Funding
Youth Work (Scotland) Bill – April update
Over the last few months we have been helping raise awareness of the proposed Youth Work (Scotland) Bill, sharing information across our communication channels. The legislation aims to embed youth work as a statutory service, ensuring equitable provision for all young people and addressing longstanding disparities in access and support. If enacted, the legislation would establish…
Read MoreSharing Youth Fund success: The Toon, a youth-led drama production
In this post, Tina from the Scottish Gambling Education Hub shares the case study of a youth-led project funded by the Gambling Education Youth Fund. We were delighted to provide funding towards The Toon – a youth-led issue based drama production presented at Youth Beatz festival, organised by Youth Work Dumfries & Galloway. The project…
Read MoreGambleAware recommissions the Scottish Gambling Education Hub
We are delighted to share that GambleAware has recommissioned the Hub’s work for a further three years. The Hub project has been delivered by Fast Forward since 2018, and will continue to be funded by GambleAware. Our mission will remain to ensure all children, young people and families in Scotland have access to gambling education…
Read MoreNews from Going Forward
The Going Forward programme is celebrating three years of project delivery with the exciting news that funding is now in place to support our work for another three years. May 2020 marked another major milestone for our Going Forward team – the third anniversary of us delivering long-term and early intervention workshops for vulnerable and…
Read MoreApply for up to £500 for your youth club
Could the Gambling Education & Prevention Small Action Fund support you in developing new ways to engage with your youth group during this lockdown period? Are you exploring digital youth work approaches to continue supporting your youth group through these challenging times? Do you have an idea for a peer-led gambling awareness initiative that you could develop…
Read MoreApply for up to £500 for your youth club
We’re delighted to announce a new deadline for the Gambling Education & Prevention Small Action Fund! Groups of young people aged 12 – 25 in youth groups across Scotland have the opportunity to apply for up to £500 to turn their ideas into action and create their own gambling education project. Deadline: 30th April 2020…
Read MoreFunding in an age of austerity
by Chris Read, Business Support Officer There are many differences between the third sector and the public and private sectors – the unique relationship between the Board of Trustees and the staff team, the identification of a mission and client group in the charity’s constitution, and our unusual legal status, for example. But in day-to-day…
Read MoreSmall funding grants for Scottish youth groups and peer education projects
The Scottish Peer Education Network (SPEN) recently held a little brainstorm at one of their networking meetings about small pots of funding for peer education and youth work projects. So here’s a few gems of wisdom from the members of SPEN: Getting funding for your peer education project can be a challenge if you’re trying to…
Read MoreBecome a Master at Grant Applications: Part I
Prior Preparation and Planning Prevents Piss-Poor Performance By Fast Forward’s Business Support Officer, Chris Read One of my responsibilities as Business Support Officer is to help our Chief Executive and Board raise and secure the funding necessary to sustain our core organisation and to run our different projects. This can be very satisfying when we’re…
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