St Paul's Youth Forum

23/06/2026

Community Meal day is here again! Come along at 5pm to get yourself a free two courser and a good catch up! All welcome 🤗

Tonight’s menu:

Main course - Smoked sausage pasta 🍝

Dessert - Vienetta ice cream 🍨

22/06/2026

Mindful Man Scotland are holding a World Cup Memories group on Tuesday 30th June at St Paul’s Church from 11am to 2pm. Come along for soup, pie, tea, and coffee.

19/06/2026

What an amazing bunch of new MVP mentors we have! 💜

After two fantastic days of training, our young people are now fully trained and ready to start delivering Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) after the summer break.

This is now our third year collaborating with Smithycroft Secondary School, and once again we have been blown away by the commitment, enthusiasm and hard work shown by everyone involved.

The conversations over the last two days have been incredible. From gender stereotypes and gender policing, to the realities of growing up in the age of social media and the influence of po*******hy, our young people engaged thoughtfully, respectfully and with real maturity. We also had some really powerful discussions about knife crime and violence in our communities.

None of these topics are easy, especially for young people who are new to MVP. Yet this group embraced every challenge and continually impressed us with their honesty, insight, willingness to learn and courage to have these conversations with younger people in school and the wider community.

It was also lovely to welcome some of our previous mentors back along to support the new group. Seeing young people encouraging and learning from one another is exactly what peer education is all about.

We can't wait to see what this year's mentors achieve. 👏💜

18/06/2026

A huge thank you to Kier, SPS and partners for helping raise over £40,000 for SPYF. This support, along with additional help from the Soutar Foundation, will keep the SPYF Molendinar Community Centre open until at least March 2027. Behind the scenes, we're working hard to secure its long-term future while continuing to deliver support for our whole community.

Kier partnered with the Scottish Prison Service and 16 supply chain businesses to host the second HMP Glasgow charity golf day.

18/06/2026

This weekend Mel's husband Ossian is running the West Highland Way in one day!! 96 Miles in roughly 24 hrs (no sleep for him!) If you've got a spare few pounds some sponsorship would really cheer him on. What a hero! 🤩👏💪

Help Ossian Butler raise money to support St. Paul's Youth Forum

16/06/2026

Today was our last day with Ocean Youth Trust Scotland , giving back to our own community 😎

Our young people decided they’d had enough of the state of the Skatie.

So, litter pickers at the ready, off we went. It quickly became clear it was a bigger job than we’d expected, but Neil came to the rescue with some massive rubble bags. One hour, a lot of elbow grease, and plenty of teamwork later, and our Skatie is looking fantastic again 🤩🤩🤩🤩

Young people often get a hard time, but we couldn’t be more proud of the effort they’ve put in, both today and throughout our sailing trip.

Now the next challenge begins, working with the council and the wider community to help keep it looking this good for everyone to enjoy! 😊

CashBack for Communities Thanks again for making all of this life changing and community empowering work happen 🤩

16/06/2026

Community Meal is back again! Come along at 5pm to get a tasty dinner and a good chat!

We also have the mural artist Alko coming along to get ideas from the community about our new mural - he’ll be here from around 4:30pm onwards so please feel free to come down early to have a chat with him before we serve dinner. Make sure your creative thinking hats are on! 👨‍🎨

See you all there! 🤗

Tonight’s menu:

Main course - Sausages, mash, peas and gravy 🥔🫛

Dessert - Chocolate salted caramel cheesecake 🥮

16/06/2026

Join us for Mural workshops over the next couple of days.

First one is tonight, Tuesday 16th June | 4:30pm - 6pm at St Paul’s Church Hall (during Community Meal)

Mural artist Alex Coyle (Alko) wants to hear from local people about what makes Blackhill special. From community memories and local history to the people, places, and stories that matter most, this artwork will be created with the community, for the community.

💡 Got ideas? Come along to one of our free workshops:

📍 Tuesday 16th June | 4:30pm - 6pm
St Paul’s Church Hall (during Community Meal)

📍 Wednesday 17th June | 9:30am - 11am
Molendinar Community Centre Café

📍 Thursday 18th June | 7pm - 9pm
Youth Club, St Paul’s Church

15/06/2026

🌟 Looking for a space this summer 🌟

Whether you're running a dance class, football training, fitness session, community group, or simply need a welcoming space to meet, The SPYF Molendinar Community Centre has room for you!

With availability throughout the summer, our flexible and affordable spaces are perfect for groups of all sizes. We'd love to help you find the right space for your activity.

To enquire or book, get in touch with [email protected]. Spaces are filling up, so don't miss out!

We look forward to welcoming you this summer. 😊

12/06/2026

Delighted that our bike team have been recognised at the Transport Scotland Awards last night winning over ScotRail, Glasgow and Edinburgh Airport. Well done to a fantastic collaboration that ensures that everyone can have a bike.