Creative projects in Ayrshire have been given funding to tackle inequalities experienced by Scotland's young people.

The CashBack for Creativity Open Fund gives young people the chance to access a range of high-quality arts, screen and creative industries activities like film making, fashion, design and dance.

The Capall Dorcha Theatre Company has been awarded over £3000 to provide young people with professional development in theatre over an intensive week-long series of workshops.

At the end of the week, the young people will perform on stage at the Harbour Arts Centre in Irvine.

Yipworld has been given £10,000 to deliver a ten week project that will focus on children's lives by capturing their reflections on the present and the future, depicted through visual art.

The story boards and mood boards created throughout the year will be displayed to showcase and celebrate being young in Scotland in 2018.

Across Scotland, 34 community programmes have been awarded funding, including a sculpture making project for children living in the Scottish Borders, and a project for excluded young children to create print-based artworks.

Arts officer for Cashback for Creativity at Creative Scotland, Laura Black, said: "The CashBack for Creativity Fund provides essential creative opportunities to Scotland's young people to raise their aspirations for future employment and build confidence and self-esteem while also having fun in their communities.

"The first round of the fund supported over 34 projects, providing access to hundreds of young people who are now producing, creating and exhibiting their own work.

"For many this is the first time they've been able to access creative opportunities."