Agenda item
Youth Activities Small Grants Fund 2010/11 - Applications for Round Two Funding (ECS/11/041)
Minutes:
With reference to article 22 of the minute of its previous meeting of 21 April, 2011 the Committee had before it a report by the Director of Education, Culture and Sport which presented the recommendations of the Youth Activities Grant Funding Group for the second round of funding for the financial year 2011/12, which had a closing date of 28 April, 2011.
The Committee resolved:
(i) to approve funding to the following organisations:
Summary of Application |
Decision |
|
African Women’s Group |
To purchase equipment to set up a film making group. |
to award £1,500 |
Aberdeen (Cults) Scout Group |
To help fund a return trip to Gomel to help develop English teaching methods. |
to award £350 |
Granite City School of Darts |
To fund travel, entry fees, new boards and shirts for young people to take part in competitions in other areas of Scotland. |
to award £1,485 |
Oldmachar Vikings Visit Orkney |
To fund a trip to Orkney. |
to award £825 |
Granite City Explorer Scout Unit |
To help fund a trip to Poland to help local communities improve their English. |
to award £1,500 |
The Scottish Romanian Society |
To help fund a celebration of International Children’s Day in Aberdeen. |
to award £1,375 |
Cults Bowling Club – Junior Section |
To purchase equipment to start up a junior bowling club. |
to award £1,096.93 |
Foyer Lifeskills |
To purchase equipment to enable group to mix, record and design a CD. |
to award £950 |
3rd Aberdeen Girls’ Brigade |
To cover the cost of three girls to attend a national residential leadership training course. |
to award £240 |
Girl Guiding Aberdeen |
To help fund a national camp in the Netherlands. |
to award £1,500 |
Castlegate Seniors |
To help fund a stage production of ‘The Revenge of Sherlock Holmes’. |
to award £1,500 |
Deeside Explorer Scout Unit |
To help fund a two week cross country hike across Poland for five Deeside Explorers. |
to award £1,458 |
Girls Allowed |
To cover the costs of participation in the Braemar Highland Safari. |
to award £375 |
Guarana |
To cover the cost of a trip to Luton Samba Drumming Workshop weekend. |
to award £1,500 |
Youth Outreach Bus |
To purchase games and films for the bus. |
to award £600 |
Stoneywood Scout Group |
To help fund a stay at a residential activity centre. |
to award £1,500 |
Hazlewood Art Attack |
To purchase materials to design and produce a large textile work of art. |
to award £600 |
Inspire’s Holiday Activity Scheme |
To fund snowboarding at the dry slopes at Kaimhill for young people who attend the holiday Activity Scheme. |
to award £270 |
ACT 2 – Devising Skills for the 21st Century |
To provide training, advice and support for tutors. |
to award £1,440 |
Music 4 U |
To purchase music equipment and educational software. |
to award £1,264 |
(ii) to instruct the Director of Education, Culture and Sport to arrange for the funds to be distributed accordingly;
(iii) to request that the Youth Activities Funding Group reconsider the application from Station House Media Unit (SHMU) (reference YAG/11/07);
(iv) to note that the application from Granite City Explorer Scout Unit had been withdrawn, and therefore that the funding of £1,500 would not be granted; and
(v) to instruct that details of the criteria which the applications are set against be circulated to members of this Committee for information.
Supporting documents:
- Youth Activities Small Grants Fund, item 27. PDF 32 KB
- Youth Activities Small Grants Fund - Appendix, item 27. PDF 66 KB