Youth Fund
Youth Fund Showcase: ‘Chasing the dream’ short film
Check out the latest Youth Fund project developed by Irvine Media Club, a group of young people in North Ayrshire. Irvine Media Club is a group of young filmmakers run by Ayrshire Film Company. We delivered sessions with their practitioners, as well as working with the young people who developed the film. Their ‘Chasing the…
Read MoreYouth Fund Showcase: Govan Youth Information Project’s report on gambling ads
We are delighted to share a new Youth Fund project by young people at Govan Youth Information Project (GYIP). In 2020 a group of young people from GYIP completed a Youth Fund project called Booze, Bet, Bust. The young people mapped the gambling venues in the Govan area and nearby more affluent areas, Bearsden and…
Read MoreYouth Fund Showcase: 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 was designed by local…
Read MoreYouth Fund Showcase: ‘The Art of Gambling’
Barnardo’s Stirling facilitated a unique art workshop, themed around the topic of gambling and its risks. Two young people got involved in creating canvas artwork, highlighting the negative effects that gambling can have through visual storytelling. Using spray paint and acrylics, the young people aimed to show a person’s journey from what might be considered…
Read MoreYouth Fund Showcase: ‘Don’t Be a Loser’
Youth 2000 (Y2K) engaged their young people in the co-creation of an awareness-raising video addressing gambling-related harms. Mindful of the high level of poverty and gambling addiction in their local area, the Y2K project participants applied to Fast Forward’s Gambling Education Youth Fund to design a short film highlighting the relevance of gambling risks in…
Read MoreYouth Fund Showcase: ‘Booze, Bet, Bust’
A group of young people took it upon themselves to examine just how different their community is from a more affluent one, when it comes to gambling and drinking premises. The young people from Govan Youth Information Project identified that gambling and alcohol addiction are two of the major issues people face in Govan, and…
Read MoreYouth Fund Showcase: The Half Time Pop Up Workshop
A series of pitch side activities during a football game engaged young people in conversations about gambling, loot boxes, and how to reduce the risk of harm. During ‘Money Month’ 2019, Safety Zone’s Pocket Money Survey revealed that some of their young people spent much of their money on loot boxes. In response, Safety Zone…
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