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At Scottish Borders Rape Crisis Centre, we provide emotional and practical support, information and advocacy to survivors who have experienced any form of sexual violence at any time in their lives. We offer one to one support sessions at the Centre or in safe outreach venues across the Scottish Borders. We can also offer telephone, email, text or online support to survivors. We also offer advocacy support for survivors who have engaged or are considering engaging with the criminal justice system following a sexual crime. This service is available to survivors who have experienced recent and historical sexual violence. Our Unity service is available to all young people of any gender/gender identity aged between 12-18. Our Sunrise service is for self-identifying females aged 18+. We accept self-referrals and referrals from any third party as long as the referrer has the consent of the survivor to refer them.

Bright Start Borders CIC is a not for profit organisation based in St Boswells. They have 3 board members plus a manager and 3 part time Playworkers who run our out of school club. They run Breakfast, After School and Holiday Clubs from St Boswells Primary School.

Stable Life provide a safe, nurturing and learning experience using the horse and its environment to disadvantaged young people in the Scottish Borders on a referral basis. Utilising Equine Assisted Learning (EAL) to improve health and well-being, encourage self-reflection and promote resilience.

TD1 Youth Hub provide community-based youth work opportunities to young people aged 11-25 years in Galashiels. They deliver a range of opportunities including drop-ins, 1-1 work, young parents support, street work, transitions support, and school based youth work.

TINMAAN means Teenagers in Newtown make an able Neighbourhood. The primary objective is to positively engage with the 11 to 18 year olds in the village of Newtown St Boswells and Eildon and facilitate these young people to find weekend or holiday employment whilst helping in the local community. TINMAAN will provide activities, challenges and tasks to promote work ethic, money management and community engagement.

Transform Arts is a Community Interest Company based in Selkirk in the Scottish Borders. We create custom designed arts projects, workshops and events across the Scottish Borders. We seek to bring high quality and varied creative opportunity to children and young people who need it most . We offer volunteering opportunities and professional development for teachers and artists.

As part of out Destination Tweed Project, our TweedWATCH project aims to provide opportunities for children and young people to learn about and connect with the River Tweed. We are currently developing a Primary school programme that includes a selection of science based workshops that engage children with the work of Tweed Forum and the importance of a river habitat. We will also support schools completing their John Muir Awards with activities on site at Old Melrose and in their school’s local green spaces or school grounds. It is also our hope to set up a Junior Rangers programme (or multiple groups) that focuses on developing practical green skills as well as a youth forum which will give young people an opportunity to have their voice heard on environmental issues and help them to develop soft skills like attending meetings and presenting. We also plan to develop a skills and training programme to help young people boost their CVs and find employment in the environmental or heritage sector.

The Tweed Foundation engages people of all ages with the river Tweed. Our broad educational programme includes – our schools initiative “Go Wild For Fish”, our angling initiative “TweedStart”, visiting shows and attending events. Go Wild For Fish started in 2019 and encompasses all the work we do with schools throughout the Tweed catchment. We offer short sessions and longer projects in which classes will learn about the River Tweed and the diverse animals and plants living in it. We offer sessions for different age groups and all of our lesson plans fit in with both the Scottish and English curriculums. TweedStart aims to get people throughout the Tweed catchment fishing. With particular emphasis on young people, it encourages children to take an interest in the ecology, nature and future of the river and alerts them to the importance of a healthy river system for angling. By offering both school-based sessions and TweedStart days – in which young people get an introduction to fishing with the help of fully qualified angling instructors – TweedStart provides a great opportunity for people to get into fishing.”

TYA provide community-based youth work opportunities to young people (aged P7 upwards) in Peebles and Innerleithen. They provide drop-ins, group work and one to one opportunities in partnership with school and in the community. Peebles Youth Hub, Old Corn Exchange, School Brae, Peebles, EH45 8AT Innerleithen Youth Club, 24 Chapel Street, Innerleithen, EH44 6HN – Tel 01896 208160.

Works+ is an employability project based in Galashiels. They work predominantly with unemployed young people aged between 16-24. They also provide early intervention support to young people still attending school where required. Self referral can be made via the website. They are a First Aid training provider.