CashBack for Communities Youth Work Fund Annual Report 2020 / 21
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Adapted Delivery Times
Typically , many of the projects funded via the CashBack for Communities ( One Year ) Fund are targeted holiday programmes . Many of these programmes adapted by shifting delivery times .
About Youth ( Edinburgh )
About Youth applied to run a five-week summer programme for young people aged 11 - 18 living in the Calder area of Edinburgh , where anti-social behaviour is an issue . They aimed to provide positive alternatives and to address the boredom and lack of opportunities that often fuels youth offending . As lock down began , they requested a delay and asked for agreement to use the CashBack grant to deliver whatever was possible during the summer and a similar programme of activities in the Christmas holidays or during the February break in 2021 . They also requested a slight change to the budget profile with the rationale that it was likely that activities would require social distancing or working with smaller groups of young people than normal and that this would slightly increase staffing costs for the project .
Support from YouthLink Scotland :
This year , administration of the fund involved continuous contact with all funded projects to support and record adaptations to the continuously changing environment . Guidance was provided to reassure and support funded organisations in relation to the expectations of the overall funder ( the Scottish Government ) and restrictions affecting the delivery of funded work .
This year more than ever , the support of YouthLink Scotland as an umbrella organisation added significant value to the CashBack for Communities programme beyond fund management and administration .