Agenda item

To receive and consider the applications received for the Youth Services Grant Fund.

The Committee received and considered the applications for the Youth Services Grant. Applications totalling £54,342 had been received from fourteen organisations. However, there was an allocated budget of £20,000.

It was agreed early in the discussions that the Committee would review the applications prior to a decision being taken by the Chair, Leader and Deputy Leader of the Council in conjunction with the Deputy Town Clerk at a future scheduled meeting later that week. All Members were in agreement.

However, Members spoke on the merits of each application in order to provide guidance to those delegated to make the final decision. The Committee was supportive of those organisations that provided a clear benefit to Witney residents, and noted that some of the applications had been received from organisations outside of the parish and it was agreed that a scoring system be implemented in order to assist decision making.

The Deputy Town Clerk advised the Committee that a report would be compiled for presentation to the Policy, Governance & Finance Committee on 21 July 2025 for formal agreement on the awarding of funds.

Recommended:

1.      That, the decision of awarding the youth services grant be delegated to the Chair, Leader and Deputy Leader of the Council in conjunction with the Deputy Town Clerk and,

2.      That, a proposal for the awarding of the Youth Services grant be provided to the meeting of the Policy, Governance & Finance Committee on 21 July 2025.