Young Enterprise Scotland, a charity based near Glasgow, has announced the redundancy of 17 staff members, just weeks before Christmas. This comes after failing to secure Scottish Government funding, leading the organization to operate with significantly reduced staff numbers. However, emergency funding has been secured, preventing complete closure.
A Scottish national charity based near Glasgow has confirmed 17 members of staff have been made redundant just weeks before Christmas.
The charity's funding has historically come from a combination of a core continuity grant from the Scottish Government, ongoing support from Trusts and Foundations and some support from the private sector. The charity was granted emergency funding of £285,000 which covered its existing costs for this financial year, allowing it to avoid closure.
"Sadly however, this will provide little consolation to the 17 valued members of our team who have lost their jobs just weeks before Christmas."Losing our major income source has been an enormously unsettling and upsetting time for everyone involved, and while we try to remain positive there is no doubt there will be challenging times ahead as we refocus and prioritise what programmes we deliver within schools and colleges on such a reduced staff model.
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