Young Lives Working
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Cashback for Communities
Princes Trust Development Awards
Annual Report (inc Q4) ~ 2014/2015
Contents
Summary
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Finances
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Outputs
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Organisational Development
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Equalities
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External Evaluation
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Communications
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The Future
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Appendices
.1. Development Awards Quarter 4 01/01/2015 – 31/03/2015
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.2. Key Performance Indicators
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.3. Case Study
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.4. Equalities Impact Assessment
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.5. Local Authority Spend Profile and Young Person Numbers
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.6. Balanced Scorecard 2014~2015 Q4
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THE PRINCE’S TRUST - SCOTLAND
Cashback - Development Awards
Annual Report (including Quarter 4)
Summary:
The Prince’s Trust were successful in securing new funding from CashBack for Communities to continue to
support our Development Awards for the period from 2014-2017. Through the first 6 months of 2014 we
worked with Scottish Government (SG) to provide significant additional information over and above that
provided at the initial application stage, ending with a comprehensive and robust application & monitoring
system.
This enabled the Trust, in June 2014, to enter a new phase of funding to the value of £570,000 with SG that
will support the Development Awards and young people in Scotland for a further 2 years 9 months.
The result of this means we are now looking to deliver a greater number of awards than our previous
funding years with an initial target of 540 CashBack Awards to be delivered in year 1 then 650 for 15/16 and
700 awards for 16/17 financial year.
The additional criteria attached to the new CashBack for Communities funding saw SG’s desire for more
awards which in turn would see a reduced average level of funding per Award, reducing consecutively each
year. The Awards average for 2014/15 financial year is £275 per award, and is lower for the subsequent two
years. Having reached the end of 2014/15 we are extremely close to the agreed average with little
disruption to the programme. We had some uncertainty in the beginning as to the impact on the
programme from a reduction in the average grant amount but this fear was unfounded.
While working with Scottish Government to see the ‘Grant Offer Letter’ completed, Development Awards
had to close for 9 weeks and our initial forecast figures were re-adjusted to compensate with a reduced
number of awards delivered in year one. The shortfall of 30 from year one has been spread across years two
and three meaning we remain confident that we will deliver the agreed 3 year total of 1890 young people
being supported.
At the start of the new funding period there was an initial drop in applications but this was due in the main
to the 9 week closure as well as the reduction to the Award limit. We took action to combat this by relaxing
the criteria award length of time young people are unemployed and by working more closely with referral
partners to increase volume. Special focus is being placed upon raising referrals through our Cashback
partners with a presentation from myself at the last Portfolio day. Support to set this up has continued to
be strong from Sam Linton and inspiring Scotland and a selection of leaflets and referral forms were
available on the day.
Celtic FC Foundation links have moved forward and I have been out to meet the young people on their
courses and completed Development Awards applications with many of them going on to training and
employment.
Links have been set up with Ocean Youth Trust Youth Scotland and Creative Scotland.
We are pleased with overall progress made in the year after a later start and, with the significant flow on
measured referrals from CashBack partners, and we fully expect demand to continue to meet required levels
in the next two years. We are keen to support the young people who meet the eligibility criteria and who
are financially excluded from progressing, therefore we will use dispensation for special circumstances and
look at providing £500 which should not impact on the overall average cost for the year but ensure those
young people who need support get support.
Douglas Davidson
Programme Manager – Princes Trust Development Awards Scotland
May 2015
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Finance:
Financial figures for quarter four of 2014~15 is represented on our Balance Scorecard in Appendix 6 at the
end of this report.
£570,000 has been apportioned over the 2 years 9 months of the current grant offer letter period. The
figure adheres to Scottish Governments wishes that 85% is spent on project activity while 15% to be used
for Evaluation, Management and Marketing costs.
The nature of the programme is to respond to the need placed upon it from the young people, balancing
their needs against the parameters set out in the grant offer letter. However, over the four quarters we will
work hard to achieve the right balance as each financial year comes to conclusion. The budget for
2014/2015 was £171,600 – Draw down for each of the four quarters was as follows:
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·
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
£42,900
£19,117
£55,394
£54,189
Below is the financial snapshot from Quarter 4 Balance Scorecard.
Dashboard: Measure
Metric
Quarterly
Actual
Annual
Target
Variance
Actual
Budget
Variance
Actual Spend v Planned
£
61,600
47,400
14,200
167,580
171,600
* 4,020
~ spend on Awards
£
51,325
37,125
14,200
144,480
148,500
4,020
~ Marketing
£
1,200
1,200
-
4,800
4,800
-
~ Management /
Overhead
~ Evaluation
£
3,075
3,075
-
12,300
12,300
-
6,000
6,000
-
6,000
6,000
-
Funding Leveraged v Plan
- Actual YTD v Plan
(annual)
Number of Months
Financial Cover (Reserves)
£
30,187
30,187
-
120,749
120,749
-
4
4
£
No.
0
4
4
0
*The shortfall of spend is being carried forward to 15/16
Outputs & Outcomes:
The outputs set in our Grant Offer letter are to provide 1890 Development Awards to young people over the
3 years who meet the criteria of being either – financially excluded, from deprived or disadvantaged
backgrounds and who may be at risk or criminal behaviour, or already indulged in criminal behaviour.
An agreed target figure of 600 individual Awards in year one was re-forecast to 540 due to both parties late
signing of the Grant offer letter and the shrunken time frame in which to deliver in this financial year with
the targets increased over year 2 and 3 in order to reach the overall aim of 1890 awards. We also had staff
on Maternity leave during this period and our final figure totalled 510 with the shortfall being added to the
next two years.
