Youth projects feature heavily in the list of 38 extra initiatives receiving support this year from the Gaelic Initiatives Fund, which supports efforts to raise the profile of the language.
A spokeswoman for Bord na Gaidhlig, the quango that runs the fund, said: "Gaelic-medium education has really grown. But as with any language, usage can drop off a bit with teenagers. A lot of these projects have been formed to encourage them to use it outside school."
A Skye-based multimedia company called Canan that runs youth web site Sgleog.com has been awarded 3,000 of the money to run a five-day summer course in film-making and digital media for 16- to 18-year-olds in Sleat on the Isle of Skye.
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