That the Parliament welcomes the news that two organisations based in Lothian, the Hibernian Community Foundation and Fast Forward, have received funding support from the Big Lottery Fund’s Young Start programme; understands that the funding for the foundation will allow it to work with young people in Edinburgh who are not in education, employment or training to help them move away from anti-social behaviour and to engage in positive opportunities in sport, employment or education, with local agencies offering workshops in CV writing and interview techniques; further understands that Fast Forward will use its grant to train young volunteers from youth theatre groups in youth health issues and forum-style theatre to produce and perform five new pieces of educational theatre, which will be performed to young audiences in community venues across the country; wishes both organisations every success in the work that they are undertaking, and considers that the Young Start programme, which distributes money from dormant bank accounts, is an important funding stream for youth groups across Lothian, Scotland and the UK.
Supported by:
Jeremy Balfour, Bill Bowman, Alexander Burnett, Donald Cameron, Finlay Carson, Peter Chapman, Alex Cole-Hamilton, Neil Findlay, Maurice Golden, Iain Gray (Registered interest)
, Jamie Greene, Rachael Hamilton, Alison Harris, John Lamont, Margaret Mitchell, Edward Mountain, Oliver Mundell, Douglas Ross, Liz Smith, Alexander Stewart, Adam Tomkins, Annie Wells, Brian Whittle