The priority Outcomes are summarised as follows;
 Increased participation by difficult to engage and equalities groups (Outcome 2 - Participation)
 Increased levels of self-confidence demonstrated/felt (Outcome 8 - progression)
 Increase in participants who achieve accreditation for their learning (outcome 10 - progression)
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Increased number of participants develop skills and aspirations for future learning and development
(Outcome 11 - progression)
More participants progress into a positive destination: such as learning in a non-school setting,
further and higher education, pre-employment training, volunteering, personal development
opportunities and employment (Outcome 20 - Confident Communities)
o
Positive Destinations v Plan : Employment leveraged
o
Positive Destinations v Plan: Education or Training
o
Positive Destinations v Plan: Volunteering
The outputs against these outcomes have been sourced from the regular survey monkey questionnaire
carried out on each young person who receives an award. Details are included within the attached Balanced
Scorecard and are extremely positive exceeding target in each category. Other Outputs either equal or
exceed stated targets in the Grant Letter.
Outcomes Achieved as noted on the Balanced Scorecard for Quarter 4 2014 – 2015
Outcome Objective
Q4
Target
Q4
Actual
Annual
Target
Annual
Actual
Logic model outcome
Survey Return Rate
Increased levels of self-confidence
demonstrated/felt
Increase in participants achieving
accreditation for learning
Increased number of participants
develop skills and aspirations for
future learning and development
Increased participation by difficult to
engage and equalities groups
More participants progress onto
further learning, training and personal
develop opportunities
Positive Destinations v Plan :
Employment leveraged
Positive Destinations v Plan: Training
Positive Destinations v Plan: Education
Positive Destinations v Plan:
Volunteering
25%
85%
35%
97%
25%
85%
40%
99%
N/A
Outcome 8
40%
36%
40%
41%
Outcome 10
90%
97%
90%
95%
Outcome 11
50%
64%
50%
72%
Outcome 2
60%
86%
60%
96%
Outcome 20
58%
64%
58%
60%
21%
11%
5%
36%
16%
7%
21%
11%
5%
37%
14%
7%
CashBack Awards 3 year targets 2014 – 2017
CashBack Funded Development Awards ‘Target’ numbers
2014 – 2015: CashBack supported Young people Target - 540 (Re-forecast from 600)
2015 – 2016: CashBack supported Young people Target - 650
2016 – 2017: CashBack supported Young people Target - 700
CashBack Year one Quarterly breakdown 2014 - 2015
Development Awards 2014 – 2015 Quarter Breakdown
Development Awards Quarter 1: Target: 135 Actual: 35 (Issues relating to GOL signing)
Development Awards Quarter 2: Target: 135 Actual: 136
Development Awards Quarter 3: Target: 135 Actual: 164
Development Awards Quarter 4: Target: 135 Actual: 175
Total: 510
Local Authority break down of the CashBack Development Award’s spend is shown in a table in Appendix 5
along with the number of Awards delivered in each Local Authority area.
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Key Performance Indicators:
KPI statistics are gathered and measured by results received from our 3 month text survey process carried out
with young people, 3 months after completion of their Development Award. This is a nationwide process that
is coordinated by the London Head Quarters of the Princes Trust.
An independent Survey Monkey operated in Scotland by the Development Awards team is now in its third
year, it aims to capture additional data from CashBack funded young people to capture additional evaluative
detail linked to the Balance Scorecard and outcomes/development and has since become standard practice.
The survey monkey has been very successful and has given us some vital information as well as allowed us to
further support young people who would otherwise have continued to struggle. With support from our
Inspiring Scotland advisor we have been able to further refine and improve this survey giving us more
knowledge of young people’s journeys, destinations and challenges.
The categories that we seek to monitor with the young people at the application stage are : Unemployed
 Educational Under achiever
 Offender/Ex-Offender
 In or Leaving Care
 Disabled
 Lone Parent
 Refugee/Asylum seeker
 Homeless
 Young People with a target need
Against these areas we note if a young person falls into the categories that are supported by the CashBack
Development Awards, and with the knowledge of each Assessor who talks through a young person situation
with them, we can ensure it is those who truly fit the CashBack criteria who gain support.
Prince’s Trust National Survey (Includes all Awards, CashBack, PT etc)
For the whole of 2014~2015 the statistics for the Development Awards young people nationally were:
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98% Unemployed
54% Educational Under achiever
16% Offender/Ex-Offender
5% In or Leaving Care
16% Disabled
8% Lone Parent
1% Refugee/Asylum seeker
8% Homeless
64% Young People with a target need
Activity – Q4 2014~2015:
Activity for periods: Q4 - 1st January to 31st March 2015 inclusive
With the challenges we faced earlier this year, we finished with a strong performance in the second half of
the financial year ending with a total of 510 CashBack Awards delivered. The final 2 quarters of the year
exceeded target and Q4 saw 175 awards made versus target of 135. This is still 30 Awards short of our reforecast target and these shall be split across the next two financial years.
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The run rate achieved in the past 2 quarters however confirms that the shortfall will be easily caught up.
Funding for this quarter has covered many different courses, items, equipment and support of new business
as always. Within these figures several young people have gone on to secure employment, training, education
opportunities as a result.
Some examples of these are Courses covering:
SIA Licenses, Photography equipment to work self-employed, Offshore survival course, CSCS License,
Travel to start employment, Chef equipment to start new jobs, Tools for apprenticeship, Uniforms &
Travel to start front of house employment roles, Interview clothing, Outdoor equipment for
employment, Laptops to complete college and employment outcomes, Level 2 Gym instructor course,
Advanced Permaculture Course, Course fees for sound production course, Equipment to set up IT
business, Forklift training, Bar Licence training fees, Lifeguard training & certificate, Insurance, PVG
and Disclosure Scotland to start up child minding.
These are just a small sample of the many Awards delivered in Quarter 4.
A full list of awards provided is available in Appendix 1
Demand has also continued to rise for Development Awards from within other Prince Trust programmes such
as Team Programme, Get Into, Get Started, Enterprise, Fairbridge, Outreach & Outcomes and XL for Schools.
