Glasgow MSP Anne McLaughlin has welcomed the announcement by Cabinet Secretary for Justice Kenny MacAskill of over one million pounds of funding for youth projects under the CashBack For Communities Project, which seizes the proceeds of crime and uses it for healthy projects for young people in Scotland. 

Commenting on the announcement, Ms McLaughlin said, “Glasgow has received 13 percent of the available funding even though we only have 11.3 percent of the population, in recognition of Glasgow’s particular challenges in meeting the needs of young people and of the diversity, innovation and excellence of youth projects here.

For three years CashBack for Communities has distributed money to successful programmes and has benefited millions of people.  Glasgow beneficiaries include Glasgow Community Safety Services divisions across the city; kayaking and canoeing for Glasgow Scouts; a Gorbals youth-run drop-in centre; and many more.  The scheme highlights the effectiveness of highly localised and small-scale projects as well as going some way to restoring the ravages of crime.  I look forward to visiting some of the Glasgow beneficiaries and offering any support I can.”

Note:

Projects receiving Glasgow funding:

• GE YouthBank £5, 530.00 involvement training, residential, transport

• Young Northern Voices £3, 700.00 4 artists to work with a group of 70 young people from local youth groups to produce a mosaic 44th

• Glasgow Scouts £8, 330.00 To run canoeing and kayaking events and expeditions

• Act-it-OUT (LGBT) £3, 674.00 workshops, rehearsals, theatre perfomances

• Toonspeak Young People's Theatre £5, 772.00 Drama activities looking at the issues of disorder and anti social behaviour.

• Swayed £7, 254.00 provide music based service for high risk young people

• Young Possil Futures £10, 000.00 A programme of events

• Ankur Arts Production Ltd £9, 332.00 A series of workshops in creating music, set of workshops on physical movement

• Ruchill Youth Project (a) £5, 692.00 A programme of events

• The Gorbals Youth Run Drop In Caf £9, 934.00 To run a positive activities summer programme for young people age 10 - 18 years.

• Plantation Productions £8, 980.00 To support an existing weekly kids film club for 30 weeks. To employ 2 youth workers and a specialist worker on the Portal Youth Program

• Youth Health Service - Maryhill £580. 00 A series of taster sessions where the aim is to introduce young people to a new activity and then signpost them to a local club or orgaisation.

• Glasgow's Community & Safety Services (West) £2, 800.00 To provide an intense support programme using the prevention, diversion & offending model.

• Dumbarton Road Corridor (DRC) Addiction Forum £8, 802.00 3 x 2 day residentals

• Ruchill Youth Project (b) £7, 651.00 Friday Night Youth Club

• Glasgow's Community & Safety Services (South West) £5, 484.00 Staff costs for a Youth Engagement Worker for 40 weeks

• The Art of Living Club £2, 500.00 A programme of events

• Depot Arts Co £7, 939.00 Arts workshops in circus skills, sculpture and dance activities

• Glasgow's Community & Safety Services (South East) £8, 945.00 Programme of innovative use of sports, volunteering and coaching

• Royston Youth Action £8, 659.00 A programme of events

GLASGOW TOTAL £131, 558.00