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£1.2 million for youth projects
Projects ranging from a skate park in Buckie to a Friday night music and film making project in Glenrothes are among 110 youth projects the length and breadth of Scotland that are to receive a share of almost £1.2 million.
The money comes from the proceeds of crime and is to be used in the latest strand of the Government's CashBack for Communities scheme to make a real difference to the lives of young people.
The scheme, which is already supporting football, rugby and arts and culture projects, takes the ill-gotten gains of criminals and reinvests them to give something back to communities.
Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill today visited Edinburgh City Youth Café, one of the recipients of CashBack funding. The café is to receive funding to roll out a range of programmes over the Summer, including a 30 week horse riding and equine care course for young people and two five day programmes of activities including environmental projects and visits aimed at youngsters involved with gangs.
Mr MacAskill said:
"The Scottish Government is committed to giving our young people the opportunity to realise their potential and to be all they can be.
"It is therefore fitting that we are taking the money from criminals and using it to support youth projects in every part of the country.
"The devil makes work for idle hands, so we want to ensure that our young people have positive things to do with their lives. We want to show them that there can be so much more to life than drink, drugs and offending.
"Our CashBack for Communities scheme is already making a difference to the lives of our young people, supporting sports, arts and culture projects.
"As well as providing more positive changes for young people the Government has also been working on a Framework to help prevent offending by young people. This is being developed with a range of organisations, including the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities and the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland, and will be published shortly.
"This will take forward our commitment to increase the focus on prevention and early intervention as well as addressing how to help the most vulnerable and those at a high risk of offending.
"This latest strand of the CashBack scheme will support youth projects and youth organisations, particularly in areas of multiple deprivation.
"From Buckie to Bellshill, we want to give our young people the opportunity to get involved in their communities and try things that might never normally be available to them.
"CashBack for Communities is the means by which we will do so, making a real difference to the lives of young people throughout Scotland."
Jim Sweeney, Chief Executive of YouthLink Scotland said:
"The Cashback for Communities fund has struck a chord as shown by the phenomenal demand from organisations large and small.
"Throughout the length and breadth of Scotland the money will help provide exciting and targeted positive opportunities for young people and will enhance the level of Youth Work and greatly assist local groups, young person led initiatives and agenies and council's to improve and increase provision."
Dot Horne 6VT Youth Café Coordinator said:
"6VT Youth Café strive to be continually responsive to the challenges and issues facing young people and their communities. This award from Cashback for Communities will enable us to run two very creative interventions for young people from a variety of backgrounds, it will be a means for staff to engage, support, divert and challenge young people into taking responsibility and being active members of their communities."
Kieran Gilgun (13) said:
"This is a real big encouragement for young people, I am looking forward to taking part in the Vacation Station because you make really good friends, friends that you can talk to and the staff here you can talk to them about everything they're brill."
PC Steve McGill, A Division, Youth Engagement Officer, Lothian and Borders Police said:
"These projects are a creative new approach designed to provide an alternative interest for underprivileged young people to divert them from involvement in criminal activity and Anti-social Behaviour. Horse riding is an activity that the vast majority of young people never get the opportunity to take part in and it has been proven to have a positive effect on offending behaviour and people with mental and physical disabilities. I'm sure many of our participants will surprise themselves and take to it like a duck to water.
"This project will be no walk in the park. As well as riding, participants will be expected to work hard and learn about every aspect of horse care and stable management. They will learn self-discipline and regularly have a duty of care over something other than themselves. Participants will be continually assessed throughout the project and by the end will have acquired a new skill that will stay with them forever and hopefully some may even get jobs as a result of their involvement."
The Justice Secretary announced in February a new £3 million grant scheme for youth projects to be funded from the proceeds of crime.
This strand of the Scottish Government's CashBack for Communities scheme will provide funding for projects which support young people involved, or at risk from violence, alcohol, drugs or antisocial behaviour as well as support for initiatives such as youth drop-in services and residential, environmental and outdoor activities.
YouthLink Scotland will be running a second round application process to allow those organisations who did not have enough time to submit applications to round one the opportunity to do so. The deadline for the second round of applications has been agreed as Friday 29 August 2008. Application forms and guidance notes are available on YouthLink website. YouthLink Scotland will organise local surgeries for youth work organisations in each of the six Assessment Panel Areas throughout Scotland prior to the closing date for round two.
Applicants who have not secured an award in round one are strongly advised to attend one of the surgeries where advice and assistance will be available.
Only three local authority areas have exhausted their allocation of funding in round one, these being, Argyll & Bute, East Lothian and North Lanarkshire (distributing £295,000 between the three areas). Youth work organisations in these areas will not be eligible to apply in round two.