It is now largely realised within the Prince’s Trust that young people moving into positive outcomes from our
programmes often also have financial barriers and could benefit from a Development Award.
Examples of this are when young people move into employment from ‘Get Into Cooking’ or ‘Get Into Security’
and can’t afford equipment or SIA license. Enterprise young people who only require a small amount of
funding and do not want to take up a loan have had Development Award support to launch their business or
work self-employed.
We also supported some young people with year who attended our ‘Get Into Beauty’ course where we had
100% positive outcomes. Most went into employment while two young people were successful in their bid
to attend a four year beauty course at college.
Team Programme Young People also often move into employment or education and we have been assisting
them also, while Fairbridge young people often move into youth work or outdoor pursuits coaching.
CashBack funded Case Studies can be found in (Appendix 3).
In addition there are now new partners to CashBack for Communities and through the Advisor we have been
connected to Celtic FC Foundation. The team has been out to visit Celtic FC Foundation now on several
occasions and we have begun supporting their young people with Development Awards grants.
Links with Ocean Youth Trust, Creative Scotland and Youth Link Scotland have also been forged in recent
months and we appear on their next steps options and signposting for young people.
Organisational Development:
Overleaf is the Organisation Chart dedicated to Prince’s Trust Development Awards Programme. The Awards
team comprises of two full-Time programme executives who are responsible for 50 volunteer assessors each.
The Awards Manager is split between Awards & Enterprise with around 70% on Enterprise & 30% on Awards
One of our most experienced Awards Executives Lee-Anne Jinadu, returned to work following her Maternity
leave and her position had been temporarily filled by Jen Lindsay, who has a comprehensive knowledge of the
Awards programme. Jen will continue to be involved in a programme support role.
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Senior Head of
Enterprise &
Employment
Scott MacFarlane
Awards & Enterprise
Manager
Douglas Davidson
Awards Programme
Executive
Awards Programme
Executive
Lee-Anne Jinadu
Karen Mackintosh
Volunteer Network
50 Volunteer
Assessors
Volunteer Network
50 Volunteer
Assessors
The Development Awards programme is delivered through the Prince’s Trust and coverage is across the
whole of Scotland. The Prince’s Trust works with Scottish Government, Local authorities, further education
and Scotland’s leading employers to assist 14-25 year olds into education, training, employment/selfemployment or a volunteering opportunity. Additionally we will continue to work with existing CashBack
Partners and seek to meet, via our Advisor, the newer partners as they come on stream. Through our
Development Awards programme we empower vulnerable young people, giving them practical and financial
support to stabilise their lives, build self-esteem and prepare for work.
Volunteers are an integral part of the Development Awards programme and we have been recruiting for the
next 3 years to meet the rise in CashBack numbers and general demand. In addition to Volunteers
completing assessments, the majority of programme staff across the Trust are Award Assessor trained and
specifically carry out assessments with their own young people as required. This alleviates pressure on the
Volunteer network and helps keep the programme from building up a sizable backlog.
Our Awards ‘programme executives’ manage the volunteer network which takes up a large amount of their
time. Having 100 volunteers split between two executives and 32 Local Authorities is a large commitment
but keeps things in order and efficient. Added to this our team also carry out assessments, process
paperwork, order items/payments as well as co-ordinating staff assessors which keeps our team very busy
throughout the year.
Key development for the Trust is in forming a new Youth Employment and Enterprise Hub at The Wolfson
Centre (Formerly known as ‘Cumbrae House’ until the name was changed before the end of 2014) in the
heart of Glasgow. The hub which is expected to open in May/June 2015 will be the largest facility of its kind
in Scotland. As well as housing well over 100 staff and volunteers, the Hub directly serve almost half of
Scotland’s underachieving and socially disadvantaged 16-30 year olds.
In doing so we will bring together delivery partner services from across public and third sectors to provide a
one-stop-shop for young people requiring support.
Our Development Awards team will be based from the Hub and we are excited about the many benefits this
will have for both our young people and the programme.
Overleaf is a picture of our New Office and the Trust will have full use of the whole building.
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*Picture of new building (The Wolfson Centre) above
Equalities:
The Prince’s Trust prides itself on working with young people – all young people, and the Princes Trust has its
own Diversity & Inclusion policy.
Our findings from completing the EQIA document show that the Prince’s Trust has strong guidelines regarding
promoting equalities for all young people. EQIA document completed and attached in Appendix 4
In Quarter 4 2014/2015 (Jan – March)
the CashBack funded Development Awards were provided to 175 young people:o
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60 Females (34%)
115 Males (66%)
29 Local Authorities (91% of 32 LA’s)
Age range covered from 16 yrs to 25 yrs
Within Q4 statistics:o 16% of the young people receiving an award noted themselves as having a Disability
o 50% of the young people receiving an award noted themselves as no religion
o 40% of the young people receiving an award noted themselves as Christian
o 6% of the young people receiving an award noted themselves as prefer not to say
o 4% of the young people receiving an award noted themselves as Muslim
*NB The Prince’s Trust have some other awards funding for non-Christian young people such as the ‘Islamic
Development Bank’ which is why non-Christian numbers are often very low within the CashBack figures.
External Evaluations / Lessons Learnt:
The Prince’s Trust commissioned ODS Consulting to evaluate the activities and impact of the CashBack
funded element of its Development Awards programme.
The evaluation aimed to:
o provide an understanding of the effectiveness of the programme;
o assess the impact of the programme (against the outcomes we were seeking to achieve); and
o Make recommendations for the future development of the programme.
The research involved:
o a review of existing information about the programme – including background reports, monitoring
information and feedback collected by the Prince’s Trust;
o sixteen telephone interviews with young people who received an Award;
o five interviews with staff and volunteers involved in the delivery of the programme; and
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Seven telephone interviews with wider stakeholders.
Methodology
ODS arranged and interviewed a number of young people who received a CashBack funded Development
Award, they asked them about their experience with the programme, and how it has impacted on their lives.
