A Glasgow youth club which had '100 per cent' of its funding cut has warned that disaffected children will suffer as a result.
New Rhythms For Glasgow has been helping young people aged between 12 and 24 in the north-east of the city for the last 20 years but it is now preparing to close its doors at the end of the month.
The centre applied or the Empowering Communities Programme but staff were left baffled when they were told the facility would receive “nothing”, reports the Daily Record.
George Connell, secretary, said: “We lost 100% of what we applied for. That funding is for our core programmes and the outcome is pretty disastrous for local children. It’s certainly going to expose gaps within the community and affect those who have social needs.
“We support hundreds of people directly and indirectly in the area and the loss will be significant to them. What we provide is the core to the wellbeing of young people.”
Springburn Parish Church reverend Brian Casey said: “By removing the funding for this service, they are ripping another bit of the heart out of our community. With all of these services facing draconian cuts and the Church itself having to close some churches, I fear the issues this will cause for a generation of kids already disaffected.“
A Scottish Government spokesperson said: “We recognise there will be organisations which benefited from the Investing in Communities Fund (ICF) previously which have not been successful in the second round of the fund. All applicants to the first round of the fund were asked to demonstrate how they would sustain the delivery of the project beyond the period of the ICF funding.
“While we welcomed applications from current recipients, we advised that this did not guarantee a future award and all applications were assessed equally against the fund’s criteria.”
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