YSAttain: Targeted Rewards for Young People Experiencing Barriers to Attainment

The Rewards, delivered via the Young Scot Membership platform, can be used to recognise young people’s achievements, incentivise participation in youth work groups and provide new and fun opportunities or support them into their next steps.

This initiative is part of the YSAttain programme which continues to tackle child poverty, improve attainment and have a positive impact on health and wellbeing of young people in a non-stigmatising way.

Young Scot’s offer to you:

• Rewards gifted to individuals facing barriers to attainment via the Young Scot Membership platform – these will be tailored Rewards to suit the needs of your group.
• Additional YSAttain Rewards available to all young people who sign up to the programme through Membership.
• Aimed at (but not exclusive to) care experienced young people, young carers, refugees and asylum seekers, young people living in areas of multiple deprivation, those in receipt of free school meals.
• Young Scot support throughout to establish appropriate Rewards, support young people to engage with Membership and manage the platform and processes.

Rewards could include:  

• Food vouchers (supermarkets, cafes).
• Entertainment vouchers (cinema, activity parks).
• Clothing vouchers.
• Vouchers or items related to hobbies (book tokens, crafts, sports).
• Vouchers or items related to wellbeing (pampering, mindfulness, relaxation).
• Technology (headphones, smart watches, laptops).
• Item and voucher bundles (back to school, job interview, starting college, moving out, learning to cook).

To refer young people you work with for Rewards complete this short expression of interest form and Mary from the team will be in touch.  If you have any questions before completing this form please get in touch with Mary Cane, Programme Officer (Attainment).

**Please note that depending on level of interest we may not be able to offer Rewards to all groups who get in touch.