Several stakeholders were also interviewed at length including, staff, management, partners and volunteers.
Findings
On conducting the evaluation, ODS Consulting found that:o
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The programme plays an important role in removing financial barriers to work, training and
education by providing the opportunity to meet practical costs or secure accreditation.
An estimated three quarters of young people went on to positive destination three months after
receiving an Award.
Most said they were in employment, but a significant number were also in training, education,
apprenticeships or volunteering.
The average cost of a “positive outcome” after three months is estimated at £667.
There is evidence that young people are experiencing:o increased self-confidence;
o increasing their skills and aspirations for future learning and development;
o Achieving accreditation for their learning as a result of CashBack funded Awards.
The Awards programme is playing an important role in supporting referral organisations maximise
the positive outcomes of their programmes.
Strengths of the programme
The research suggests that the programme has a number of strengths:
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Simplicity – The purpose, process and role of the Awards are very clear to stakeholders and
applicants.
Flexibility – The broad criteria for Awards was welcomed. In addition, the way in which the
programme staff and volunteers work alongside wider support providers and funders was seen as
important in delivering good outcomes for young people.
Securing additional funding for individuals – There is some evidence that the programme staff have
successfully leveraged additional funding for young people.
Staff and volunteers – The feedback about the staff and volunteers who deliver the programme was
very positive – both in terms of how they worked with partner organisations and how they worked
with young people.
Partnership working – There is evidence that the Development Awards team has already developed
strong links and relationships with two referral agencies.
Areas for Development
The evaluation highlighted a number of areas in which the Development Awards programme could be
enhanced or improved. These included:
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Working with funders to discuss the approach to targeting the CashBack funded Awards and
improving geographic reach;
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Identifying and developing funding streams in new geographic areas and with organisations whose
participants could benefit from Awards;
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Continuing to work to improve the qualitative evidence the Prince’s Trust gathers; and
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Working to develop strong referral relationships with organisations who work with specific target
groups, or in specific target areas.
Progress against Areas of Development
To address the development areas, Prince’s Trust introduced focus group discussions run directly after the
release of the Final Evaluation report and areas for development were discussed and actions raised.
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Identified improvements were incorporated into the Teams Performance review document, which are set
objectives for staff to work towards throughout the course of the financial year.
o Objectives were set for staff to identify agencies who work with eligible client groups and set up new
partnerships and referral sources. Thus supporting the need to ensure a wider geography is supported
as identified, but also those young people within these geographies access the appropriate support
and mentoring when progressing towards and applying for a CashBack Development Award.
o In addition the task of developing a closer working relationship with other charities who provide a
‘spread’ of activities in those areas where reach via the Princes trust network is not as strong.
o The new CashBack data collection template will assist in supporting the data collection areas that the
Community Safety Unit wish to see collated, and there are future plans to update the Princes trust in
house database system called ‘Trust on Track’ which is currently used for all data collection within the
Princes Trust UK wide.
Our fundraising teams set out a plan to target more public sector funding for the Awards programme given
that the CashBack for communities contract is the first public sector funding on the programme for many
years. The Prince’s Trust Development Awards have funding to carry out 3 further external evaluations, one
for each year of the latest contract. ODS have once again been selected to carry these out and are currently
completing an evaluation for 2014 – 2015 as well as a recap on the final year of our first 3 year agreement for
2013 – 2014 which will be published by end of summer 2015.
Communications:
The Awards Programme has been promoting Development Awards across Scotland advertising in local press
and more prominently in areas where there have been fewer applications. Areas such as Dundee, Perth &
Kinross, Aberdeen and Inverclyde have been targeted by local press releases and we have some national press
planned to promote and tell the good stories of Development Awards in conjunction with CashBack for
Communities. The Trust has been using Twitter, Facebook and Gumtree to advertise, recruit and demonstrate
what the Charity is doing in communities. A new application section has been introduced on Facebook and
Gumtree to allow young people to apply while browsing instead of having to log off Facebook for example
and log onto the Prince’s Trust website.
Our PR department in conjunction with myself have been running some national press stories explaining
Development Awards, how to apply, what they can be used for and that there is a considerable investment in
these by Scottish Government through the CashBack for Communities fund.
The Prince’s Trust put out a press release covering the story of Tom who is now a qualified pilot and doing
very well. This story will highlight the work the Prince’s Trust in conjunction with CashBack for communities
and Scottish Government are doing with young people across Scotland. CashBack also used this story in the
brochure they produced with Stripe communications highlighting some case studies featuring two young
people who received CashBack funding from 2008 - 2014.
The Prince’s Trust’s Website is a key feature to communication and promotion of programmes and is a well
visited site for young people, partners and organisations.
Over the past 4 years we have been focused on promoting the Development Awards to other Prince’s Trust
staff and programmes to great success. Over the past year we have raised this internal promotion which has
been highlighted by our organisation as best practice and has been introduced to our other Trust regions
across the UK. This has worked well with our partners and referral agents too with the introduction of a Fast
Track process and referral document.
Prince’s Trust Website
http://www.princes-trust.org.uk/
Development Awards Scotland Website
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http://www.princes-trust.org.uk/need_help/regions_and_countries/scotland/grants.aspx
Partners such as Apex Scotland and Community Safety Glasgow have highlighted Development Awards on
their websites and our PR team are always looking to promote any great stories we uncover in case studies.
They have also had radio/TV coverage of the organisation and electric billboards around the country have
shown PT advertisements.
The Prince’s Trust are about to launch a UK wide advertising campaign across TV, billboard, press, network
and radio, bringing our programmes to young people and identifying issues facing young people today.
Case Studies are sought from as many young people as possible and the Awards team send out CashBack Case
study templates to Awardees 2 months after they have completed their Grant
For some examples of Case Studies see (Appendix 3).
