Funds worth £2.5 million are available to Scottish youth projects over the next 2 years thanks to a rumbled malefactor.
The sum represents the first tranche of some £6.5 million recovered from a Scottish-linked Russian money launderer. It is being disbursed by the Scottish Government's CashBack for Communities scheme, and will be focused on 'diversionary activities for young people'. Successful applications are unlikely to include projects involving the distraction of OAPs while a pal breaks in at the back.
YouthLink Scotland will administer the scheme, which will distribute up to £30,000 per successful bidding project over the next two years.
Plans for the remaining seized funds are to be announced 'over the coming months'. Scotland Street Tunnel youth-shelter activists are already up to speed.
Interested parties should look at: www.scotland.gov.uk and http://www.youthlinkscotland.org/.