In reply to thomas.innes:
As Baggie above suggests a club would be a good place to meet other climbers and will have meets etc elsewhere that will get you out and about ouside your local area.
Mountaineering Scotland have a club finder page to help here:
https://www.mountaineering.scot/find-a-club
You could also have a look for Facebook groups that cover your area (e.g. NE outcrops in my area).
You could also go down the instruction route - Glenmore lodge do indoor to outdoor climbing courses and other intro style courses which are supposed to be excellent. If you've got a couple of mates also interested you could look for a local instructor as well for a day or twos instruction on how to climb safely outdoors as well.
Cheers,
Stu