The Hansel Foundation, based in Symington in Ayrshire, was given the award for The Fairway Project, which helps 60 young people aged between 16 and 25 move from school into adult life.
The funding will allow further development of the project, set up in 2003. Joanne Doolan, project manager, said: "Peer mentors are the most important part of it. They raise the young people's expectations of life."
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