Youth Work

Welcome to Intercultural Youth Scotland's Youth Work Service
The IYS Youth Work team are dedicated to offering BPoC young people safe spaces to develop interpersonal skills, share and learn about identity and encourage leadership development!
The Block
Our weekly youth club ‘The Block’ is a consistent place to chill and meet with other BPoC young people.
The Block runs every Tuesday, 4-7pm and this is open to all young people aged 12-22.

Whether it is uno, craft making, volleyball, giant Jenga, open mic, writing workshops or many more, we have loads of different activities to get involved with. And sometimes, we just kick back, put our favourite music on/stick the projector and order pizza!
We encourage our YP to connect and share lived experiences, explore their different creative outlets and boost them to take these skills further, we often showcase their talents in ways like performances, gigs and social media content.

On the Final Friday of every month, we host our SixFive stage in collaboration with Paradise Palms. We support young people in their 1st or 50th performance to gain confidence on the stage and exposure over our Socials!
Truth Love Culture
Our TLC space is open every Wednesday 4-7pm, to all non-binary and female identifying young people aged 12-22.We offer this space in our building and in Schools. Hosting discussions on social issues and open conversation around taboo subjects. TLC also offer support to young BPoC women and non-binary people through the Duke of Edinburgh Award.

Our TLC group recently produced a zine titled "No Permission Needed" which has now become a longer running project they have continued independently!

Keep up with them here:
https://www.instagram.com/npnzine/
Block Beats
Block Beats is Scotland's first BPoC Youth led studio, where you can book in and work 1-1 with our producer and create a beat tailored specifically to your sound!

The booth is open to all artists of all abilities. We offer a space to record and create in an open non-judgmental place. Whether you are a seasoned recording artist or this is your first time. If you’re a budding rapper, poet, podcaster, singer or just passionate about music and sound, we will get you in to produce something unique and exciting.

IYS also work with local radio stations and have made connections with BBC introducing in order to support your music!
Block Beats
Block Beats is Scotland's first BPoC Youth led studio, where you can book in and work 1-1 with our producer and create a beat tailored specifically to your sound!

The booth is open to all artists of all abilities. We offer a space to record and create in an open non-judgmental place. Whether you are a seasoned recording artist or this is your first time. If you’re a budding rapper, poet, podcaster, singer or just passionate about music and sound, we will get you in to produce something unique and exciting.

IYS also work with local radio stations and have made connections with BBC introducing in order to support your music!
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