Agenda item

Ollie Phipps, the Community Youth Officer for Malmesbury, will be in attendance to provide an update on the membership of the Local Youth Network (LYN) Management Group.

The Area Board members will decide the membership of the Local Youth Network (LYN) Management Group.

Councillors will be asked to consider the Youth Grants report and make recommendations on the applications received. The following applications have been received from:

a)    Crudwell Climbing Wall: Are seeking £268

b)    Malmesbury Support Workshops: Are seeking £450 + £600 for 1:1 support. (On the conditions that participation is raised from 6 to 8 young people and the reduced amount of money is agreed).

c)     Community Transport for Later Buses: Further quotes from more bus companies required plus support from the LYN management group following our online questionnaire.

d)    Music Workshops: To be awarded a smaller fund of money once we have more information on how the money will be spent on and how many young people engaged.

e)    Archery: Are seeking £285 plus looking for local providers for long term work.

f)      Brinkworth Board Gaming Group: Are seeking £150 on the condition they will work with me to improve attendance and work with other villages.

g)    Revolution Youth Motor Project: We are holding £1000 ready for the project but will not officially award the money until a storage unit is found and mechanics mat, which I will support.

h)    Skaters of Luckington: Have been awarded no money but offered support to look at future opportunities.

Ollie Phipps, Community Youth Officer (CYO) for Malmesbury community area, was in attendance to provide an update on the Local Youth Network (LYN), present the proposed LYN management membership, and any youth grants.

Kath Brownlee, Community Development Worker for the Army Welfare Service, had provided written updates for circulation. The update listed a schedule of events and regular activities.

The LYN was described as a network for any organisations that worked with young people. Around 140 people were currently a part of it. The LYN launch event had taken place on 9 December 2014 with about 50 in attendance. The LYN would work to achieve what young people in the community area needed, and work had started on the needs assessment for young people in Malmesbury.

Members of the LYN management were to be taken on a trip in order to promote bonding and provide training. The training would include how to evaluate any funding applications they would receive.

The list of recommended youth funding was presented.

Cllr Berry offered support with the archery project, as an archer lived in his parish.

Decision

1.     To award the following funding:

·       Crudwell Climbing Wall was awarded £268.

·       Malmesbury Support Workshops was awarded £450 + £600 for 1:1 support, on the condition that participation was raised from 6 to 8 young people.

·       The Archery Project was awarded £285.

·       The Brinkworth Board Gaming Group was awarded £150, on the condition that they work with the CYO to improve attendance and engage with other villages.

·       To set aside £1000 for the Revolution Youth Motor Project until a storage unit is found and a mechanics mat.

2.     To ratify the proposed membership of the LYN management group.