Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +9
    Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

    YOUTH INTERVENTIONS 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
    Established: 8 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 01/08/17 01/08/18 01/08/19 01/08/20 01/08/21 01/08/22
    Total income £3,000 £1,600 £41,551 £104,027 £146,145 £205,625
    Total spending £1,850 £1,249 £23,929 £66,480 £126,455 £212,008
    Surplus/deficit £1,150 £351 £17,622 £37,547 £19,690 -£6,383
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    Purposes
    • The advancement of education
    • The advancement of health
    Where it operates
    • More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: Renfrewshire
    Who it helps
    • Children or young people

    Who's supporting them? ?

    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
    Scottish Government£49,425
    RS Macdonald Charitable Trust£45,000
    Corra Foundation£35,160
    BBC Children in Need£34,320
    National Lottery Community Fund£9,960
    DCMS£7,320
    Foundation Scotland£6,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    National Lottery Community Fund - YI Summer Connections 2023
    £9,960 02/05/2023
    The group will deliver a summer programme of activities for children and young people from the Linwood area.
    RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Youth Interventions Core Funding
    £45,000 24/11/2022
    A highly specialised support by trained psychotherapists is delivered to young people in the community who have suffered from and are impacted by trauma. This confidential and sensitive work ....more
    Scottish Government - Youth Interventions
    £22,800 18/01/2021
    Detailed description not provided.
    Scottish Government - Youth Interventions
    £26,625 24/11/2020
    Detailed description not provided.
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Youth Interventions
    £3,000 22/09/2020
    The grant will contribute to the salary of the Young Person?s Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner.
    DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
    £3,000 26/08/2020
    NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Youth Interventions
    £3,000 26/08/2020
    To contribute towards the salary costs of a Youth Worker at the Youth Interventions Hub so that young people can self-refer and come to the Hub to improve their mental health and wellbeing, build ....more
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to YOUTH INTERVENTIONS SC046578
    £4,320 17/06/2020
    6
    COVID19 - This grant will provide additional staff hours to increase number of weekly sessions when their base re-opens for 71 young people in deprived areas and isolated by Covid. They will be more ....more
    DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
    £4,320 20/05/2020
    NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
    Corra Foundation - Challenge_Fund-19/947
    £29,660 02/04/2020
    To deliver a three-tiered service model which delivers Universal prevention (educational workshops), Selected Prevention and Indicated Prevention whereby we work with young people on a one to one ....more
    Corra Foundation - HDG-19/565
    £5,500 01/06/2019
    Towards the salary of the part-time Adolescent Positive Behavioural Change Practitioner, conditional on receiving written confirmation that the post has been recruited.
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to YOUTH INTERVENTIONS
    £30,000 21/05/2019
    36
    Young people affected by living in a deprived area will be supported by youth work activities with a strong focus on improving mental health. Young people will feel empowered and improve their ....more
    Robertson Trust - The Youth Counsellors/Practitioners
    £6,500 25/10/2018
    The Youth Counsellors/Practitioners
    National Lottery Community Fund - YOUTH INTERVENTIONS
    £10,000 31/07/2018
    12
    This group will use the funding to deliver one to one sessions and group workshops at schools in Renfrewshire focussing on improving mental health. They will also upgrade their website.
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Scotland on 23/05/2016, number: SC046578
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    Acorn House, Mossedge Village, Brediland Road, Linwood, Renfrewshire, PA3 3RX

    Objectives

    The organisation's purposes are: To advance the health and education of young people by assisting them in identifying the risk and associated harms of drug and alcohol misuse and in furtherance thereof: To improve the physical and emotional health of young people by offering young people affected by substance misuse the opportunity to engage in therapeutic interventions To better improve the physical and emotional health of young people by introducing them to the concept of recovery and supporting them on their recovery journey, working towards the goals of equipping them to lead more positive, healthier lives. To reduce the stigma and shame carried by young people who are associated with addiction by educating the wider community on the cause of addiction.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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