Cashback: Creative Identities. Young People get creative thanks to cash from criminals ( 26/03/2009 )

Young people right across Scotland are to be given a unique opportunity to get creative and try something new, thanks to over £1 million cash seized from criminals.

Culture Minister Michael Russell has committed £1.2 million from the CashBack for Communities Scheme for an 18 month Creative Identities project, in partnership with Scottish Screen and the Scottish Arts Council.

The Cashback scheme reinvests the ill-gotten gains seized from serious and organised crime back into Scotland’s communities, making a real difference to the lives of our young people.

The initiative is open to young people aged 10-19 across Scotland but targets, particularly, Looked after Children and Young Carers. There are several national and regional partners involved in delivery. Regional partners include East and Central: DanceBase & Pilton Video; Grampian: Peacock Visual Arts; Highlands & Islands: Eden Court; South: Voice Of My Own (VOMO); Tayside: Dundee Contemporary Arts & Dundee Repertory Theatre; West Central: Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT) & Tramway. National Partners include Barnardo’s, Action for Children Scotland, Includem, The Princess Royal Trust for Carers, BBC Scotland and Skills Development Scotland.

For more information about CashBack for Communities please visit www.cashbackscotland.com.

To see the further information on this visit the Scottish Government’s website at www.scotland.gov.uk/Home.

There is a video available to view at the Scottish Government's website at www.scotland.gov.uk/News.

Scottish Screen is seeking expressions of interest from companies. For more information, please visit Cashback: Creative Identities - Expressions of Interest.