YOUTH COMMUNITY SUPPORT AGENCY 

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Safe to Grow
£186,911	06/10/2022	The group will use the funding to deliver a programme of 1:1 art psychotherapy and group social activities for young unaccompanied asylum seekers and refugees (aged 16-25 years) in Glasgow. Over the ....more The group will use the funding to deliver a programme of 1:1 art psychotherapy and group social activities for young unaccompanied asylum seekers and refugees (aged 16-25 years) in Glasgow. Over the 3 years the project will support 165 young people and 7 volunteers.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Youth Community Support Agency
£48,476	02/09/2022	This grant will empower children and young people from Glasgow to deliver Social Action in their community.
Scottish Government - Youth Community Support Agency
£20,752	11/11/2020	Detailed description not provided.
Comic Relief - Safe, Happy and Confident (SHC)
£177,690	15/09/2020	YCSA's Safe, Happy and Confident project will work with Black and Minority Ethnic young people from Glasgow, aged 16 to 25, and who are experiencing homelessness or insecure housing or who are young ....more YCSA's Safe, Happy and Confident project will work with Black and Minority Ethnic young people from Glasgow, aged 16 to 25, and who are experiencing homelessness or insecure housing or who are young offenders or at risk of offending. The young people will receive 1:1 support and group activities e.g. film club, English language classes. The aim is to provide a safe nurturing space and support that will enable these disadvantaged young people to develop and achieve their potential, reaching positive destinations such as a stable home, college or employment.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Youth Community Support Agency
£79,411	31/07/2020	Covid19 - Group work and mentoring activities to improve employability for 80 black and minority ethnic young people living in areas of deprivation. They will be more confident, have increased ....more Covid19 - Group work and mentoring activities to improve employability for 80 black and minority ethnic young people living in areas of deprivation. They will be more confident, have increased aspiration and be more ready for work.
CAF - Grant to Youth Community Support Agency YCSA
£4,254	09/07/2020 3	Grant to Youth Community Support Agency YCSA to support the organisation through COVID19
Comic Relief - Youth Community Support Agency (YCSA) Recovery Funding
£10,000	23/06/2020 6	COVID19 Recovery funding
Scottish Government - Youth Community Support Agency
£8,200	10/06/2020	Detailed description not provided.
Scottish Government - Youth Community Support Agency
£6,500	10/06/2020	Detailed description not provided.
Comic Relief - YCSA Healthy Young Minds
£318,717	21/01/2020 60	The project will work in South Glasgow with BAME/asylum/refugee young people aged 10 -16. Schools have identified people in need of support with mental health issues, with the needs often compounded ....more The project will work in South Glasgow with BAME/asylum/refugee young people aged 10 -16. Schools have identified people in need of support with mental health issues, with the needs often compounded by barriers to accessing services, poverty and lack of understanding. The project will provide counselling, play/art therapy and groupwork for young people as well as offering counselling for parents. The project will also do some whole class work in schools addressing stigma. It will therefore improve the mental health and resilience of individuals and tackle stigma and discrimination in the community. The grant will pay for therapists, resources and an external evaluation.
Glasgow City Council - Counselling and Family Services
£75,911	21/03/2019	Provides a range of youth services targeted at the young Black and Minority Ethnic community. Services include youth club activities, groupwork, drop in, counselling, advice and information.
Glasgow City Council - YCSA - Literacy and Numeracy Support
£33,725	21/03/2019	YCSA Literacy and Numeracy service provides specialist embedded literacy provision to disengaged, disadvantaged and vulnerable members of Protected Characteristic Groups who are 16-25 year old from ....more YCSA Literacy and Numeracy service provides specialist embedded literacy provision to disengaged, disadvantaged and vulnerable members of Protected Characteristic Groups who are 16-25 year old from BME communities and equips young people with the potential to reach positive outcomes within personal, employment, education, family and social contexts.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Youth Community Support Agency
£93,350	23/10/2018 36	180 BME young people in Glasgow will access study classes, youth work activities and trips. They will have improved confidence, better academic achievement and reduced isolation.
Robertson Trust - The salary costs of the Youth Development Worker
£14,000	12/06/2018	The salary costs of the Youth Development Worker
Glasgow City Council - Counselling and Family Services
£75,911	31/05/2018	Provides a range of youth services targeted at the young Black and Minority Ethnic community. Services include youth club activities, groupwork, drop in, counselling, advice and information.
Glasgow City Council - YCSA - Literacy and Numeracy Support
£33,725	31/05/2018	YCSA Literacy and Numeracy service provides specialist embedded literacy provision to disengaged, disadvantaged and vulnerable members of Protected Characteristic Groups who are 16-25 year old from ....more YCSA Literacy and Numeracy service provides specialist embedded literacy provision to disengaged, disadvantaged and vulnerable members of Protected Characteristic Groups who are 16-25 year old from BME communities and equips young people with the potential to reach positive outcomes within personal, employment, education, family and social contexts.
Corra Foundation - HDA-18/106
£5,000	29/03/2018	Towards Youth Development Worker's hours to deliver weekly youth activities to young people aged 12-25 years, from a BME community.
Comic Relief - Ebara - Inspiring Identity
£114,493	15/07/2015 36	Scottish Government’s Ethnicity Evidence Review in 2013 found that ethnic minorities are over-represented in almost every stage of the criminal justice process. Scotland’s BME population doubled ....more Scottish Government’s Ethnicity Evidence Review in 2013 found that ethnic minorities are over-represented in almost every stage of the criminal justice process. Scotland’s BME population doubled between 2001-11; this has resulted in a large increase in BME young people within young offender institutions where they are often very marginalised.The Youth Community Support Agency has a strong track record in engaging BME young people who have been imprisoned and in preventing re-offending. The grant will fund the salary costs of project workers whose aim is to change offending behaviour and attitudes so that young people desist from crime and can settle positively back into their community.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Youth Community Support Agency
£23,500	16/04/2015 12	over one year as continuation funding towards rehabilitation work with young BME men in Polmont YOI, Falkirk, and on release

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Directors (3)

Legal constitution

• Charity registered in Scotland on 04/04/1997, number: SC026233
• Registered at Companies House on 14/12/2006, number: SC313463

Filing Record

Main office

Unit 11- Govanhill Workspace, 69 Dixon Road, Glasgow, G42 8AT

Objectives

the company's objects are to promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of young Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) people aged between the ages of seven to twenty five, and their family members where relevant, in particular: a) the advancement of citizenship and community development, b) the promotion of religious and racial harmony, c) the promotion of equality and diversity, d) the advancement of education, e) the relief of poverty and distress, f) the furtherance of health g) the provision, or assistance in the provision, of facilities of recreation or other leisuretime occupation in the interests of social welfare with the object of improving the conditions of life of the aforementioned persons.