Cowdenbeath Area Community Association get £10,000

Cowdenbeath Area Community Association (CACA) have been running the Friday night sessions since 1976 and it's now so popular they need more adults to keep them within legal guidelines.

Based at Beath High School, the youth project for P4-7 children currently has 19 volunteers for their activity sessions but they need more.

Community development team manager, Izzy Scott-Trimm, told the Cowdenbeath area committee: "The children's club operated by the association has been running for 48 years and has membership across the Cowdenbeath area and an average of 160 kids attending.

The Friday night club for kids in P4-7 takes place at Beath High School. (Image: David Wardle)

"The high number of children mean a high number of adult volunteers are required on a weekly basis to ensure CACA remain within the ratio guidelines for the practice."

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The money will be used to recruit and train volunteers so they can offer sessions in football, badminton, tennis, dance and crafts.

Due to legal requirements the agreed ratio means that for 150 children, 16 adults are required to help look after them.

She added: "Some money will be used in the short term to bring in qualified coaches to run the sessions and support the volunteers in their learning and build their confidence so they can run the sessions themselves in the future."

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Ms Scott-Trimm added that they are working with the management committee to ensure any future funding requests will be "sought externally" and that this would be a one-off application to the council.

Committee convener, Cllr Alex Campbell, said: "CACA do an absolutely fantastic job in the area and getting 160 kids at a time is a huge number.

"I've visited and they do amazing work. It's been going for practically 50 years and the staff deserve massive congratulations for all they do."