Future:
The Prince’s Trust is an organisation who prides itself on partnership and relationship working. Many of our
programmes are delivered through these partnerships and indeed many of our programmes are reliant on a
strong volunteer network.
Development Awards in particular relies on Volunteers more than any other programme in the organisation.
These partnerships enable the Trust to have a much larger and wider reach into communities and Local
Authorities across Scotland which given the expanse of our geography, is essential to remain competitive for
young people.
When The Trust were successful in their first bid for CashBack funding it caused great excitement being the
first public sector funds for the programme in many years. These funds gave us the ability to significantly grow
the programme and stretch our reach to more young people who were constrained financially. Given that
these funds were gathered from the proceeds of crime we felt it fitting that young people with low level
offending backgrounds or those at risk of offending should benefit from this as much as possible.
The CashBack funding prompted us to look more into the community for organisations working with young
people from this background and the results have been fantastic in many areas. In particular we made very
strong links with Community Safety Glasgow, Apex Scotland, Prison services and some early intervention or
release groups. These relationships have yielded some great results with a real sense of achievement at the
end of young people’s journeys.
Our team have incorporated into our performance management review documents a figure and time scale
for forging new partnerships over the coming 3 years to create more sources of young people desperately
needing support.
We are also very keen to work with other CashBack partners and have been again in discussions with some of
these to look for ways of supporting each other. We contacted all of the CashBack partners in the first two
years of our contract but the response was low with most not picking up on Awards. A fresh focus has been
used to approach CashBack partners and there have been communication with Ocean Youth Trust, Basketball
Scotland and Youth Link.
Celtic FC Foundation showed great interest in Awards resulting from the Portfolio day at Murrayfield last year
and we now have a strong partnership firmly in place.
These partnerships have supported many young people in real need and have flagged up some really great
stories over the previous 3 years, such as Tom who was supported to gain his pilot’s license resulting in him
getting some tips and knowledge from Hollywood superstar John Travolta!
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This year, having been Awarded the extension to our CashBack funding we have been setting plans for the
future contract. £570,000 was granted to the Prince’s Trust from Scottish Government’s CashBack for
Communities fund giving once again the opportunity to grow and reach more young people going forward.
As previously mentioned the structure we have agreed with Scottish Government will look like this:
Projected figures for future 3 year funding bid to Scottish Government 2014 – 2017
2014 – 2015:
Actual Young people supported 510
2015 – 2016: Forecasted Young people supported 665
2016 – 2017: Forecasted Young people supported 715
Development Awards Estimated Total 1,890
The 30 shortfall from 2014-15 has been added to both 2015-16 and 16-17.
Partnerships always hold a high priority for the Prince’s Trust and the Awards programme will be aiming to
increase partnerships and referral agencies who work with young disadvantaged and unemployed young
people.
We’ve also been aiming to increase our reach in those Local Authorities were our numbers are low and we
will place special focus on the five priority areas, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Lanarkshire, Ayrshire and Dundee. The
Team are prepared to work hard on our KPI’s and outcomes and will look to improve on the hard work already
demonstrated, and lessons learnt from our external evaluation.
Historically Development Awards have always been totally funded by money we have raised through
fundraising efforts and with the support of private donors. Scottish Government funding has given the
Prince’s Trust a platform to widen our approaches and now we look at wider support and even Local Authority
support.
We have been discussing with our Public sector fundraising team options and approaches to future public
sector funding through Local Authorities and we are considering how we might lower the cost of delivering
Awards while maintaining our standards of delivery and outcomes.
One of these proposals was introduced at the start of our current financial year and currently has lowered our
average from around £350 to £283 which is close to our planned target of £275. We are confident we can
achieve this revised target while maintaining other criteria.
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Appendix 1
Development Awards Quarter 4 01st January to March 31st March 2015
Client Ref No.
Sub-Region
Client
Age
Gender
Award Category
CO1276
East Ayrshire
25
M
Equipment/Materials/Tools
CY5216
East Ayrshire
20
F
Course Fees
CA3655
East Ayrshire
25
M
Clothing and Travel
BQ1974
North Ayrshire
24
M
SIA Badge
CC7173
North Ayrshire
19
M
Course Fees
CH6320
East Ayrshire
25
F
Clothing and Travel
CE3808
East Ayrshire
24
M
SIA Badge
CU7963
North Ayrshire
23
M
Course Fees
CV1588
East Ayrshire
24
M
Course Fees
AA8598
East Ayrshire
24
M
SIA Badge
CX2668
North Ayrshire
25
F
Course Fees
CV9525
South Ayrshire
19
M
Clothing and Travel
CV2129
North Ayrshire
22
F
Course Fees
CN4070
East Ayrshire
22
M
Equipment/Materials/Tools
CN4070
East Ayrshire
22
M
Course Fees
CY2369
East Ayrshire
22
F
Travel and Personal Licence
