- About
The Youth Action Fund aims to transform the life chances of people, aged between 16 and 25, in Scotland who are facing significant barriers to reach their potential, and empower them to create positive change in their lives and their communities.
To achieve its goal of supporting young people, The Distillers’ Charity commissioned Inspiring Scotland to produce a detailed Scoping Report researching the context and needs of the hardest-to-reach young people. Since the Fund’s inception in January 2022, working with The Distillers’ Charity, Inspiring Scotland has curated a portfolio of six charity delivery partners, each bringing deep expertise and experience in achieving sustainable, employability outcomes with young people from disadvantaged backgrounds across Scotland.
Youth Action Fund Beneficiaries
Aberdeen Foyer
Aberdeen Foyer supports people facing homelessness, unemployment, mental health issues and poverty. The charity believes everyone has a right to a positive future and aims to help people towards education, work and a stable place to live.
Action for Children
Action for Children delivers crucial services across Scotland, providing practical and emotional care supporting young people. Working towards a vision that every child and young person should have a safe and happy childhood, the charity helps around 20,000 of the most disadvantaged young people in Scotland every year.
ENABLE Works
ENABLE Works delivers services to people with additional support needs, and their families, around the UK. The organisation’s vision is that every person with a learning disability should have the choice and control to live independently in the community.
FARE Scotland
FARE Scotland is a voluntary organisation working in some of the most disadvantaged communities across Central Scotland with the aim of transforming lives and helping people have a positive impact on their community. Based in Easterhouse in Glasgow, it aims to support people of all ages.
Street League
Street League supports young people providing help in some of the most disadvantaged communities in Scotland – using the power of sport. It encourages young people to get active, make positive life decisions and supports them to overcome personal barriers that may be preventing them from finding employment.
The Talk About Trust
The Talk About Trust is a national charity that supports schools, parents, carers, health educators and professionals supporting young adults to ensure that young people of all abilities are equipped with the resilience and life skills to make safer choices around alcohol and other substances.
