Agenda item

Progress of the Youth Development Project, one of our themes for 2013/14.

Over the past couple of months Tom Bray - Community Area Manager, and Tony Nye – Youth Development Coordinator had been working together to organise a series of cluster group meetings across the Southern Wiltshire community area to assess what provisions and services were already available and to develop ideas for future youth development projects within each cluster.

Attendees included members of the parish council, youth groups, local volunteers, and representatives from the Police and Fire. The meetings and outcomes were productive and varied. Some new projects had started to advance quite quickly.

All of the main outcomes arising from the six cluster group meetings are detailed in the report attached to the agenda.

Michelle and Courtney, are two of the young people who attended the Laverstock and Old Sarum meeting, they explained that at their meeting they looked at what was already available to young people and what was missing from their area. They aimed to work with a member of the parish council to carry out a consultation in January 2014.

Dave Dunford, Station Manager at Salisbury fire station, attended the meeting held in Alderbury. They looked at the possibility of providing a number of activities which could be facilitated by groups such as the Scouts or the Fire service. If successful this could then serve as a pilot for other areas, and possibly build in to a nationally recognised level of achievement.

The Chairman thanked everyone who was involved with the work.

 The Board then considered the recommendation to release funding to this Area Board Project as detailed in the report attached to the agenda.

Decision
The Southern Wiltshire Area Board agreed to allocate £6,300 from the Area Board’s Capital Grants Fund and £4,524 from the Area Board’s revenue funding dedicated to Young People  as detailed in the table below: