Friday 18 June 2010

Youth Council offers Youth Development Fund

The Clutha District Youth Council wants to hear from young people or groups in the district who need a financial boost to help them realise an event, project, trip, course or training opportunity.

Applications are now open to the Youth Development Fund, established by this year’s Clutha District Youth Council, to help young people aged 12 to 24 to achieve their goals.

The Youth Council has allocated up to $2,000 of its annual $5,000 project fund to the Youth Development Fund.

Youth Council Chairman Brendan Morrison said the Youth Development Fund is intended to help more young people in the Clutha District reach their potential.

“Youth Councillors felt that there were limited sources of funding available for young people in the Clutha District and we wanted to do our bit to try and help.”

Mr Morrison said the Youth Council had left the criteria for the fund fairly open and each application would be assessed on its merit. “There are so many different things that young people in our district are involved with whether it be sport, music or academic activities just to name a few, so we don’t want to be too restrictive in who can apply to the fund,” he said.

Applicants will be shortlisted and then interviewed by a panel consisting of four youth councillors, one councillor and one Council staff member. The panel will then decide on the number of recipients and what amount they will receive.

Applications to the Youth Development Fund opened on Monday 14 June and close Wednesday 14 July. More information and application forms are available online by clicking here or by contacting Council’s main administration office.

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