Welcome

COVID-19 UPDATE

We would like to say a huge thank you for all the support given to us over the past year. It has been wonderful to be able to connect with our young people through our Virtual Warehouse.

As restrictions start to ease, we are able to offer some outdoor activities with limited numbers as well as our virtual provisions. We are closely monitoring the situation locally so how we deliver our services is liable to change.

If you have any enquiries regarding our youth provision please email our youth team at youthwork@elginyouthcafe.org

We hope to be able to reopen the Inkwell as soon as restrictions allow. If you have any enquiries about services and bookings please contact bookings@elginyouthcafe.org

For more information please visit our News Section

We are Elgin Youth Development Group. We were established in 1998 in response to the fact that young people did not have a place to meet and socialise. We provide a café space that is at the heart of the various programmes and projects we offer young people in Moray.

The role of our organisation has changed over time and in line with the evolving needs of our young people. We have been recognised for the outstanding work we do including the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, Healthy Living Award, numerous Moray Young Citizen Awards in both the group and individual categories and most recently we were awarded the YouthLink Scotland Community Based Youth Work Project of the Year 2019.

To support the work we do, we run a social enterprise, called The Inkwell that hires out meeting rooms and a kitchen space as well as offering catering services. The addition of the Inkwell allows us to offer a supportive workplace to young people who face barriers to accessing employment.

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Support EYDG

You can support the project in a variety of ways

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Online Shopping

By using EasyFundraising every time you shop online you raise money for a charity of your choice.

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Donating

Any donations, small or large are helpful for our project!

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Becoming a Volunteer

We’d love to have you on board to help with the project in person!

You are all very inspirational role models doing amazing things leading young people through the most influential times of their lives! Sally Henderson

I am so thankful for the Youth Cafe because without the amazing staff I wouldn’t be who I am today. If you are interested in volunteering, the youth cafe is an amazing place to do it. There are so many amazing opportunities! Emily Burns