Another successful funding round for Bairdwatson Charitable Trust
The Bairdwatson Charitable Trust has awarded its latest round of funding to organisations dedicated to supporting disadvantaged young people into employment.
Demand for the programme has remained high, with this most recent round of funding supporting 11 organisations working across nine local authority areas in Scotland. A total of £166,411 was awarded to help deliver vital employability programmes.
The funded organisations provide a range of tailored support, including skills development, training opportunities, mentoring, and pathways into sustainable work. By investing in these initiatives, the Bairdwatson Charitable Trust continues to help young people overcome barriers to employment and build confidence, experience, and progress towards employment.
The organisations awarded are:
- All Together Edinburgh - To contribute towards the Deputy Manager’s salary and programme costs, enabling young adults with learning disabilities and autism to gain skills, qualifications, confidence, volunteering, and employment through accredited training and work experience.
- Callander Youth Project Trust - To contribute towards the costs of employing a Manager to deliver employability, training and volunteering programmes for young people in rural Stirlingshire, enabling them to gain qualifications, work experience and progress to positive destinations.
- Clackmannanshire Economic Regeneration Trust (CERT) - To contribute towards the costs of an 11-week programme, called Positive Choices, Creative Futures, supporting 12 young people.
- Elgin Youth Development Group - To contribute towards 3 trainee salaries for Elgin Youth Development Group's employability programme, enabling it to provide paid work experience opportunities for young people facing barriers to employment.
- Impact Arts (Projects) Limited - To contribute towards the costs of delivering the ‘Impactful Starts’ in Glasgow and Edinburgh and ‘Making It’ in North Lanarkshire, employability programmes for young people aged 16–25.
- Inspired Community Enterprise Trust Ltd - Supporting the annual salary of a mentor working on a 1:2:1 basis with 25-30 young people aged 16-25 with additional support needs in Dumfries and Galloway to develop skills in catering/hospitality.
- Light Up Learning - To cover the costs of weekly one-to-one mentoring sessions for disadvantaged young people aged 13+ attending school in Edinburgh.
- Lochview Rural Training - To deliver the Land to Livelihoods project to support unemployed young people to develop goods and skills to establish their own enterprises.
- Perth Autism Support SCIO - To contribute towards supporting 12 young adults with autism through developing employability skills and work-readiness opportunities to help them into employment.
- Space @ The Broomhouse Hub - Contribution towards the costs of the WOW Employability programme for 1 year, supporting and equipping young people to enter a professional workplace and thrive as adults throughout their lives.
- The AIMS Project - To contribute towards the costs of delivering mental health support and employability skills for vulnerable and disengaged young people to develop emotional resilience, confidence, and communication skills, working towards positive destinations.
Several of the organisations took the time to get in touch and share their appreciation for the support received, highlighting the positive impact the funding will have on their teams and, most importantly, on the young people they work with.
| “We are hugely delighted. This will make a massive difference to our small team and the young people referred to us, ensuring we can deliver the REACH Project for the coming year and help us meet the demand for places on the Programme.” |
| “Thank you so much for this welcome news. We are delighted to receive this support from Bairdwatson Charitable Trust. With renewed thanks and best wishes.” |
| “We are absolutely delighted to receive an award of £15,000 towards our work here at All Together Edinburgh.” |
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