CashBack for Communities Youth Work Fund Annual Report 2020 / 21
9
Digital Youth Work
Many of the funded projects adapted to digital delivery in order to deliver their original proposal either in full , or as a temporary measure until faceto-face delivery could resume . Some organisations revised their programme to maintain or establish contact and offer support to vulnerable young people during and post-lockdown .
Mid and Upper Nithsdale Youth Project ( Dumfries and Galloway )
Having originally applied to deliver a summer youth work programme with disadvantaged young people , the Mid and Upper Nithsdale Youth Project in Dumfries and Galloway revised their programme to encompass a mixture of fun and issue-based sessions digitally . They physically delivered packs to young people to accompany the activities example STEM learning materials and cookery ingredients , which led to them reaching the highest number of young people ( 897 ) overall . Such an achievement would not have been possible through their regular youth work offer .
Support from YouthLink Scotland :
As workforces across the world entered the realm of remote working , YouthLink Scotland supported the sector and CashBack funded projects to upskill and upscale their
digital youth work delivery . It provided an extensive programme of digital skills training that was open to all youth work providers on tools and techniques to sustain youth services through technology .
Barnardo ’ s ( East Ayrshire )
This project contacted YouthLink Scotland at the point of award to say that they could deliver as planned by delivering some digital and outdoor activities during summer holidays and October holidays ; delaying trips and outings into 2021 and starting group work as restrictions ease . This is typical of the type of adaptation that projects were making as restrictions changed and fluctuated and around the challenges of a partly furloughed staff team