Welcome to YPOD!

May 25, 2022 | Published by spctr

Hello!!

Welcome to YPOD, Glasgow City’s Youth Providers Online Directory – thank you for visiting!

We want to use our very first blog to tell you a bit about YPOD and how it can be used to raise awareness and improve to services, support and opportunities for young people, families and youth providers in Glasgow.

YPOD was set up by the North West Youth Network in 2014 and over the past 18-24 months, Glasgow City Health Improvement Teams have been working with our partners from the Glasgow North East Youth Network and the Glasgow South Youth Partnership to develop YPOD as a city-wide resource.

YPOD hosts an online directory of local youth organisations and services in Glasgow City and is for everyone to use – young people, families and youth professionals. We have gathered some information from our youth networks to showcase some of the organisations and services available. However we might not be aware of everything that is out there or of all the great work that you do. So, if you are working with young people in Glasgow, please make sure to check out the directory and check that your details are on there and they are correct. If your organisation or service does not feature on the website, you can easily submit your details to be included using the ‘Add your service’ button.

YPOD also hosts an events calendar where you can find and share opportunities for young people and youth providers in Glasgow. The Glasgow City Health Improvement Team will share their free training opportunities via the calendar (such as, Scottish Mental Health First Aid – Young People, What’s the Harm, Healthy Minds Online Sessions and more). If you are offering groups, clubs or hosting an event for young people, it can be added to the calendar to help young people and families find out about what is going on in their area. To add an event to the calendar, go to the Events tab and click the ‘Add an event’ button above the calendar on the right.

The YPOD Blog (which we see you have already found) will share regular blog posts on youth health topics from the Glasgow City Health Improvement Team. However, YPOD is a community resource and we would love to have, community members and organisations submit posts to the blog when they can. To add a post, visit the Blog tab and click on the button ‘Add a new post’. If you are unsure and would like to speak to us first, you can get in touch with the YPOD Admin team via the Contact tab – we would love to hear from you!

Finally, we have also included some ‘Quick support’ information on the YPOD website. If you have found yourself on YPOD looking for immediate support, there is help available. Please go to the ‘Quick support’ tab to access immediate help and reliable health advice and information.

We hope you like the website and find it useful. As always, all feedback is welcome and if you have any comments or suggestions for the YPOD website, please let us know via the Contact tab.

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Thank you!