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Application for Youth Activities Small Grants Fund 2010/11 - Round 1 (ECS/10/057)

Minutes:

With reference to article 25 of the minute of its meeting of 10 December, 2010, 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 first round of funding for the financial year 2010/11, which had a closing date of 30 April, 2010.

 

The report advised that twenty four new applications had been received this round, and twenty one recommendations for funding had been made by the Youth Activities Grant Funding Group. The report continued that the total sum recommended for approval was £24,696, and that if the recommendations outlined were approved there would be an uncommitted budget of £25,304 remaining.

 

Appended to the report were details of the applications received and the recommendations made by the Youth Activities Grant Funding Group.

 

The Committee resolved:-

(i)         to ratify the recommendations of the Youth Activities Grant Funding Group and to therefore approve funding to the following organisations:

 

Group Name

Summary of Application

Decision

Don Swimming Club

 

To fund bus and pool hire to attend a swimming competition in Inverness.

 

to award £1,227

Young LGBT Group

 

To allow young LGBT people to plan and organise their own events and activities. 

to award £739

Transition Group – Middlefield Youth Flat

To fund the cost of a trip to Edinburgh for 8 young people. 

to award £1,175

Noble Brothers’ Productions

 

To purchase a sound microphone and adaptor. 

to award £1,360

East End Girls FC

To fund the cost of good indoor training facilities, based in a central location with high quality coaches.

to award £1,500

SHMU FM Youth Radio Project

To fund team building activities over summer recess at Aberdeen Sports Village.

to award £825

Girls Only SHMU

To purchase equipment to enable better quality productions to be produced.

to award £1,490

SHMU Train – Torry Academy

To purchase media technology equipment.

to award £1,500

21st Aberdeen (Cults) Scouts

To part fund a return trip to Gomel.

to award £350

Craiglea Children’s Centre

To purchase fishing equipment.

to award £1,500

Stoneywood/Dyce Cricket Club

To purchase a mobile cricket net cage for practice sessions.

to award £1,480

Dee Boys’ Club

To fund the cost of a new fence around football pitches.

to award £1,500

Powis Gateway Community Centre

To fund the cost of setting up a youth computer facility at Powis Gateway Community Centre.

to award £1,380

St Machar Academy 2010/11 Citizenship Group

To fund the cost of this group taking part in the Youth Achievements Awards.

to award £1,270

Trinity Court Tenant Group

To fund the cost of the Tenant Group to take part in activities and workshops.

to award £1,500

Sensory Support Service Peer Support Group

To enable young people with hearing loss and visual impairment to take part in activities with others who face similar challenges. 

to award £1,500

Bucksburn Academy’s Environmental Group

To fund the cost of a safe route/path to school and to build a wildlife area.

to award £1,500

St Machar Academy’s Environmental Studies Class

To fund the cost of improvements to the school grounds in relation to the quality of the environment.

to award £1,400

Aberdeen Scout Network

To fund the cost of a trip to Kenya for 5 days to volunteer at an orphanage.

to award £1,500

 

and

(ii)        to instruct the Director of Education, Culture and Sport to arrange for the funds to be distributed accordingly.

 

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