Agenda item

Introduction to tonight’s event, background to ‘participatory budgeting’ and explanation of voting.

Presentations by groups of young people (3 minutes each) followed by voting:

·        Project Parkour

·        Bus information cards

·        High ropes course

·        Club Boom trip

·        Subsidised Bus fares

·        Mini bus hire

Final presentation of results

The Chairman gave a brief Introduction to the night’s event, which covered background to ‘participatory budgeting’ and an explanation of the interactive voting system which would be used to score the presentations and the criteria that would be used, which was:

• Value for money.

• Who will benefit.

• Quality of presentation.

He then handed over to Damian Haases, (Canberra Youth Centre) who introduced each of the three minute presentations and helped to co-ordinate questions that the audience put to the young people present about their presentations.

The presentations were as follows:

• Project Parkour

Is an athletic discipline, in which participants traverse any environment in the most efficient way possible using their physical abilities, and which commonly involves running, jumping, vaulting, rolling and other similar physical movements.

Cost - £816 for a training day for forty young people at Christie Miller sports centre, the training would conducted by  London based parkour coaches.

• Bus information cards

Which was a credit card size bus fare information card, with information that sets out the cost of a single and return for First and Fare Saver coaches to most popular local destinations. By having this card young people would know how much the fare would cost and if they had been over-charged.

      Cost - £500 for 2500 double sided plastic business cards.

• High ropes course

3 x High rope courses at the Braeside tree top assault course, which would give young people a fun day out and improve their confidence.

Cost - £875 for 3 x high rope courses, and the cost of a mini bus driver, it was hoped that a free mini bus would be used.

• Club Boom trip

The hire of Club Boom, a soft play area at Bowerhill, Melksham, which included bucking bronco, surf board, gladiators, lazer and disco zones.

      Cost - £875 for 5 x two hour Club Boom events.

• Subsidised Bus fares

To negotiate reduced bus fares during the October 2010 half term to enable young people within the Melksham community area to travel to Bath, Swindon and Trowbridge at a discounted price using First buses.

      Cost - £1000 to be paid to First to enable a discounted price for all young people from Melksham over October half term.

• Mini bus hire

To hire a mini bus to take young people on day trips.

           Cost - £818 for 2 x Swindon Link Centre, 1 x Birmingham NEC, 1 X Oxenwood weekend away and 1 x Bristol cinema trip.

A sort comfort break was then taken while the votes were being counted up.

The meeting reconvened and the Chairman introduced Cllr Jon Hubbard who thanked all the young people for coming to the area board and presenting some very worth while youth projects.

Results

1^ST – Club Boom.

2^nd – Subsidised bus fares.

3^rd – Project Parkour.

4^th – Bus information cards.

5^th – Mini bus hire.

6^th – High ropes course.

It was agreed by the area board that all the projects would funded and that the Club Boom project, as the winners would be receive funding for an extra Club Boom event.

The Chairman thanked the young people for their projects and the Community area manager and youth workers for pulling the event together.