Parliament Workbench
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Written Question · S3W-27447 · Session 3

How many grants have been made under the Cashback for Communities initiative to applicants in each parliamentary constituency in the Lothia…

Answered Asked by Gavin Brown Con Lodged 17 Sep 2009

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many grants have been made under the Cashback for Communities initiative to applicants in each parliamentary constituency in the Lothians region and what the value of each grant was.

The answer

Answered by Fergus Ewing on 28 Sep 2009 · 11 days after it was lodged, on time

CashBack for Communities has funded two grant schemes for the youthwork sector through YouthLink Scotland, from which several grants were made in each of the Lothian local authorities. The grants awarded under the second grant scheme will be announced in November. For the first scheme the following grants were awarded to organisations in the Lothians:
East Lothian
|

North Berwick Dry Bar Association (Youth Caf©)
| £10,587

Tranent Youth and Community Facility
| £11,041

Red School Youth Centre
| £9,372

Total
| £31,000
(3 grants)

Edinburgh
|

Multi Culture Family Base
| £25,977

HayWired Ltd
| £10,458

Sergeant of Leith Neighbourhood Action Unit
| £18,616

Circle
| £22,095

Edinburgh City Youth Caf© “ 6VT Youth Caf©
| £15,857

Edinburgh City Youth Caf© “ 6VT Youth Caf©
| £9,108

Youth Bus Project “ The Buz
| £20,317

Leith Acorn Centre YMCA
| £12,319

The BIG Project
| £10,473

Pilmeny Development Project
| £2,080

Wester Hailes Youth Agency
| £6,654

Craigmillar Adventure Project
| £22,429

RUTS “ The Rural and Urban Training Scheme Ltd
| £8,632

The Ripple Project
| £15,890

Sikh Sanjog
| £6,688

Citadel Youth Centre
| £2,355

The Rock Trust
| £4,713

Fairbridge in Edinburgh
| £5,339

Total
|

In the Official Report

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