GCVS News

GCVS is a busy organisation working within a dynamic sector. Here are some of the news stories that have caught our interest.

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Youth news stories:

• New Measures to Tackle Reoffending Announced

  Published: 30 Sep 2011

  The Scottish Government is preparing to tackle youth offending in a different way, by focusing on early intervention to divert young people from crime and towards positive activity.

• Concerns for Young People over Lack of Housing & ESA reforms

  Published: 30 Sep 2011

  Citizens Advice Scotland has issued a briefing detailing the effects that the financial crisis and welfare reform are having on young peoples’ ability to afford a home

• Scottish Cuts and Voluntary Sector Redundancies - Unison Press Release

  Published: 3 May 2011

  Scotland's most vulnerable young people are under attack by government cuts as thousands of staff in the community and voluntary sector face redundancy.

• GCPP Statement on Improving Futures Programme

  Published: 15 Apr 2011

  GCVS has been asked, on behalf of Glasgow Community Planning Partnership, to circulate the following information regarding the bidding process for Big Lottery Funds (Improving Futures Programme).

• £2500 Drop in Housing Benefit for Unemployed

  Published: 30 Mar 2011

  New figures have revealed that unemployed young people in Scotland claiming housing benefit could lose an average of £2500 a year under coalition plans.

• Scottish Youth Parliament Elections

  Published: 14 Dec 2010

  Nominations for the Scottish Youth Parliament are being sought.

• Vandals attacked the Alderman Road Community Gardens

  Published: 7 Oct 2010

  Vandals attacked the Alderman Road Community Gardens, in Knightswood, part of the Coach House Trust, destroyed plants and covered the gardens in graffiti.

• Glasgow Youth Groups to Get £260,000

  Published: 23 Jul 2010

  Funding available through the CashBack for Communities programme.