Annan Youth Group Safe Spaces (A&E Youth Group) Our group would like to offer a safe space with- in our youth facility for young people to come along on a Friday night as part of the youth group, where they can improve their Mental Health and well -being by providing an opportunity to join a supportive peer group where young people can meet others who have mental health issues, who can help by sharing their experiences. chat to staff trained in Mental Health issues, offer a peer to peer support approach about mental health experiences, or just somewhere to come if they are having a bad day. 

The Attic Youth Group Project aims to make young people feel safe and supported and offer free accessible activities for young people aged 12-17 living within the North West Dumfries area.   

We want to bring young women together to advocate, mentor & celebrate International Women's Day 2022 through creating a network of young women in every secondary school within Dumfries & Galloway where they will have a role model who has their own unique story to tell. The young people will take part in workshops alongside their role model and peers and will come together in March 2022 to a conference designed by them.

FLAT PACK MEALS. All ingredients to cook a meal for 2/3 people or days. Comes with an easy step recipe and instructions.  Learning basic skills to cook from scratch with fresh ingredients. Gaining knowledge and experience of cooking on a budget. Building confidence on your ability to cook.

A block of free football training for 12–17 year olds would enable existing and new players to reap all of the physical, emotional and social benefits of exercise whilst having fun, learning a skill and being part of a team without any financial worry for their parents/carers.

Scottish Student Saver I plan to build, promote, and produce a website and app for Scottish students and young people that can help them save money, obtain financial advice and other information on a whole range of topic including: Help on setting up a bank account, saving for a house for example.

Supporting young people with autism to reconnect and reintegrate in the aftermath of the pandemic through the co-creation of outside flexible, safe spaces in which learning, socialisation and idea generation can take place.

We want to bring young women together to advocate, mentor & celebrate International Women's Day 2022 through creating a network of young women in every secondary school within Dumfries & Galloway where they will have a role model who has their own unique story to tell. The young people will take part in workshops alongside their role model and peers and will come together in March 2022 to a conference designed by them.

The Garden Project is being led by a group of young people who would like to repurpose a piece of land at the back of the school into a community garden for use by young people at the school. The garden will feature an outdoor classroom, a sensory area, a working garden with fruit and vegetables and will provide a relaxing space for young people to socialise. The garden will be open during the school day and for extracurricular activities during the evenings and weekends.

Wallace Hall Academy WHApples group are developing a wellbeing garden within our orchard.  With the help of funding, the area will provide a stimulating, relaxing and enjoyable space for our young people and the wider community to interact with nature and enjoy the wellbeing benefits of the outdoors.  The area will be developed with the help of our local young people and our wider community.