The youth opportunity fund needs you!
Date
17 Jul 2006
- Young people should have:
- a choice of safe, enjoyable places to relax and hang out
- a wider range of activities, including sport, arts and social events
- the chance to take part in interesting experiences
- opporunities for volunteering
The Youth Opportunity and Youth Capital funds are a real commitment from government to empower young people and to give them more choice and influence over provision and facilities in their area.
Through these funds young people will have a central role as:
- decision makers
- grant givers
- project leaders, and
- participants.
Who can apply? Who decides what wins?
There are no restrictions on what the Youth Opportunity Fund can support provided that they support the five outcomes from Every Child Matters:
- Being healthy.
- Staying safe
- Enjoying and achieving
- Making a positive contribution
- Achieving economic well being
Applications to the Youth Opportunity Fund should involve young people, (especially hard to reach young people) in deciding on activities and coming up with things to do: adult workers should support their role as decision makers and project leaders.
Applications to the Youth Capital Fund will be available for a two-year period, and money should be spent on facilities that young people want (groups making applications need evidence supporting this).
The Youth Opportunity Fund and Youth Capital Fund can be used together for projects and initiatives which need funding for facilities and activities.
Bromley are setting up a Young People's Forum to develop a young person led decision making group deciding on how the money is spent and whose applications are successful. Adult workers will support their role as grant givers, e.g. by encouraging the groups to consider local needs and circumstances for young people beyond their immediate group.
Currently Bromley Youth Service is recruiting young people to consider signing up to this two year programme and further information will be available shortly.