Document Youth Development Fund Grant Allocations 2024

The Committee was asked to determine a number of applications to the Youth Development Fund which had been through the latest round of consideration by an Officer/Member panel.

Members noted that the total fund allocation was £35,000 from which grants of up to £7,000 could be awarded.  The Committee was advised that 12 applications had been received and one subsequently withdrawn.  Officers were asked to provide Members with more details about the organisation that withdrew its application for funding and why (if such information held).

The panel considering the applications agreed that the first 6 projects on the list below should be recommended for approval and the last project was determined by Officers.  These were:

Four applications were rejected for a combination of reasons including location, previous funding, lack of opportunities for a broad range of young people and lack of detail in the application.  The rejected applications were from Runnymede Chess Youth Association, Eikon, Total Tennis and St Peter’s Church, Chertsey.  Officers agreed to provide Members with a breakdown of why the application from Eikon was rejected.

Officers were asked to consider a second round of funding in consultation with the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Committee for the remaining balance [of £17,775] and to re-visit the maximum value of grant available accordingly.

Resolved that –

i)          Members approve the panel recommended successful applications to the Youth Development Fund Grant;

ii)         Members approve to reject the panel recommended unsuccessful applications to the Youth Development Fund Grant; and

iii)        Members approve the Officer recommended successful applications to the Youth Development Fund Grant