CM7692
North Ayrshire
24
F
Course Fees
CY2359
East Ayrshire
24
F
Equipment/Materials/Tools and
Travel
CV5129
East Ayrshire
20
M
Equipment/Materials/Tools
CX2277
East Ayrshire
24
F
Course Fees
CX2828
Dumfries and
Galloway
19
M
Equipment/Materials/Tools
CM2259
Inverclyde
23
M
Equipment/Materials/Tools
CW8235
West Dunbartonshire
22
M
Equipment/Materials/Tools
CX4897
West Dunbartonshire
25
M
Course Fees
CX1139
East Dunbartonshire
24
F
Course Fees
CV9401
West Dunbartonshire
19
M
Travel
14
CP8440
East Dunbartonshire
22
F
Equipment/Materials/Tools
CT8765
West Dunbartonshire
25
M
Equipment/Materials/Tools
CX7750
City of Edinburgh
24
F
Travel
CX4876
City of Edinburgh
21
M
Travel
CT8875
City of Edinburgh
25
F
Clothing
CV7401
City of Edinburgh
18
M
Equipment/Materials/Tools
CX3575
City of Edinburgh
24
F
Equipment/Materials/Tools
CW8056
City of Edinburgh
24
M
Course Fees
CT8729
City of Edinburgh
25
F
Equipment/Materials/Tools
CY5932
CU0690
CU7457
CV8149
CX0682
CX4584
BH5760
CU0685
CW3143
BY6594
BY6594
CH4180
CL7754
CU0704
CX0044
CU2255
CX9091
CC6910
BS2341
BF5076
CY0203
CV2207
AA8741
CV0913
CW9854
West Lothian
City of Edinburgh
East Lothian
Midlothian
City of Edinburgh
West Lothian
City of Edinburgh
City of Edinburgh
City of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, City of
Edinburgh, City of
West Lothian
City of Edinburgh
Midlothian
City of Edinburgh
City of Edinburgh
City of Edinburgh
Midlothian
City of Edinburgh
East Lothian
Fife
Fife
Fife
Fife
Fife
17
18
25
19
24
22
23
25
20
22
22
21
18
19
18
19
17
16
24
22
25
24
24
25
21
F
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
F
M
M
F
F
F
F
F
M
M
M
F
F
F
CS8613
Falkirk
17
F
CY5035
CX4324
CY2993
CT3442
CW6557
CA4713
CY1863
CJ6720
CS0990
CX7681
BY7996
CX6511
CY0066
Falkirk
Falkirk
Inverclyde
Stirling
Clackmannanshire
Clackmannanshire
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
25
15
24
24
23
23
24
22
23
25
22
23
22
F
F
M
M
M
F
M
M
F
M
F
M
M
Equipment/Materials/Tools
Equipment/Materials/Tools
Clothing
Travel
Equipment/Materials/Tools
Equipment/Materials/Tools
Equipment/Materials/Tools
Equipment/Materials/Tools
Course Fees
Course Fees
Course Fees
Equipment/Materials/Tools
Equipment/Materials/Tools
Course Fees
Clothing
Course Fees
Course Fees
Course Fees
Course Fees
Equipment/Materials/Tools
Equipment/Materials/Tools
Equipment/Materials/Tools
Equipment/Materials/Tools
Course Fees
Course Fees
Course Fees and
Equipment/Materials/Tools
Childcare
Course Fees
Course Fees
Course Fees
Course Fees
Equipment/Materials/Tools
Course Fees
Course Fees
Course Fees
Course Fees
Course Fees
CCTV Badge
Course Fees
15
CU7014
Glasgow City
21
M
CW3144
Glasgow City
25
M
CV9468
Glasgow City
19
M
CQ2480
CA0968
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
21
22
M
M
CQ9619
Glasgow City
19
M
CX6746
CY6614
CY6614
CW0409
BN8217
CX8319
CY1503
CV9401
CX2400
CY6242
AJ4792
CY1764
CQ5305
CX5792
CI0129
CX7277
CS9132
CQ3631
CZ0005
CZ0005
CW7602
CY4217
CX6354
CP6687
CV9397
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
Aberdeen City
West Dunbartonshire
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
East Dunbartonshire
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
21
21
21
24
21
18
19
19
24
23
22
21
24
25
22
16
17
24
20
20
23
20
19
25
18
M
M
M
M
F
F
M
M
F
F
M
M
M
M
M
M
F
M
F
F
F
F
F
M
M
CW6674
Glasgow City
22
M
CW6674
Glasgow City
22
M
CQ9885
CV9466
CY0050
CY9995
CW7270
CV3296
CV0722
CY0056
CV6967
CV9395
CV9395
CX5666
CX7861
CV9398
CV9398
CY3121
CX7823
CX7823
CY0642
CY3725
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
East Dunbartonshire
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
Stirling
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
South Lanarkshire
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
23
22
25
17
22
22
22
23
25
21
21
22
19
24
24
25
21
21
25
18
M
M
M
F
F
F
M
M
M
M
M
M
F
M
M
F
F
F
M
M
Clothing and
Equipment/Materials/Tools
Course Fees
Clothing,
Equipment/Materials/Tools and
Travel
Equipment/Materials/Tools
Equipment/Materials/Tools
Equipment/Materials/Tools and
Travel
Course Fees
Course Fees
Course Fees
Course Fees
Course Fees
SIA badge fees
Course Fees
Equipment/Materials/Tools
Course Fees
SIA Badge
Course Fees
Course Fees
Course Fees
CCTV Badge
Course Fees
Course Fees
Clothing
Course Fees
Course Fees
Course Fees
Childcare
Course Fees
Course Fees
SIA Badge
Equipment/Materials/Tools
Equipment/Materials/Tools and
Online Learning
Equipment/Materials/Tools and
Online Learning
Equipment/Materials/Tools
Equipment/Materials/Tools
Course Fees
Course Fees
Course Fees
Course Fees
Course Fees
Course Fees
Equipment/Materials/Tools
Travel
Equipment/Materials/Tools
Course Fees
Equipment/Materials/Tools
Travel
Equipment/Materials/Tools
Course Fees
Course Fees
Course Fees
Course Fees
Equipment/Materials/Tools
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CX0296
CY0652
CR2040
BS5192
CV2553
CK1644
BI7950
CY6222
CX0476
CX7670
CX4076
CN0361
CV8828
BZ0047
CV9715
CV9462
BV4158
CX8147
CY4094
BY1264
BY1264
CV1282
CV7526
CQ1094
CV9404
CW8617
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
Stirling
Aberdeen City
Angus
Argyll and Bute
Highland
Argyll and Bute
Moray
Highland
Angus
South Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire
18
21
21
25
25
20
25
21
18
25
22
22
23
22
20
23
23
24
18
23
23
14
24
17
23
19
M
F
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
F
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
F
F
F
M
F
M
F
CX1411
North Lanarkshire
22
M
CY1991
CY0863
CV3749
CX4268
CW6991
BP9523
CU3200
CY2993
CY0211
CS0169
CY5657
CX7204
CY6897
CX4619
CY6192
CU5733
CS1871
CR7673
CZ1173
CZ1864
CY2415
Inverclyde
Inverclyde
Inverclyde
East Renfrewshire
Inverclyde
Inverclyde
Renfrewshire
Inverclyde
Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders
Angus
Dundee City
Dundee City
Dundee City
Dundee City
Aberdeenshire
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
Glasgow City
South Lanarkshire
25
20
25
24
22
24
16
24
21
21
19
25
23
22
18
22
19
18
21
25
22
M
M
M
F
M
M
M
M
F
F
M
M
M
M
F
M
F
M
F
M
M
Course Fees
Course Fees
Course Fees
Course Fees
Course Fees
Course Fees
Course Fees
Course Fees
Course Fees
Course Fees
Course Fees
Course Fees
Travel
Course Fees
Course Fees
Equipment/Materials/Tools
Equipment/Materials/Tools
Clothing and Travel
Course Fees
Equipment/Materials/Tools
Equipment/Materials/Tools
Course Fees
Equipment/Materials/Tools
Equipment/Materials/Tools
Equipment/Materials/Tools
Course Fees
Clothing and
Equipment/Materials/Tools
Equipment/Materials/Tools
Course Fees
Equipment/Materials/Tools
Course Fees
Course Fees
Course Fees
Equipment/Materials/Tools
Equipment/Materials/Tools
Travel
Equipment/Materials/Tools
SIA Badge
Equipment/Materials/Tools
Equipment/Materials/Tools
Clothing
Clothing and Travel
Travel
SIA Badge
Course Fees and Travel
Course Fees
Course Fees
Course Fees
Summary Statistics – Q4
 Males 115 / Females 60
 Average age – 22 Years old
 29 local authorities impacted upon this quarter
o Most Awards to young people were in Glasgow – 62 Awards of the 175
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Appendix 2
Key Performance Indicators
Awards statistics: Below are our Key Performance indicators for 2014 - 2015 taken from the Prince’s Trusts
survey.
The Young people who were supported were:
98% Unemployed
54% Educational Under achiever
16% Offender/Ex-Offender
5% In or Leaving Care
16% Disabled
8% Lone Parent
1% Refugee/Asylum seeker
8% Homeless
64% Young People with a target need
Target Outcomes 2014-2015
o 80% Total Positive outcomes
o 54% Into employment
o 25% into education or training
o 7% Into Voluntary employment
o 40% Survey response rate
CashBack specific Survey Monkey results spanning from:
1st January 2014 – 31st March 2015
This survey monkey was developed to ask more questions to the young people about what softer outcomes
may have occurred in relation to the Development Award as well as further clarify the harder outcomes.
o
o
o
o
o
o
97% Increase in confidence
97% Increase in skills
64% Employment/Self-employment
0% Doing nothing after Award
52% Education/Training
100% Would recommend Development Awards to others
Have your Skills improved since receiving your Award?
o
o
100% Yes
0% No
Has your confidence Increased since your involvement with the Prince’s Trust?
o
o
87% Yes
13% No
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MISSION
To help disadvantaged young people in
the UK to change their lives and get into
employment, education or training
Appendix 3.
Case Study Prince’s Trust - Awards
What’s your name, where are you from and how old are you?
Kerry, 17 from Glasgow
How did you hear about the Trust?
From the Job Centre, I was told about a course and funding available from The Prince’s trust
What was your life like before you contacted/ got involved with
The Prince’s Trust?
It was terrible, I had no confidence and never left my house or even my room.
What were the barriers or problems you faced in your life?
Unemployed, lack of confidence, and stigma of a possible learning disability hanging over
me
How did you feel about your life?
It felt like I was going no where and I doubted anyone would give me a chance. I was
depressed and suffering.
How did The Prince's Trust help you?
I attended a Get into Beauty course as I had been knocked back for Beauty at college and
the 5 week course was amazing. I got work experience and training and networked with lots
of employers. The Company delivering the training was the Beauty Academy and their sister
company were keen to offer me a position dependant on funding and a further training
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course. The Development Awards programme secured me funding and I was given a job on
a Beauty Therapist apprenticeship which was the first of its kind in the UK.
What are you doing now?
Working as a full time beauty therapy Apprentice.
How do you feel about your life now?
Amazing, I couldn’t have imagined how much my life could have changed since I discovered
the Prince’s Trust. I love my job and I’m learning so much. I was cleared of having a
learning disability, I’ve left depression behind and I’m so much happier and confident.
Has your confidence increased since your involvement with the Trust?
Yes, very very much
Have your skills improved since your involvement with the Trust?
Yes, I am learning new skills every day
What are your plans for the future in receiving your award?
To become a fully qualified therapist and have a long happy successful career and life.
Any comments about the Trust or your experience? (Please use back if required)
There are no words to explain my thanks and for turning my life completely around
If possible could you attach a recent photo.
Appendix 4.
EQUALITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT
1.
CONTEXT
Who is leading on completing this Equality Impact Assessment?
Name
Job Title
Douglas Davidson
Programme Manager – Enterprise & Awards
Who else is or will be involved?
Within your organisation
From other organisations
Scott MacFarlane/Karen Mackintosh
Sam Linton Inspiring Scotland
What CashBack partner is doing this Equality Impact Assessment?
Prince’s Trust
What is the aim of this partner’s CashBack funded activities?
Briefly summarise the purpose of the project that you are assessing.
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Development awards are grants up to £500 designed to support young people by removing
financial barriers stopping them moving into education, training, employment or a
volunteering opportunity.
2.
EVIDENCE ABOUT EQUALITY
What do we already know about the profile and needs of people from protected characteristics?
