In September the executive invited organisations to bid for a share of its 1m Youth Work Capital Fund, to help them revamp youth facilities or provide new equipment.
Since then, YouthLink Scotland, which administered the fund, has been swamped with applications, leading the executive to increase the fund to 2.5m. More than 200 organisations will benefit.
Blue Skate, a skating group in Peterhead, is among the groups to benefit.
It has been given 50,000 to complete a skatepark.
The money will enable the group to add ramps and a shelter to the concrete base of the park, which members now hope to complete next summer.
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