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The money comes from the proceeds of crime and is to be used in the latest strand of the Government's CashBack for Communities scheme to make a real difference to the lives of young people.
The scheme, which is already supporting football, rugby and arts and culture projects, takes the ill-gotten gains of criminals and reinvests them to give something back to communities.
Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill today visited Edinburgh City Youth Café, one of the recipients of CashBack funding. The café is to receive funding to roll out a range of programmes over the Summer, including a 30 week horse riding and equine care course for young people and two five day programmes of activities including environmental projects and visits aimed at youngsters involved with gangs.
Mr MacAskill said:
"The Scottish Government is committed to giving our young people the opportunity to realise their potential and to be all they can be.
"It is therefore fitting that we are taking the money from criminals and using it to support youth projects in every part of the country.
"The devil makes work for idle hands, so we want to ensure that our young people have positive things to do with their lives. We want to show them that there can be so much more to life than drink, drugs and offending.
"Our CashBack for Communities scheme is already making a difference to the lives of our young people, supporting sports, arts and culture projects.
"As well as providing more positive changes for young people the Government has also been working on a Framework to help prevent offending by young people. This is being developed with a range of organisations, including the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities and the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland, and will be published shortly.
"This will take forward our commitment to increase the focus on prevention and early intervention as well as addressing how to help the most vulnerable and those at a high risk of offending.
"This latest strand of the CashBack scheme will support youth projects and youth organisations, particularly in areas of multiple deprivation.
"From Buckie to Bellshill, we want to give our young people the opportunity to get involved in their communities and try things that might never normally be available to them.
"CashBack for Communities is the means by which we will do so, making a real difference to the lives of young people throughout Scotland."
Jim Sweeney, Chief Executive of YouthLink Scotland said:
"The Cashback for Communities fund has struck a chord as shown by the phenomenal demand from organisations large and small.
"Throughout the length and breadth of Scotland the money will help provide exciting and targeted positive opportunities for young people and will enhance the level of Youth Work and greatly assist local groups, young person led initiatives and agenies and council's to improve and increase provision."
Dot Horne 6VT Youth Café Coordinator said:
"6VT Youth Café strive to be continually responsive to the challenges and issues facing young people and their communities. This award from Cashback for Communities will enable us to run two very creative interventions for young people from a variety of backgrounds, it will be a means for staff to engage, support, divert and challenge young people into taking responsibility and being active members of their communities."
Kieran Gilgun (13) said:
"This is a real big encouragement for young people, I am looking forward to taking part in the Vacation Station because you make really good friends, friends that you can talk to and the staff here you can talk to them about everything they're brill."
PC Steve McGill, A Division, Youth Engagement Officer, Lothian and Borders Police said:
"These projects are a creative new approach designed to provide an alternative interest for underprivileged young people to divert them from involvement in criminal activity and Anti-social Behaviour. Horse riding is an activity that the vast majority of young people never get the opportunity to take part in and it has been proven to have a positive effect on offending behaviour and people with mental and physical disabilities. I'm sure many of our participants will surprise themselves and take to it like a duck to water.
"This project will be no walk in the park. As well as riding, participants will be expected to work hard and learn about every aspect of horse care and stable management. They will learn self-discipline and regularly have a duty of care over something other than themselves. Participants will be continually assessed throughout the project and by the end will have acquired a new skill that will stay with them forever and hopefully some may even get jobs as a result of their involvement."
The Justice Secretary announced in February a new £3 million grant scheme for youth projects to be funded from the proceeds of crime.
This strand of the Scottish Government's CashBack for Communities scheme will provide funding for projects which support young people involved, or at risk from violence, alcohol, drugs or antisocial behaviour as well as support for initiatives such as youth drop-in services and residential, environmental and outdoor activities.
YouthLink Scotland will be running a second round application process to allow those organisations who did not have enough time to submit applications to round one the opportunity to do so. The deadline for the second round of applications has been agreed as Friday 29 August 2008. Application forms and guidance notes are available on YouthLink website. YouthLink Scotland will organise local surgeries for youth work organisations in each of the six Assessment Panel Areas throughout Scotland prior to the closing date for round two.
Applicants who have not secured an award in round one are strongly advised to attend one of the surgeries where advice and assistance will be available.
Only three local authority areas have exhausted their allocation of funding in round one, these being, Argyll & Bute, East Lothian and North Lanarkshire (distributing £295,000 between the three areas). Youth work organisations in these areas will not be eligible to apply in round two.
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