YOUNGSTERS at a Glasgow high school will be able to enjoy a £7500 lottery windfall.

In the latest round of funding The Jimmy Dunnachie Family Learning Centre, Bridges out of Poverty and Govan High School collectively won £20,720 through Awards for All Scotland.

The scheme works in partnership with the Big Lottery and Sportscotland and aims to give groups a chance to help improve their local communities by offering small grants.

Govan High School will spend its £7500 support on a new range of gym equipment which will be used for extracurricular activities.

Local MP Ian Davidson was particularly pleased that Govan High was going to be able to get some new equipment for its pupils and welcomes the news of the funding.

He said: "As always, these fantastic local awards are a reminder to other charitable groups to get their applications in, as these significant sums can make a huge difference to good causes in the constituency."

The Jimmy Dunnachie Family Learning Centre, which works with families in Arden, received £3258 and will use the funding to provide classes to help parents get into work or further education.

Karen Henderson, Deputy Head of the centre, said: "We are using the money to get laptops, and our tutor from Glasgow Clyde College can come in and teach them how to make CV's and show them how to get into work or education. Some of them hadn't used ICT for a very long time."

The third to benefit in Glasgow was community support organisation Bridges out of Poverty which aims to get people out of poverty and lead changes in their lives.

It will use the £9962 to pilot a project which aims to help individuals in the transition from welfare to work to create their own plan for stability.

An Awards for All spokesman said: "What is clear is the smallest amounts of funding can often make the biggest difference to people's lives.

"All of these grants are a great way to show the variety of projects that can be funded through Awards for All."