RUTS has the exclusive aim of improving the life and career opportunities of young people at risk. Motorcycle mechanics is used as a way of engaging young people and increasing their skills in a real work environment. Operating in Edinburgh City, East Lothian and Midlothian, in the past year RUTS has worked with more than 250 young people. Its core activity - workshop based programmes – achieved a 100% pass rate and a significant number of young people achieved SQA accredited units.

14:19 Fund investment will develop and increase the capacity of the service in Edinburgh, and expand it into Glasgow, Dundee and Clackmannanshire within three years.