Glasgow Airport’s FlightPath Fund has awarded £7,400 to Ocean Youth Belief Scotland to make sure 20 Renfrewshire younger individuals can participate in life-changing crusing adventures this summer season.
The Fund has supported Ocean Youth Belief Scotland for a number of years and made the additional funding accessible to make sure Kibble in Paisley and a Clydebank group will discover their sea legs.
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Over the course of 5 days, the younger individuals aged between 12 and 17 will participate within the Belief’s CashBack for Communities programme, a Scottish Authorities initiative geared toward supporting these deemed almost certainly to change into concerned within the legal justice system.
They'll reside and work aboard a 72-foot crusing yacht.
Archie Hunter, chair of Glasgow Airport’s FlightPath Fund, mentioned: “Ocean Youth Belief Scotland is an amazing organisation and we're extraordinarily proud to proceed supporting the incredible alternatives these academic and life-changing crusing adventures ship to a few of the most deprived younger individuals in our native communities.”
Ashley Mabon, head of fundraising at OYT Scotland, commented: “We're enormously grateful for the help from Glasgow Airport’s FlightPath Fund, which has as soon as once more allowed us to help these deserving younger individuals as they embark on the journey of a lifetime.
"Our voyages at sea equip younger individuals not solely with sensible expertise, however with life expertise that may put them on a path to extra optimistic locations.”
The FlightPath Fund’s Committee is eager to listen to from and help sustainability-themed initiatives geared toward enhancing the surroundings within the communities native to the airport.
The following assembly is on April 1 and purposes should be submitted no later than three weeks previous to the assembly, see www.glasgowairport.com/neighborhood
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