Report to	Trowbridge Area Board
Date of meeting	20th October 2015
Title of report	Youth Grant Funding
Purpose of the Report: To consider the applications for funding listed below together with the recommendations of the Local Youth Network (LYN) Management Group.

Applicant	Amount requested	LYN Management Group recommendation
Harmonics Glee Club	£4550.00	The Lyn MG Group, well supported and brilliant group undertaking excellent work with a wide range of young people. Evidence of past success and appreciation and current demand for the activities was clearly demonstrated.

Background

The recommendation from the LYN Management Group has been made in accordance with the following guidelines:

Leaders guidance for Community Area Boards on Positive Activities for Young People

Positive Activities for Young People local Youth Network Terms of Reference

Positive Activities Toolkit for Community Area Boards

Young people have considered this application and identified it as a priority for Area Board funding.

Main Considerations

Councillors will need to be satisfied that Youth Grant Funding awarded in the 2015/2016 year are made to projects that can realistically proceed within a year of it being awarded.

Councillors will need to decide and be assured that young people and the community will benefit from the funding being awarded and the project/positive activity proceeding. The application should meet the identified needs, priorities and outcomes for young people in the areas, as identified in the LYN Needs Assessment and Strategic Plan.

Councillors will need to ensure measures have been taken in relation to safeguarding children and young people.

Councillors will need to ensure that young people have been central to each stage of this Youth Grant Funding application.

Environmental & Community Implications

Youth Grant Funding will contribute to the continuance and/or improvement of cultural, social and community activity and wellbeing in the community area, the extent of which will be dependent upon the individual project.

Financial Implications
Financial provision had been made to cover this expenditure.

Legal Implications

There are no specific legal implications related to this report.

Human Resources Implications

There are no specific human resources implications related to this report.

Equality and Inclusion Implications

Ensuring that Community Area Boards and LYNs fully consider the equality impacts of their decisions in designing local positive activities for young people is essential to meeting the Council’s Public Sector Equality Duty.

Safeguarding Implications

The Area Board has ensured that the necessary policies and procedures are in place to safeguard children and young people. The Community Youth Officer has assessed this application agreed it meets safeguarding requirements.

Applications for consideration

Application ID	Applicant	Project Proposal	Requested
ID 151	Mrs. Daniella Robles – The Harmonics Glee Club	Expansion Project	£4550.00
Project description Harmonics Glee Club has only been established since Nov 2014. The response has been so positive that we would like to obtain funding to provide a sound system and preforming equipment so that this group of young people is able to move this group forward and expand and provide further support in the community with free public performances. The funding will also be used to provide uniforms for the group to take ownership of the group and additional rehearsal space at the town hall in Trowbridge to give them the opportunity to perform more and expand. The young people would like to increase their rehearsal for the older members (15-19 year old) so that they are able to increase their abilities and to compete in competitions which will increase their confidence and chance to progress in their musical education.
Recommendation of the Local Youth Network Management Group That the application meets the grant criteria and is approved for the amount of £4550.00, subject to the following conditions: The production of all the safeguarding policies / procedures required by Wiltshire Council – these documents are all downloaded on the Run-a-Club the CYO has awarded to this club already to support their aims in the community and to aid the running of the project. All workers have relevant DBS checks

No unpublished documents have been relied upon in the preparation of this report

Report Author	Name, Sarah Holland – Trowbridge Community Youth Officer Tel: 07880488473 Email: sarah.holland@wiltshire.gov.uk