*NB
The Prince’s Trust have various funding pots available for groups such as young Muslims and these have rarely
been tagged to CashBack funding in past, however this is now likely to change for the coming 3 year
agreement with Scottish Government.
2014 – 2015 Statistics
Gender*
Disability*
Race*
Age
Religion or Belief
Gender reassignment
Pregnancy
Sexual orientation
318 Male(62%) 192 Female (38%)
12%
1%
14 – 25 Majority over 18 years old
8% non-Christian
Collected and reporting under review
Not collected
Collected and reporting under review
Figures on disability and race remain at a very consistent figure over not only 2014 – 2015 but the
entire length of CashBack funding.
Of the 510 Development Awards delivered in 2014 – 2015, 38% were female showing steady
increase since CashBack Awards began. We have been working with female youth groups where we
can to raise profile and even the share between male and female. The Prince’s Trust have
introduced some courses such as Beauty and Hospitality which has helped see greater interest and
applications from females and we will continue to focus on leveraging this opportunity.
What do we already know about barriers that people from protected characteristics might
experience to accessing our project?
Gender
Disability
Ethnic origin
Age
Belief
Gender reassignment
Pregnancy
Sexual orientation
No barrier
No barrier
No barrier
No barrier
No barrier
No barrier
No barrier
No barrier
We have removed and are confident that no barriers exist for young people in applying for
Development Awards.
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What are the gaps in our knowledge about profile, needs and barriers?
Gender
Disability
Ethnic origin
Age
Belief
Gender reassignment
Pregnancy
Sexual orientation
No gaps
No gaps
No gaps
No gaps
No gaps
No gaps, reporting under review
Not collected
No gaps, reporting under review
What do others say about profile, needs and barriers?
Gender
Disability
Ethnic origin
Age
Belief
Gender reassignment
Pregnancy
Sexual orientation
3.
No barrier
No barrier
No barrier
No barrier
No barrier
No barrier
No barrier
No barrier
ASSESSING IMPACT
Based on the information you have gathered, how might this policy or practice positively impact
on equality and people with protected characteristics?
Gender
Disability
Ethnic origin
Age
Belief
Gender reassignment
Pregnancy
Sexual orientation
PT Diversity policy promotes equality
PT Diversity policy promotes equality
PT Diversity policy promotes equality
PT age criteria 14-25
PT Diversity policy promotes equality
PT Diversity policy promotes equality
PT Diversity policy promotes equality
PT Diversity policy promotes equality
Based on the information you have gathered, how might this policy or practice negatively impact
on equality and people with protected characteristics?
Gender
Disability
Ethnic origin
Age
Belief
Gender reassignment
Pregnancy
Sexual orientation
PT Diversity policy promotes equality
PT Diversity policy promotes equality
PT Diversity policy promotes equality
PT age criteria 14-25
PT Diversity policy promotes equality
PT Diversity policy promotes equality
PT Diversity policy promotes equality
PT Diversity policy promotes equality
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4.
WHAT NEXT
What will we do to reduce the negative impacts that we have identified?
What needs to change?
Age criteria
Who will do this?
PT/CashBack
When will it be done?
This will be a significant
change to the constitution
and will be unlikely to
become unrestricted in the
near future.
How and when will we review our progress?
Set out when you will come back and review this Equality Impact Assessment, to see whether the
positive impacts have come about – and if the negative impacts have been reduced.
When will this EIA be reviewed?
Jan 2016
5.
Who will do this?
Douglas Davidson
SIGN OFF
Name
Job Title
Date
Douglas Davidson
Programme Manager Enterprise & Awards
07/05/2015
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Appendix 5
Local Authority Spend for each Financial Quarter and Number of Young People
Quarter 4 Local Authority breakdown Jan-March - Spend & Young People number
Local Authority
Aberdeen
Aberdeenshire
Angus
Argyll and Bute
Clackmannanshire
Dumfries and Galloway
Dundee
East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh
Eilean Siar
Falkirk
Fife
Glasgow
Highland
Inverclyde
Midlothian
Moray
North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire
Orkney
Perth and Kinross
Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders
Shetland
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire
Stirling
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian
TOTALS
14~15
Quarter 4 Spend
£894
£90
£786
£363.37
£550
£400
£763.42
£3393.17
£1579.30
£730.02
£299.25
£4493.13
£0
£568.99
£1361.44
£19161.17
£849
£3781.71
£561
£245
£1707.25
£2549.45
£0
£0
£349.98
£535
£0
£220.80
£2502.31
£985.21
£897.40
£707.86
£51,325.23
14~15
Quarter 4 –
People
2
1
3
2
2
1
4
13
4
2
1
19
0
3
5
62
2
8
3
1
6
7
0
0
1
2
0
1
9
3
5
3
175
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Full Year Local Authority breakdown – 01/04/2014 – 31/03/2015 & Young People numbers
Local Authority
Aberdeen
Aberdeenshire
Angus
Argyll and Bute
Clackmannanshire
Dumfries and Galloway
Dundee
East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh
Eilean Siar
Falkirk
Fife
Glasgow
Highland
Inverclyde
Midlothian
Moray
North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire
Orkney
Perth and Kinross
Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders
Shetland
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire
Stirling
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian
TOTALS
14~15
Spend
£1,099
£840
£1,902
£863
£1,320
£1,025
£1,909.62
£9,542.42
£2,183.40
£1,962
£1,564.95
£11,587.87
£1,315
£2,463.74
£3,841.83
£51,914.25
£1,799
£6,636.01
£2,092
£511
£4,635.94
£8,049.12
£0
£1,391
£3,964.89
£1,783
£0
£1,818.84
£8,264.06
£985
£2,886
£5,174.15
£144480.54
14~15
People
3
6
11
3
5
3
12
33
7
8
5
53
4
10
13
168
5
13
8
2
13
28
0
8
12
7
0
10
27
3
12
18
510
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Appendix.6. Balanced Scorecard. Quarter 4 2014~2015
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