The DRC Youth Project (SCIO) – Delivering Real Change
The Delivering Real Change Youth Project is a modern youth service supporting young people aged 8–26 across the North-West of Glasgow. We provide safe spaces, practical support, and real opportunities—and we are proud partners in the SURF Award-winning Pathfinder employability programme.
At the DRC Youth Project, we don’t just talk about youth work—we actually do it, and we do it well. We use a Community Learning and Development approach shaped by the needs identified by young people, community partners, and the agencies that support them, ensuring our work is always relevant, responsive, and rooted in local realities. While we engage with large numbers of young people each week, our person-centred, flexible, and ongoing support ensures quality is never compromised—consistently delivering sustained and meaningful outcomes for both young people and the wider community.

We focus on key areas such as employability, inclusion and meaningful involvement, mental and physical health, substance misuse, access to affordable food, digital inclusion, and cross-community engagement. Our aim is to offer positive, long-term alternatives to crime, anti-social behaviour, territorial issues, addiction, and unhealthy lifestyles.
Our barrier removal system is built around a proven, multi-stage youth work model that delivers a combination of generic youth services and youth clubs for 8–19-year-olds, alongside accredited and specialist outreach programmes. These include street work, a youth-led community food pantry, local allotments, cycling activities, health and fitness sessions, and a wide range of industry leading employability and accredited training services.

The broad scope of our work allows us to target critical issues swiftly and effectively, lending to our recognition as a cornerstone organisation providing tailored and emergency support to the Council Family, particularly community safety services and secondary schools, and we collaborate closely with other statutory partners to meet local need as well.
Our Northwest Community Pantry, led by young people, distributes over two tonnes of food each week to families in need. It also serves as a hands-on training space, offering young people practical experience and a renewed sense of purpose within our employability pipeline.
Ultimately, everything we do is about empowering communities, building confidence, developing skills, and helping young people succeed—not just in work, but in life as well.
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