The Underground Project
The Underground is a friendly, vibrant and safe space which provides crucial services to young people aged 16-25 who may be:
- Homeless or at risk of homelessness
- Socially Excluded/Isolated
- Keen to engage with peers in a supportive and positive environment
The Underground offers a broad mix of formal and informal learning opportunities, issue based groups and one to one support.
Aims
The Underground aims to reach those young people who are most in need and provide support, learning and skills necessary to alleviate crisis, achieve personal goals and build confidence in a practical way.
What
The Underground offers a varied programme of support designed by experienced staff and service users in order to best meet the needs of vulnerable young people in Edinburgh and the Lothians.
- A friendly & informal drop-in service 3 days a week
- A 7-days-a-week housing crisis service for young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness
- Shower & Laundry facilities for those young people who don’t have access to elsewhere.
- Weekly Healthy groups such as a Gym Group and Basketball Group.
- A weekly group for young parents which provides practical learning alongside more informal peer support
- An opportunity to become a peer volunteer within the Underground and gain employability skills as well as having an opportunity to contribute to the running of the service
The Staff Team
Our staff are friendly, supportive and highly experienced. They are here to listen to you and to provide the support you need, when you need it. If we don’t know an answer to a question, we will find out who can!
The team is made up of three Support Workers and are managed by an Operational and Senior Manger. The project also uses a small team of sessional workers and volunteers to help out.
Further Information and Opening Times
You can find out more about the Underground project by contacting us on tel: 0131 557 4059. Alternatively you can use our online contacts page (please leave full contact details along with a note of the service that you are interested in).