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Motion · S6M-20564 · 26 Jan 2026

The Hive in Alloa Welcomes Almost £100,000 in National Lottery Funding

Lodged by Alexander Stewart Standard Motion 22 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament welcomes the news that an Alloa youth centre, The Hive, which is located on the town’s Mill Street, has received a welcome funding boost of almost £100,000 to continue its activities; understands that the money, from the National Lottery Fund’s Young Start Scotland Awards, will maintain the centre's service provision for the next two years, including its popular Wasp Community Club, which is aimed at 10- to 17-year-olds, and expanding its programme to include a new focus on employability skills; believes that, over the funding period, the project is set to engage with around 600 young people; notes that it will do this with the help of 10 volunteers, who will play a vital role in delivery and peer support, which will be led by newly recruited youth workers alongside an existing key development worker; believes that, since opening its doors in place of the former Klub21 nightclub in May 2025, more than 250 young people have registered as members of The Hive, which organisers say highlights the “strong demand for safe, inclusive, and youth-led spaces in Alloa”; acknowledges that a large part of the initial work was carried out by a group of students from Alloa Academy, who helped with painting and redecorating the facility and providing ideas for what it should look like; commends everyone involved with gaining this funding for what it considers is as such an excellent and visionary project, and wishes the management, volunteers, workers and service users all the very best for The Hive’s continued success well into the future.

Supporters (22)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.