About Central Scotland Youth Project

Central Scotland Youth Project mission is to talk to young people in Central Scotland about abuse as violence of all kinds - emotional, physical or sexual violence. We work with young people to encourage them to take responsibility for their lives and not to become abusers themselves.

Following discussions with teaching staff and young people around the issues relating to violence it was agreed that an educational approach was well over due.

To fulfil this need we carry out awareness talks with 5th and 6th year pupils and have an ongoing project taking place with younger pupils in most high schools in central region.

It is every young person's right to live without fear, without intimidation and without the threat of violence of any kind. It is time to encourage the young to speak out and to speak to one other to ensure the young people of the future are more able to live a safe, happy and fulfilled life.

We need to speak to young people before they embrace and adopt the negative attitudes of their peer groups and hope the long term effects will be — less violence due to more tolerance and the acceptance of responsibility, less drug use, fewer criminal activities, fewer social work referrals and fewer mental health problems.
 

Volunteering

We also visit schools and youth groups to encourage young people to voice their opinions and join in group discussions on all issues relating to violence, using worksheets, videos and an interactive approach. All volunteers are vetted by Disclosure Scotland. We are planning to run a training group starting in the Autumn, please contact us for information.

Contact Us

Scottish Charity

Our project is run by a Scottish charity - Central Scotland Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Centre www.rapecrisiscentralscotland.co.uk
 

Support the future...

Young people are our future and are the only resource we know which, if nurtured well, will increase in value. Please help young people.