June is a significant month not just for the LGBTQ+ community, but also for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities. LGBTQ+ Pride Month coincides with GRT history month, which was established in 2008 to celebrate GRT...
Professor Ingleheart of Durham University’s Department of Classics and Ancient History suggests the importance of queer representation: "Those who grow up as LGBTQ+ continue to...
Marking the anniversary of the Stonewall riots, Pride is both protest and celebration. It's an opportunity for advocacy, and to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community in...
This September marked the second World Fun Fair Month. Started in 2021 by campaign group Future4fairgrounds, World Fun Fair Month celebrates not just the fairground...
EPIC Assist Charity Scotland (EPIC) first began partnering with Y-Sort It and West Dunbartonshire Council in 2019 – long before we knew that a pandemic...
As the mental health conversation swiftly grows in normalization and awareness, it’s sometimes easy to forget positive mental health is still a relatively new topic...
EPIC and WHALE Arts have continued their partnership to deliver an exciting new project. Together, we designed a bespoke program of the EPIC International Youth...
EPIC Assist Charity Scotland (EPIC) is working with the Showmen’s Mental Health Awareness Charity (SMHAC) to provide bespoke Mental Health Awareness Training to the Fairground...
EPIC Assist Charity Scotland has been delivering online Scottish Girls Projects in response to COVID-19 restrictions. After three years of delivering successful Girls and Boys...
CY.B.RU.S. youth exchange gave 10 Scottish participants the opportunity to meet 20 European youth from a variety of geographical, political and social backgrounds. They spent...
EPIC Assist Charity Scotland has received funding to take its youth projects to the next level. After almost three years of successfully running boys’ and...
13-year-old Sarah McCrory says she has gained more understanding of accepting herself and others following the second edition of the Lothians Girls Project (LGP) in...
The breakdown of barriers between Scots was one of the positive unexpected outcomes of the CY.B.RU.S. youth exchange as young people with different backgrounds from...
Agros was all gearing up for receiving participants for the CY.B.RU.S. youth exchange as a planning meeting took place in the Cypriot village last weekend....
The American University of Edinburgh student Caroline Bernet has found it rewarding to help out with EPIC’s Girls Project in Wester Hailes. Caroline was hired...
The inclusion of international elements in EPIC’s girls’ project in Livingston was a huge success, according to participants Savanah, Romany and Chloe. The Lothians Youth...
The participants in the Lothians Boys Project in Mayfield made it clear that they learned a lot about teamwork through the Project. In a post-project...
Learning to give from a young age is an important life-long lesson that can shape an individual's perspectives and outlook. The Youth and Philanthropy Initiative...
Five years separate Eilidh Mirren (11) and Amal al-Ahmed (16), who both come from different religious backgrounds. Neither of these differences stopped them from being...
The participants in the newest version of the Lothian Boys Project were enjoying their first session as the Project kicked off in Midlothian for the...
The first-ever Boys’ Project run by EPIC Assist Charity Scotland saw a drastic improvement in the attitudes of participants towards living a healthy lifestyle. The...
After demonstrating the strong and sustainable impact of their youth projects, EPIC Assist Charity Scotland has now become one of the Children’s University Scotland’s Learning...
EPIC Assist Charity Scotland has received £3,997 from the Daisy Chain Trust to run youth projects in the Craigshill area of Livingston. After running two...
EPIC’s new staff member in Scotland, Simen Jordsmyr Holm, went on his first trip with the organisation to continental Europe when he recently visited Slovakia....
EPIC Assist Scotland are delighted to announce that we have received a grant of £1,210 from Ponton House Trust to undertake a second running of the Edinburgh...
June saw the final partners meeting for the Municipalities Social Business Project take place in Slovakia. Along with the partners from Slovakia, Czech Republic, Slovenia...
In May, EPIC Assist Scotland was delighted to be part of transnational case management training course for youth workers led by EPIC Assist Australia alongside...
EPIC Assist Scotland received a grant for the South West Neighbourhood Partnership Health Matters to run the pilot project of the Edinburgh Girls’ Project, a...
On the 6th of April, EPIC Assist welcomed ten students of Andragogy from the Comenius University in Bratislava for a week of careers counselling at the office...
