Individual support is available to older young people who may need help with finding work, getting into further education, or with any other issue that affects them. An Individual Support Worker can also help with literacy and emotional or behavioural problems. GYC makes good use of personal action plans encouraging young people to set themselves realistic goals, and to signpost them to relevant agencies.

Any young person in the area can work individually with a Youth Worker instead of or as well as attending a group. This can take the form of a one-off consultation of it could be crisis intervention work.

GYC can make a limited number of appointments to see our trained counsellor. The service is on-site and takes place on a Tuesday afternoon until early evening.

GYC has a dedicated Employabilty Unit staffed by two experienced workers, whose role is to offer individual support and Groupwork for young people who may have difficulty finding or keeping a job.

GYC holds courses aimed at older young people (15-25) who may need extra help in getting and keeping a job. The courses, better known as “Getting Yer Heid Together” have been running successfully for the past 4 years and have helped over 100 young people find work.  Support is also available for the issues that can affect young people’s likelihood of finding employment and the EU has good links with drugs agencies that can offer on-site one to one support.

C-Card is a free and confidential service, providing free condoms, advice and information for people aged 13 and over

• We don’t need your name and address. All you will be asked for is your date of birth and the first part of your postcode. This information is confidential and you cannot be traced from it.
• You can be seen in a private space by a youth worker who will chat to you, show you how to put on a condom and offer you information about safer sex.
• You will get a purple C-card if you are under 16 with your own personal number on it. If you are over 16 your C-card will be silver.
• The youth worker will show you all the condoms in the C-card range and help you choose the most appropriate ones.

Remember that C-card is confidential. This means we won’t tell your parents or guardians, anyone at school, or anyone else that you are using C-card unless we think someone might be harming you.

Granton Youth Centre runs relevant workshops for parents and carers of young people on topics that concern them, such as community safety, drugs and alcohol.

Parents and carers are also welcome to come and chat to staff members if they have concerns about their children and want some advice, or action plans.