Project name: CashBack Green Futures
Age range: 13-25 years
CashBack Green Futures is a trauma-informed, needs-led, employability service for disadvantaged young people.
We provide community-based one-to-one and group support, combining employability training with developmental and outdoor activities.
Our programme has a strong environmental focus, with community engagement and volunteering sessions in greenspaces and waterways in more deprived local areas. Sessions encourage our participants to:
- Learn about their environment and positive climate action
- Discuss what a Just Transition looks like for them
- Develop employability skills
- Gain volunteer experience
- Develop more inclusive communities
We use outdoor adventure activities such as rock climbing, bushcraft, and canoeing to support participants to learn about managing risk safely and build core life skills such as teamwork, communication, and goal setting.
Our aftercare includes ‘Booster Sessions’ for participants and other young people, and includes further activities focused on progression and employability support.
Local authority areas:
East Ayrshire; East Dunbartonshire; East Lothian; East Renfrewshire; Edinburgh City; Falkirk; Fife; Glasgow City; Inverclyde; Midlothian; North Ayrshire; North Lanarkshire; Renfrewshire; South Lanarkshire; West Dunbartonshire; West Lothian
