The Holding Space

23/08/2026

✨️✨️we have the best young people and families ✨️✨️✨️

A wee sweet treat from one of our young people and lovely mums today while in doing 121s today 😊

Thank you so much it was lovely 😋

✨️✨️we still have 2 spaces left for our creative sessions starting on 2nd September at 6pm✨️✨️

✨️✨️and we still have space in our parent support group starting on 3rd September at 6pm✨️✨️

22/08/2026

Youth club back with a bang!!

Thank you all for attending, what a fun crazy night

🤍🩷🩵💚

14/08/2026

✨️✨️creative sessions are back!!!!✨️✨️

We are delighted to have received funding from the growth pot fund!! From NLDF!!!!

✨ Creative Space at The Holding Space ✨

Join us for a welcoming, relaxed creative space to explore arts, crafts, creativity and self-expression.

🗓 Starting wednesday 2nd September

⏰ 6pm

📅 5 weekly sessions

💛 Funded growth pot fund

🎨 10 spaces available each week

♥️ age group 6 years+

✨️£1 donation per child, per session

Spaces are limited — get in touch to book your place!

✨️ 1 week can only be booked at a time✨️

Contact us via -

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email - [email protected]

12/08/2026

Good luck to all our young people are going back to school today!

Keep being the amazing people you are!!

06/08/2026

Our final week of creative sessions was all about discovering our inner superhero! 🦸✨
The children designed their own superhero masks and capes, and we chatted about what it takes to be a hero. They came up with ideas like:

💥 Super strength
⚡ Super powers
🏃 Super speed

But then we realised something even more special... they already are superheroes! ❤️
They are:

⭐ Super kind
⭐ Super cool
⭐ Super human
⭐ Super smart
⭐ Super brave
⭐ Super creative
⭐ Super caring
⭐ Super unique

Every child has their own special superpower, and it's not about flying or having incredible strength—it's about showing kindness, helping others, believing in themselves, making people smile, and never giving up.

Over the past few weeks, it has been amazing to watch their confidence grow, their imaginations come to life, and the friendships they've built along the way. They have laughed, created, explored, and reminded us that being a superhero starts with the choices we make every day.

A huge thank you to all of our wonderful little superheroes for bringing so much energy, creativity, and joy to every session. We hope they wear their invisible capes with pride and always remember just how incredible they truly are. 🦸💙✨
Until next time… keep being your amazing superhero selves! 🌟

We have another block of creative sessions coming up soon, we will put a post up so you can get booked in ✌️🩷🤍🩵💚

04/08/2026

Our beautiful board trustee Katrina McMaster Miller is raising monies for The Holding Space!! She has kick started this off with a stall at Blochairn market alongside her daughter Mya and raised a massive £226.14!!!

We are so grateful for the support! Any donation is hugely appreciated!! Katrina is doing a few fundraising activities to get to her target including raffles and sponsored activities.

Thanks so much katrina!

Here is her link below for anyone who would like to support her

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Help The Holding Space SCIO raise money to support The Holding space SCIO

02/08/2026

All set up at Blochairn Car Boot Sale today! Lots of good wee deals! Come along and see us!!

Thank you for all the kind donations!!!

29/07/2026

🎶 What a wonderful Creative Session we had today! 🎶

Today, the children had lots of fun making their very own musical instruments, using their creativity and imagination to create unique sounds. 🥁🎨

We also explored a range of different instruments, including drums, sound bowls, and rain drums, listening carefully to the different sounds they made and enjoying the sensory experience. To make the session even more engaging, we incorporated movement, encouraging the children to dance, march, sway, and move freely to the different rhythms and sounds. 💃🕺🎵

It was a fantastic opportunity to develop creativity, coordination, listening skills, and self-expression through music and movement. We had so much fun making music together! ✨

Funded by North Lanarkshire Disability Forum

27/07/2026

✨✨ Now Taking Referrals for Our Next 7-Week Programme! ✨✨

We are delighted to announce that we are now taking referrals for our next fully funded THS Mentoring Minds – A Whole Family Approach programme, kindly funded by The National Lottery Community Fund. 💙

Our 7-week programme is designed to support the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people through a nurturing, relationship-based approach.

💙 The programme includes:

✨ 2 weeks of 1:1 support tailored to each child's individual needs.

✨ 5 weeks of therapeutic group work, delivered in a safe, supportive environment.

📍 Group sessions: Every Tuesday at 6.00pm at The Holding Space premises from 1st September

Our 1:1 sessions are arranged individually with our trained and experienced practitioners to ensure each child receives personalised support before joining the group.

Alongside the children's programme, parents and caregivers will also have the opportunity to access support as part of our Whole Family Approach, helping to build confidence, strengthen relationships and create positive change for the whole family:

✨️4 weeks of parental/care givers support starting from 3rd September

If you would like more information or would like to book a space for your child, please send us a message through our page or email us at:

📧 [email protected]

We look forward to supporting more children, young people and families through THS Mentoring Minds – A Whole Family Approach. 💙

15/07/2026

🧑‍🎨💕Week 3 Creative Session💕🧑‍🎨

This week we made sock puppets!!

The young people really blew us away with their creativity this week! They used a wide range of different materials to design and decorate their own unique sock puppets, and the results were fantastic. It was wonderful to see their imaginations come to life, with every puppet full of personality and creativity.
Well done, everyone! 🌟