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ADT grant secures AYP meeting space for next three years

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Youngsters enjoying an AYP meeting

Alyth’s young people will continue to have a warm and welcoming meeting space for the next three years, thanks to a grant from Alyth Development Trust (ADT).

ADT’s Community Projects Fund is to donate £6000 to the Alyth Youth Partnership (AYP) to cover half the cost of hiring spaces for its club sessions over the next three years.  AYP uses various venues to create a safe, warm, and welcoming environment for the young people of Alyth. 

George Annan of AYP said:  “We spend just over £4000 a year on rent, which is currently paid for from our core budget.  However, this budget is coming under more pressure with the rise in all other costs incurred in running 14 clubs a week, free of charge and including food, to around 140 different young people every week.

“The ADT funding will allow us to continue providing our service free of charge despite the growing cost of everything that we do. By covering a significant chunk of our core costs, the grant will also allow us to concentrate on fundraising for specific projects safe in the knowledge that the regular bills are covered,” he added.

AYP enhances the quality of life in the town by supporting young people and their families in a number of ways: by giving young people somewhere safe and warm to socialise all year round, to go on trips that they wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford, and by engaging some of the hardest-to-reach young people in the town.  AYP also provides one-to-one support to young people with additional support needs, and supports many parents to have more effective relationships with their children.

Find out more on AYP’s social media:  https://www.instagram.com/alythyouthpartnership/ and https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064861057263

ADT’s Community Projects Fund distributes the community benefit funds provided for Alyth by the operators of the Tullymurdoch Windfarm, some five miles north of the town.  Applications to the fund are judged by an independent panel of volunteers drawn from across the community.  Apply at https://lovealyth.org.uk/projects/alyth-community-projects-fund/.

Grant funds AYP winter trips

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AYP’s P5 tribe enjoys a trip to Laser Combat

Young people in Alyth are enjoying a particularly active winter thanks to a grant from ADT’s Community Projects Fund.

The Fund has awarded £2000 to Alyth Youth Partnership to help towards the cost of trips and activities over the winter.  Alongside funding from SSE Drumderg, Perth & Kinross Council, the Gannochy Trust, Robertson Trust and the National Lottery Community Fund, the grant means that AYP can organise more trips for more young people than ever before.

AYP now has 150 regular participants ranging in age from 9 – 21 attending 14 different youth club sessions every week.  But it was becoming more challenging to take them all on trips to their favourite places including swimming, Ryze trampoline centre, Soccer World, Combat City and other activities.

George Annan of AYP said:  “We’ve already started the programme of outings, and had a fun trip to Laser Combat with our P5 Tribe last week (see picture).  Plans for the next wee while include Air Thrill, Swimming, Cinema, and Zorb Football!  Our year-round aim is to improve the quality of life for these young people – in good weather we use the facilities on our door step but in the colder, darker nights we look further afield for the activities.

“Every club and activity is provided free of charge for every young person. We aim to remove all barriers to participation to support the young people of Alyth to lead happy and healthy lives, make friends, feel part of our wonderful community. 

“Providing positive activities for young people means they are less likely to engage in anti social behaviour – having these activities on offer encourages them through the door and then to hopefully be influenced positively by youth workers and their peers.  Improving the lives of our young people improves the life of the community as a whole.”

ADT’s Community Projects Fund distributes the community benefit funds provided for Alyth by the operators of the Tullymurdoch Windfarm, some five miles north of the town.  Applications to the fund are judged by an independent panel of volunteers drawn from across the community.  Apply at https://lovealyth.org.uk/projects/alyth-community-projects-fund/

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