ELEVEN projects from across Scotland, designed to encourage young people’s interest in nature during the Year of Young People, have been chosen to receive a total of £20,000 by the Future Routes Fund.
The projects are ideas developed by young people to help them get more involved with the environment and local wildlife throughout Scotland, in rural and urban areas, with the use of activities including film, music, art, volunteering, and outdoor recreation.
The projects to be funded include the Misty Isle Youth Forum, Skye, which offers several free, educational arts and crafts activities using items found on beach-cleans during the summer; and Julie Aitken in the Outer Hebrides, who is hosting workshops throughout the islands to engage young people in the natural environment. The Future Routes Fund is funded by Scottish Natural Heritage and administered by ReRoute, Scotland’s Youth Biodiversity Panel, with support from Young Scot.