Agenda item

To receive the report of the Deputy Town Clerk.

With the permission of the Chair, this item was moved up the agenda so the member of public could hear the discussion and outcome.

The Committee received the report of the Deputy Town Clerk outlining the Youth Services Grant due to open for applications in August 2023.

Following the cessation of Got2B and the approach of the summer holiday period, Members agreed there was a need to be prepared to accept earlier grant requests in order to support young people that were losing this vital resource.

Members were in favour of a strategic meeting with the Oxfordshire County Council Youth Support Service, all authority Councillors, stakeholders and representatives to try and find a solution to the pressing and future needs; this would ensure funding was used wisely from varying sources..

Recommended:

1.      That, the report be noted and,

2.      That, funds are made available from the Youth Services Grant to provide a youth service in Witney during the summer holidays and,

3.      That, this be considered at the meeting of Policy, Governance & Finance Committee on 19^th June.