Our full time Youth Worker Curtis Sangbarani, who was with us since the beginning of January 2015, moved in October 18 to join the Church of Scotland as a Pastoral Assistant/Youth Worker based in and around Cove and the south side of Aberdeen. We are very thankful to Curtis for all that he achieved among the young people of Tillydrone and the surrounding area during his time with us. He has achieved much and has provided a very solid base for the ministry among young people in Tillydrone to grow and develop.

We are going to recruit a replacement Youth Worker to be based in and around Tillydrone in what is both a challenging and exciting role. We are in the closing stages of preparing our Job Specification etc and will be advertising the role during January 2019.

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You might have notice that we have a new look, in line with Youth for Christ across the UK. We hope you like it! We've also taken some time to refresh these pages about us: please let us know via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you'd like to know more about anything you see.

We'd just like to share a little about the meaning behind our new logo as it reflects a part of who we are. The symbol in the logo is made up of a heart and a ‘y’: we represent God’s heart. We’re about seeing young people’s lives changed by Jesus. This symbol is a visual representation of the reason we exist.

Brothers and Sisters in Christ. We need more volunteers of all ages to help behind the scenes with the various tasks involved with running this ministry. Can you spare a few hours a month?

North East Scotland Youth for Christ have been both blessed and privileged to be a part of the growing multi team ministry which is coming together as one body in Christ to follow His example and reach out to people where they are and particularly in Tillydrone and Seaton.

As you may know, we had a full time Youth Worker Curtis Sangbarani working with the young people of Tillydrone, St Machar Academy and to a lesser extent Seaton. The work included football coaching of the Riverbank Primary School Football Team, school pastor at St Machar Academy, befriending at Riverbank Primary School, Transforming Lives for Good at Riverbank Primary School, Cage football, discipling young people, helping out at the Mission and Lighthouse etc. We have seen that work impacting on young people in a positive way. See our latest newsletter link on home page.

Now that Curtis has moved on to be part of another ministry on the south side of the city, we will be recruiting a replacement Youth Worker in the early part of 2019 with an advertisement being published around the middle of January.

However, North East Scotland Youth for Christ are still at a critical stage in our ministry regarding the manpower required behind the scenes to support and develop the front end work in Tillydrone and Seaton. At the moment it is difficult for us to see how the ministry can develop if we do not get more people on board. The work is being blessed, but there is much more we could be doing with more help. 

The Cage is in action at Seaton Primary Car Park in partnership with Seaton Community Church and the Outreach Bus project, every fortnight on Monday evenings, during the winter months. Also at St Machar Academy after Easter until the October break in term time. and other events like Fusion at Deeside.  We urgently need more team volunteers to prevent events being cancelled, so please consider whether you can help out, and pray that the team get a good response from young people as they take the Cage out. See Outreach section at top for more detail.

Curtis Sangbarani introduces the work of North East Scotland Youth for Christ in Tillydrone, including the football cage.

Thanks to our friends at King's Community Church, Aberdeen for putting this together

Our latest newsletter is out - catch up on all things North East Scotland Youth for Christ here.

A short video on the work we do with the Transforming Lives for Good (TLG) project, you can watch it here:

About TLG

All over the UK, children are struggling in school for all kinds of reasons and many families are suffering without hope. The effects of bullying, bereavement, family breakdown, poverty or being in the care system can have a huge impact on a child's education. The associated bad behaviour can lead to them being excluded for school. Some children may be struggling with a lack of confidence, have no positive role models, or just need an adult to talk to.

TLG Early Intervention provides a practical solution to support children, families and schools in their community. They intervene at the crossroads to bring support, care and education to make sure that children have a hope for the future and that their life is not over before it’s even started. This may be through a volunteer offering one to one help to act as a mentor, right through to intensive support of young people and their families that have been excluded from school.