🌟📣 And the Boost fund is now open to applications!

🔹 For local community orgs across Scotland supporting children & families affected by poverty
🔹 Open to constituted and un-constituted groups
🔹 No closing date!

Find out more & apply here now! 📣 bit.ly/3pQG5cW

9 weeks today we will be welcoming you all to Park Farm for Youth Beatz 2024! Remember we are launching #YB24 on Wednesday 8th May, where you can find out what we have in store this year! 🎧

Exciting news - Boost Fund launches tomorrow!

👀 Keep an eye on our social media for news of the launch 👀

For today, why not take a minute and listen to the Fenwick Foxes After-School Club share what Boost funding has meant to them!

Wee recharge in the #Galloway forest for a change today #Family #Wellbeing #Scotland

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Good luck in #Glasgow everyone - and thanks for all the great causes who will benefit too! #KiltwalkGlasgow

Spaces and opportunities in our communities are essential alongside the relationships, guidance, motivation and safety provided by great youth workers and young people services.

“Abolition would lift half a million children out of #poverty .”

Delighted with our registered tartan. With divisive politics constantly in the news, this show of friendship is a reminder that refugees are welcome here. The vibrant colours in the design represent diverse communities and cultures that enrich Scotland.
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🌟 Great hybrid & flex opportunities to join us - a communities and third sector lead and a programme leader for Dumfries & Galloway Community Transport development (you don’t need to be a CT expert). Get in touch! #Jobs #DumfriesandGalloway #EssentialSector

🌟 Great hybrid & flex opportunities to join us - a communities and third sector lead and a programme leader for Dumfries & Galloway Community Transport development (you don’t need to be a CT expert). Get in touch! #Jobs #DumfriesandGalloway #EssentialSector

Sunday closing date for Lead Officer – Communities and Sector Support and Programme Lead – Community Transport roles. More here: buff.ly/39aeK9J

A significant milestone for children's rights in Scotland today.
We welcome the improvements in the lives of children in conflict with the law that will be brought as a result of the Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill being passed today by MSPs in Scottish Parliament.

The Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill has passed! This is an incredible step forward for children in conflict with the law in Scotland.

Watch CYCJ Director Fiona Dyer (she/her) give her reaction👇

The Scottish Parliament has voted to pass the Children (Care and Justice) Bill.

Find out more ▶️ bit.ly/4aVcyB1

⚠️ A VERY HIGH wildfire warning has been issued for south and west of Scotland ⚠️

The warning is in place on Wednesday, 24 April and Thursday, 25 April.

People who live within or enters the area should be extra cautious and avoid naked flame outdoors.

🔹Lead Officer – Communities & Sector Support £32,100
🔹Programme Lead - Community Transport £31,100 pro-rata
Location: Dumfries or Stranraer with travel (Hybrid)
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Following the engagement with under 12s in Primary Schools, a poster has been developed to share their thoughts and showcase their views. This was created by ‘Little Scotland’ who is currently on placement with us at CYCJ.

Across the sector, we understand difficult financial times - we live through them as organisations and communities on a regular basis. No-one is saying we should have special treatment, but the sector must be valued, respected and better understood @tsiscotnet #EssentialSector

In and around the SWC300 are so many special corners, snippets of loveliness for you to make your own. So don't follow the crowd, get out there and discover your South West Coastal 300!

📌Carrick Bay, Dumfries & Galloway
📷Simon Hird

#LoveDandG #ScotlandStartsHere #SWC300