Agenda item

To ask councillors to consider the following applications seeking funding from the Area Board’s 2012/13 Youth Budget:

       i.          Lydiard Millicent Pre-School – requesting £1,021 for a multifunction activity/role-play structure.

      ii.          Purton Cricket Club – requesting £995 for a winter academy of eight weeks indoor coaching for the club’s best young players from the Under 9 to Under 15 age groups.

    iii.          Royal Wootton Bassett & District Sea Cadets – requesting £2,400 towards a week’s voyage for 12 cadets aboard the TS Jack Petchey.

    iv.          Lyneham Youth Club – requesting £250 for a 24 week cookery project.

     v.          Purton & Cricklade Youth Centre – requesting £500 for a 24 week cookery project.

    vi.          Purton & Cricklade Youth Centre – requesting £4,000 for the Renov8 project to repaint some large areas of Purton and Cricklade youth centres.

  vii.          All Saints Peoples Puppets – requesting £872 to expand the children’s and youth work by buying key equipment.

 viii.          Royal Wootton Bassett Academy, Gold Duke of Edinburgh Students – requesting £300 towards a Gold award expedition to the Brecon Beacons for 20 students.

    ix.          Royal Wootton Bassett Carnival – requesting £2,580 for a children’s drumming project.

The Chairman then asked the councillors to consider the following applications seeking funding from the area board’s 2012/13 Youth Budget (officers were not required to provide recommendations with respect to the youth funding applications as there were no set criteria and the members were to determine whether they felt each application demonstrated community benefit to local young peo):

Decision

Lydiard Millicent Pre-School were awarded £1,021 for a multifunction activity/role-play structure.

Decision

Purton Cricket Club were awarded £995 for a winter academy of eight weeks indoor coaching for the club’s best young players from the Under 9 to Under 15 age groups.

Decision

Royal Wootton Bassett & District Sea Cadets were awarded £2,400 towards a week’s voyage for 12 cadets aboard the TS Jack Petchey.

Decision

Lyneham Youth Club were awarded £250 for a 24 week cookery project.

Decision

Purton & Cricklade Youth Centre were awarded £500 for a 24 week cookery project.

Decision

Purton Youth Centre were awarded £2,000 for the Renov8 project to repaint some large areas of Purton Youth Centre, on the basis that the young people from Cricklade Youth Centre were invited to take part in this project so that it became a joint project between the two Purton and Cricklade centres. Cricklade Youth Centre was invited to approach the area board in the 2013/14 funding year with an appropriate project proposal.  

Decision

All Saints Peoples Puppets were awarded £872 to expand the children’s and youth work by buying key equipment.

Decision

Royal Wootton Bassett Academy, Gold Duke of Edinburgh students were awarded £300 towards a Gold award expedition to the Brecon Beacons for 20 students.

Decision

Royal Wootton Bassett Carnival were awarded £2,580 for a children’s drumming project.