YOUTH ORGANISATIONS
YO1 . Security and sustainablity with core and programme support .
YO2 . Reduced time spent on applications and reporting with Gannochy Trust & PKC .
YO3 . Shared knowledge , expertise and resources through structured networking and monitoring .
YO4 . Increased profile , voice and value from being part of an authority wide collective .
THE PARTNERSHIP
P1 . Added value beyond that brought by the funding alone including : 1.1 A more cohesive approach to universal youth work delivery . 1.2 Better understanding of the challenges and of the services available across the area . 1.3 Better use and sharing of the limited resources . 1.4 A service that is better able to respond to changes in need .
P2 . Increased mutual trust for better future collaborative working .
Perth and Kinross has a population of around 152 thousand people and 70 thousand households . In 2019 , 16 % of the population were under 16 which is slightly fewer than the national average ( 16.9 %). The majority of the population are of White Scottish or UK origin . Perth and Kinross is also home to the largest settled Gypsy / Traveller population in Scotland . In recent times families of Polish , Romanian and Bulgarian communities have settled in the area alongside more established minority ethnic communities from India , Hong Kong and Pakistan . Individuals and families classed as refugees and Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children are also accommodated as part of the UK Government resettlement programme . The 2021 to 2024 Community Learning and Development Plan highlights increases in poverty brought about by Covid-19 . For instance one in three people are deemed to be living in or on the edge of poverty , whilst one in five of those in work have no savings to fall back on . This emerges in the rise from 3.1 % to 6.2 % of residents of Perth City that claimed a crisis loan . The impact of this on children and young people is that the number of children living in poverty rose from 4,869 to 5,515 ( 22.6 % of the population ). Therefore the project arrived at a time when access to safe and supportive services became fundamental to many young people in the area . This report describes how the project allowed services to continue through an onslaught of ever changing restrictions and barriers to service delivery .
1 . Scottish Government Statistics 2 . Community Learning and Development Plan 2021 to 2024
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