Biggar – Biggar Youth Project SCIO

New Building News

Posted on November 30, 2023February 15, 2024 by Sharon Hope

Our new building is becoming real. Here are the plans for the new build. Keep checking our socials for updates.

While we are closed we will be visiting communities where our young people live and keeping in touch with them. Cook offs, cinema nights and games are all in the pipeline.

If you live in a town or village that is part of the rural Clydesdale Community get in touch as we may be coming to you.

SQA Verifiers

Posted on May 30, 2023February 15, 2024 by Sharon Hope

We are delighted to have two of our staff trained as Internal Verifiers for the Scottish Qualifications Authority. This will help our young people enormously as they prepare for life beyond secondary education.

Transition Sessions!

Posted on March 20, 2023March 21, 2023 by Sharon Hope

These sessions offer a fantastic chance to meet new friends and have fun together before going up to high school.

This year we are working with Womankind who will be generously providing food for the young people. So get your form now!

Prelims, study leave…..

Posted on January 16, 2023 by Sharon Hope

It’s that time of year where we welcome young people in during study leave. We will be open 10-3.30 Monday to Thursday. come along between exams or when you are waiting for a bus.

Come along and get a hot drink, something to eat and relax.

Clydesdale Foodbank at Christmas

Posted on December 1, 2022 by Sharon Hope

We are working with Clydesdale Foodbank and the Gillespie Centre to collect items for the foodbank at Christmas

Did you know that Clydesdale Foodbank donates 560 cans of beans a week to families

Come in and leave an item and we will pass it onto the food bank. We will hand items over on the 8th of December

Many thanks

Warm Spaces

Posted on November 3, 2022November 15, 2022 by Sharon Hope

The cost-of-living crisis is expected to put 16.4 million people in fuel poverty this winter, with many forced to choose between food and warmth. Community organisations across the UK have already seen a soar in demand for their services and anticipate this number to further rise over the winter months, with many people expected to look for their support for the first time.

We need your help to ensure that we can fulfil our promise to provide a safe, free, warm and welcoming space for individuals and families to keep encouraged and out of the cold. Your support will assist us with the running costs of keeping our lights on and our heat up, paying our staff for additional hours and providing our volunteers with everything they need to offer the warm hospitality and essentials that we seek to provide to anyone attending our Warm Welcome space; tea, coffee and/or a bite to eat. Please consider giving generously so that we can provide the best possible support to our community in their time of need. If you can’t give financially at this time and would like to offer to volunteer your time, please contact us at the centre. Thank you for your love and support. If you would like to find out more about our Warm Welcome space, or discuss how you can support us financially, please get in touch

Biggar Youth Project

Posted on March 18, 2022March 24, 2022 by Sharon Hope

Hello and welcome to our website. Please come and check here in the future for all things new and also to book in to the centre, check the opening times, pre order lunch and send us a message!

What’s been happening?

BYP closed down when COVID arrived, and then the previous Project Co-ordinator, Sue, retired. there is a new Project Co-ordinator in place, Sharon. and if you need to get in touch then please do.

We are currently working on reopening for longer and bringing the best experience we can for all of our young people, and the wider community.