a range of tailored support services for young people aged 7 to 25 years, focusing on their wellbeing, development, and resilience. Our work primarily supports vulnerable BME young people—including settled communities, new migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees—who may be facing a range of challenges. Overall, YCSA works to break cycles of vulnerability and provide young people with the tools, support, and opportunities they need to thrive.

Motivated by our Christian faith, Youth for Christ aims to support and encourage all young people regardless of their background, beliefs or situation. Our Local Centres work with young people face to face and in virtual spaces providing mentoring, coaching, mental health support and much more. Partnership is a core value in our work with schools, youth groups, churches, prisons and detached settings. All our work is underpinned by in-house research as we equip youth workers and young people with a multitude of resources.

Youth Scotland is the national charity for supporting and delivering community-based youth work. We are the largest national youth work organisation in Scotland supporting local youth groups of all sizes in every Scottish Region. We support 82,500 young people and 9,400 youth workers with quality youth work programmes, information, resources and training. We believe in changing lives through youth work.

Youth Theatre Arts Scotland (YTAS) is the national development organisation for Scotland's youth theatre sector. We exist to support, connect, and inspire youth theatre participants and the adults who work with them, supporting a sector which engages 14,000 young people every week. YTAS has over 100 members operating across the country, who engage the vast majority of participants in Scotland.

Established in 1990, Linlithgow Young People’s Project, trading as YOUTHSPACE, works with young people in Linlithgow and the surrounding areas to foster a sense of hope within their lives. Each year we work with around 1000 young people through more than 1200 sessions within local schools and the community including informal drop-ins, school workshops, counselling, mentoring, holiday programmes, small groups and youth volunteering. Our activities are inclusive and equitable to all creating fun, challenging, safe and supportive spaces for young people to relax, develop and find hope.

Zero Tolerance is a Scottish charity working to end men’s violence against women by tackling its root cause: gender inequality. All young people deserve to explore and grow free of violence, inequality, and stereotypes. We work with policy and decision makers to make this happen. We also train youth workers to help them understand how to prevent men's violence against women and girls and promote gender equality.