Govanhill organisation get share of large pot of funding for Roma Youth Project
Children and young people will benefit from a funding boost awarded to Glasgow based charities, including Govanhill’s Community Renewal Trust who will be running a local Roma Youth Project.
By Devon McCole | Photos of GRYP trainee youth workers marching and giving speeches in Govanhill for International Roma Day in April 2025
Charities supporting children and young people received their share of a £2 million funding boost announced by the National Lottery Community Fund.
Seven Glasgow based organisations are receiving nearly £700,000 (£681,593) of the £2 million funding boost . Of those seven organisations, Community Renewal Trust (Rom Romeha) — who provide grassroots support for Govanhill’s Roma residents — were awarded their share for a Roma Youth project.
Suzanne Bell, Community Renewal’s Director of People, Inclusion and Wellbeing, said:
“We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded new funding to further develop our vital Govanhill Roma Youth Project. This support has arrived at an incredibly important time for us, as we face huge challenges after Glasgow City Council ended funding for our work with Roma adults facing poverty, migration and housing issues.
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“This investment from The National Lottery Community Fund – Young Start means we can provide a safe, supportive space for Roma young people, ensuring they continue to receive opportunities to thrive. We are deeply grateful to The National Lottery Community Fund for recognising the value of the work Govanhill Roma Youth Project does and for helping us continue making a positive difference in our neighbourhood.”
Some of the other awardees of The National Lottery Community Fund are YoMo Young Movers who will use their funding to provide weekly community workshop sessions across three locations In Glasgow, including in the Southside, which are co-designed and co-led by children and young people ages 12 to 25. The Birds of Paradise (BOP) Theatre Company, who will use their share to continue developing and delivering their disability-led programme, BOP Young Artists, over the next two years. And Baba Yangu Foundation, who will use their pot of funding to deliver its Stand Up Stand Out (SUSO Girls) programme, supporting 100 girls aged eight to eighteen in Glasgow from a Black, Black British, Caribbean or African background over the course of three years.
Photo of the Baba Yangu Foundation, courtesy of The national Lottery Community Fund
Kate Still, Scotland Chair, The National Lottery Community Fund said: “It’s a privilege to support such a diverse range of essential projects across Scotland through this latest round of Young Start funding.
You can find more information, including the full list of awardees, here.