Outdoor Play
Welcome to YMCA Edinburgh
Our Mission is to empower young people, children, and their families in Leith and across Edinburgh to transform their lives. We offer needs led, relationships focused services for children, young people, and families.
WHO WE ARE
YMCA Edinburgh is part of a global movement that gives all, especially young people, space, and opportunity to belong, contribute and thrive.
We offer a range of tailored programmes including outdoor play, holiday play schemes, sports activities, health and wellbeing groups, mentoring services for young people and family support.
YMCA Edinburgh is part of an inclusive global Christian movement that gives all, especially young people, space and opportunity to belong, contribute and thrive. We are open to people of all faiths and none.
Whats new
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YMCA Edinburgh Chair takes on Clipper World Yacht Race!
Everyone at YMCA Edinburgh is incredibly proud of our Chair, Donald Macdonald, who has now set sail on an extraordinary 6,200-mile leg of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. Taking on this global challenge after early retirement — and with no prior sailing experience — Donald is the definition of courage and determination. His…
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YMCA Edinburgh team take on abseil challenge to support young people in Leith
YMCA Edinburgh staff member Mike Kerracher will join youth volunteers Charley and Raissa in a charity abseil down the Port of Leith Distillery on Sunday 10 May, raising funds to support the charity’s work with children and young people in Leith. Charly and Raissa are youth volunteers with YMCA Edinburgh’s Friday Night Lights programme, and…
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Lord Provost and Volunteer Edinburgh Visit
It was brilliant to welcome the Lord Provost and Volunteer Edinburgh to YMCA Edinburgh this week — chatting with a couple of amazing mentors about their volunteering journeys, visiting a very busy (and wet!) outdoor play session with some superb nature crafting, and hearing first-hand about the impact of some brilliant youth activists. The Lord…