Issue - meetings

This report presents the recommendations of YorKash Panel of young people for distribution of the £170k YorKash Fund.

This year there is £170,000 available for projects for young people in the City. £25k of this comes from Lifelong Learning, and Culture section of City of York Council, £90k comes from the Youth Opportunities Fund (YOF) and £55k from the Youth Capital Fund (YCF), which are both central governments funds. The criteria for the distribution of the funds were based on those agreed at the Leisure and Heritage Committee Meeting of May 2002, but adapted by the YorKash Panel to incorporate the requirements associated with the YOF and YCF as well.

 Advice of the Advisory Panel:

That the Executive Member be advised to approve the proposals from the YorKash Fund as detailed in Annex 1.

Decision of the Executive Member:

RESOLVED:    That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.

REASON:         In order to support young people’s participation and involvement within the City and increase the range of activities and spaces that are open to young people.

Members considered a report that presented the recommendations of YorKash Panel of young people for distribution of the £170k YorKash Fund.

Two panel members from YorKash spoke to Members. They said that there had been a good response to the project and they had met many times to discuss issues ultimately leading to 34 of the applicants receiving funding. The panel of young people had developed the funding criteria, the application form and the publicity for the scheme. The group also organised a press event in the City Centre distributing fortune cookies to young people.

Members expressed their thanks to the panel of young people for their hard work and congratulated them on the wide range of projects funded as well as the geographic cover of the projects chosen.  They said that the application form had obviously been very well designed as the right information appeared in annex 1 of the report.

Members queried the rejection of the application from York Ebor District Scouts on the grounds that it would only benefit a small number of people. They expressed the concern that small groups will often grow into much bigger groups if funding is provided.

Officers and YorKash panel members stated that York Ebor District Scouts had put in more than one bid for funding and had actually been awarded funds for a different project.

It was also announced that Sarah Nicholson was to cover for Carole Pugh whilst she was on maternity leave.

Advice of the Advisory Panel:

That the Executive Member be advised to approve the proposals from the YorKash Fund as detailed in Annex 1.

Decision of the Executive Member:

RESOLVED:    That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.

REASON:         In order to support young people’s participation and involvement within the City and increase the range of activities and spaces that are open to young people.