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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:

 

Group Name

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.

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