Agenda item

     Introduced by Sharon Davies, Service Director for Children and Families and Damian Haasjes, Youth Voice and Influence Team. 

RECOMMENDATION: The Area Board agrees to support the following applications to the 2011/12 Youth Budget and agrees to take forward the most popular choices to be funded within the allocated budget of £2500, as selected by the participants in accordance with the participatory process as set out:

1.      DJ Project £500

2.      Garden in Quiet Zone at St Laurence School £400

3.      Pregnancy Simulator for educational projects £430

4.      Climbing and Canoeing activities for young people with disabilities £375

5.      Trip to Snow Dome in Tamworth for introduction to skiing and snowboarding £223

6.      Young Singers from Winsley and Churchfields Primary Schools to perform two shows about Olympic Ideals £520

7.      Spray Art design classes at Youth Centre £366

8.      New kitchen equipment for Guide Headquarters £350

9.      Fact-finding trip to Bristol Motion Skate Park £150

10. Computer Babies residential overnight training  £250 

Total value of bids £ 3, 564 Total Budget £2,500

     Process:

1. Young people will pitch their projects and/or show a short DVD clip of what they want to do with the money.

2. Having regard to issues of value for money, project quality and  community benefit, the audience will vote for their favourite project through electronic voting handsets.

3. The scores will be ranked and grants will be awarded to the top ranked projects, within the available budget.     

Short break while young people leave.

Damian Haasjes from the Youth Voice and Influence Team introduced the projects and outlined the process that each of the youth projects would be judged against:

1. Young people pitch their projects and/or show a short DVD clip of what they want to do with the money.

2. Having regard to issues of value for money, project quality and community benefit, the audience vote for their favourite project through electronic voting handsets.

3. The scores are ranked and grants awarded to the top ranked projects, within the available budget.

It was agreed that the Area Board would support the applications to the 2011/12 Youth Budget and agreed to take forward the most popular choices to be funded within the allocated budget of £2,500, as selected by the participants in accordance with the participatory process as set out above.

Results

Youth Projects that received funding:

Climbing and Canoeing activities for young people with disabilities £375 – yes vote = 77%

Garden in Quiet Zone at St Laurence School £400 – yes vote = 76%

Spray Art design classes at Youth Centre £366 – yes vote = 58%

New kitchen equipment for Guide Headquarters £350 – yes vote = 57%

Young Singers from Winsley and Churchfields Primary Schools to perform two shows about Olympic Ideals £520 – yes vote = 53%

Pregnancy Simulator for educational projects £430 – yes vote = 45%

Computer Babies residential overnight training £250 – yes vote = 41%, it was agreed by the members that this project would also be supported with funding from the Area Board budget.

Trip to Snow Dome in Tamworth for introduction to skiing and snowboarding £223 – yes vote = 29%, this project did not receive funding.

Bids for a DJ Music Arts Project and fact finding trip to Motion Skate Park in Bristol were not presented and were not awarded any funding.

The Chairman thanked all the young people for their hard work in presenting their projects.