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Partners in Play is giving skills for life

Mar 16, 2018
4 min

Partners in Play is giving skills for life

What is CashBack for Communities money being used for? The pilot project's aim was to enhance young peoples life skills that would compliment their home environment and lead to greater independence. Describe what life was like for this young person when they first got involved: David is a very chatty, friendly 18 year old who lives at home with his mum and step dad. David is a very independent young man who has many life skills that he uses on a daily basis, such as cooking m

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Tweeddale Youth Action's 'Sound Scene' gives confidence to perform

Mar 16, 2018
5 min

Tweeddale Youth Action's 'Sound Scene' gives confidence to perform

What has CashBack for Communities helped to fund? There have been eight Sound Scene band nights within our Innerleithen youth club to date. There have been 83 young people involved, broken down into: Musicians: 24 Technical: 7 Audience: 52 The weekly drop in has provided a valuable opportunity for young people to gain skills and engage in small group or 1:1 work with youth workers. During the sessions we workshopped a number of different skills based around setting up, ru

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Create Paisley makes performing a piece of cake for one young woman

Mar 16, 2018
2 min

Create Paisley makes performing a piece of cake for one young woman

Describe what life was like for this young person before taking part? Julie(17) was really shy. Julie didn't feel confident to play music or sing in front of people. Julie had not many hobbies or clear what Julie wanted to do with her life. Julie never thought she was a good artist. What change or difference has it made to them? Now Julie is regularly performing in front of people in our open mic nights. She organised and delivered a quiz for our open mic nights, talking to a

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LGBT Youth Dundee: learning to overcome anxiety through working in partnership

Mar 16, 2018
2 min

LGBT Youth Dundee: learning to overcome anxiety through working in partnership

Describe what this young person was like before taking part? 'Mandy' first came along to the Allsorts group to support a friend in May 2016. After attending Edinburgh Pride 2016 with us, she had a series of panic attacks during the day. After this she agreed to attend 1:1 sessions with us to look at further support around anxiety. That led to engagement with our partners at The Corner . She first accessed the Corner on her own after getting in touch with our social media.

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6VT Edinburgh Youth Cafe promotes positive change

Mar 16, 2018
2 min

6VT Edinburgh Youth Cafe promotes positive change

The 6VT Edinburgh Youth Cafe exists "to deliver holistic quality services to Edinburgh’s young people including the highest risk and most marginalized individuals, services that are empowering and motivate positive change in their lives.” It is a purpose built youth cafe with a combination of youth and social workers that ensure vulnerable young people are supported regardless of their needs. This is a story of one participant benefiting from the CashBack for Youth Work fund

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YCSA: Raising Aspirations through an inspirational film club

Mar 16, 2018
2 min

YCSA: Raising Aspirations through an inspirational film club

Youth Community Support Agency works with young people from ethnic minority backgrounds and supports them to become active members of a diverse society. The Film Club supports young people to improve their literacy and communication skills, develop confidence and raise their aspirations through watching, discussing and making films. What was life like for this young person when they first got involved? 'Winnie' is a young Angolan woman recently moved to the UK. When she fir

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RAD WORX is increasing confidence through urban sports

Mar 16, 2018
2 min

RAD WORX is increasing confidence through urban sports

RADWORX is part of Regen:fx youth organisation. It provides urban activities such as skateboarding, rollerblading, BMX and skootering to young people in South Lanarkshire. From beginner to trainee leadership qualifications there is a clear pathway to progress or to simply socialise and have fun. What was life like for this young person when they first got involved? He was shy, very quiet and had no confidence. He didn't seem to have many friends, he was slightly overweight an

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