Agenda item

The Board will consider the recommendations for Youth funding for 2014/15, arising from the last meeting of the Local Youth Network meeting, as detailed in the attached report.

Officer: Winnie Manning, Community Youth Officer

Tom Bostock, Chairman of the LYN Management Group gave an overview of the three bids for funding from the Community Youth Grant Scheme, as detailed below:

Comments and Questions included:

·       Churches Together was already holding an election husting, it would be better if the two could be combined. Answer: The young people felt that to have their own election husting was less daunting than having to go up against experienced adults, which could be intimidating. They believed that no one husting would take anything away from the other.

·       If the City Hall gave a discount to TALK for the husting, then other groups should also receive a discount, as they would like to use the venue but it was too expensive. Answer: Members of TALK had negotiated their own discount with the City Hall, it had not been an arrangement made through the LYN.

·       Had we checked to see which faith the Friary Youth followed? Answer: The LYN had asked the applicant whether the youth club would be about religion and the answer was no.

Decision

Salisbury Area Board approved the LYN recommendations for funding as follows:

1.     Friary Youth was awarded £972 towards the Easter and Summer Positive Activities project, with the Church being asked to fund the remaining 10% of the project.

2.     The Shak Youth Club was awarded £800 and a further £2,300 would be set aside for the project, which could be drawn down once further information was provided to the LYN on costing future activities in a more robust way.

3.     TALK was awarded £196 towards running election hustings.