Scottish Government pledges £150k to Cash for Kids

Radio Forth's Cash for Kids receives £42,000 for Summer Holiday Clubs in Edinburgh, the Lothians and Fife.

Community One Stop Shop
Author: Alice EdwardsPublished 5th Jul 2018
Last updated 5th Jul 2018

This summer Cash for Kids has been granted £150,000 from the Scottish Government's Fair Food Fund - a project launched to help stop reliance on food banks in Scotland.

At Radio Forth's Cash for Kids we are delighted to receive £42,000 of this funding to support school holiday projects in Edinburgh, the Lothians and Fife.

Children spending the school holidays hungry is an ever increasing problem throughout our area with many schools reporting that children are coming back after the holidays with a severe lack of concentration. This then has a knock on affect and they find themselves falling behind with school work.

At Cash for Kids we aim to support projects and organisations in Edinburgh, the Lothians and Fife to put on Summer Holiday Clubs. Giving children living in poverty a hot meal and activities throughout the holidays.

Many of the children who attend the projects are not given the same opportunities during the holidays as their peers. Many go back to school without having gone away on holiday or having taken part in activities. As well as a hot meal the kids get a fun afternoon full of activities - giving them lasting memories and stories to go back and tell their friends.

We've supported many projects with this funding to help support children from every corner of our local area.

The projects we've supported are;

Pilton Youth and Children's Project

YMCA Edinburgh

Craigentinny-Lochend Social Centre

Community One Stop Shop

Family and Community Support Team

Kirkcaldy YMCA

Big Hearts Community Trust

The Cottage Family Centre

Edinburgh City Youth Cafe

Women's Aid East and Midlothian

Camelon Community Centre

Falkirk Council

Home Start West Lothian

Spartans Community Football Academy

Circle

If you want to keep updated with how this funding helps these projects please follow us on Facebook at @radioforthcashforkids, on Twitter @Forth1CFK and on Instagram @radioforthcashforkids.