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Graduates from the Rangers Charity Foundation’s latest Cashback for Communities – Towards New Futures course played Police Scotland on March 14th in a friendly football match at Benburb FC in Govan. After a tight game and a 2-2 draw after 90 minutes, the CashBack team won on penalties. Graduates were then presented with their course certificates […]

The Young Person’s Guarantee is a commitment to every 16–24 year old in Scotland of an opportunity that will positively impact their future. That opportunity could be a job, apprenticeship, further or higher education, training programme, or volunteering. CashBack for Communities and Inspiring Scotland are supporting the ongoing campaign to make young people aware of […]

The CashBack for Communities Impact Report for 2020/2021 shows invaluable support to 14,000 young people.  In a year that presented substantial challenges to the ability to deliver projects as initially planned, Inspiring Scotland and Scottish Government worked alongside CashBack Partners to adapt to the pandemic and ensure continued support to projects and participants. In launching […]

Young people supported by CashBack for Communities share their pandemic perspectives and look to the future. Two years of the Covid-19 pandemic have created exceptional challenges. For those young people in Scotland who were already most disadvantaged – the group targeted by the CashBack for Communities programme – lockdown created many additional hurdles. Those hurdles […]

Before attending the Rangers Charity Foundation’s CashBack for Communities ‘Towards New Futures’ course, Andre Chuengwe was struggling to find employment. However, after participating in the 8 week employability programme in August and September of 2021, Andre has secured a job working for the NHS, something that Andre says has made a “massive difference” to his […]

25th – 31st October 2021 marked the fifth anniversary of Scottish Women and Girls in Sports Week, an annual opportunity to celebrate the participation of women and girls in sport. This year’s theme focused on how sport and physical activity can support women’s health and wellbeing, helping them to create healthy habits for life. So […]

As the days grow colder, Eden Court have been reflecting on their successful summer programme, CashBack Next Steps Under Canvas. The programme brought young people together after a long period of restrictions to have fun and get creative in their outdoor, festival-style tent. For the duration of the summer holidays, young people were able to […]

YouthLink Scotland is now receiving applications for the latest round of the Scottish Government’s CashBack for Communities Youth Work Fund. Funded projects must be delivered between 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023. They welcome proposals for the delivery of targeted youth work programmes for young people aged between 10 and 24 that: Support young […]

Justice Secretary Keith Brown met with a team of police officers and peer mentors at Edinburgh’s West End Police Station on August 12th, as part of the ongoing commitment to the CashBack VOW Project. Based in Edinburgh, the CashBack VOW Project is a police-led partnership initiative funded by CashBack for Communities. It aims to reduce […]