Minutes of the Meeting of the Youth Committee
held on Friday 8 March 2002 at 8.20pm in the Youth Centre
Present: HM Smith (chair), L Henderson, LC Twinn
Min 134/02
1 Apologies for absence PC Shulver, Sue Lester
2 Minutes
The minutes of the meeting of 10 December 01 were approved and
signed as a true record.
5. SCYPP. HMS, LH and LCT had attended the seminar on 25th Feb.
Yvonne Kuch had agreed to arrange some detached youth work here
after Easter. Kate D'Arcy would be asking her to help next
Thursday also.
3 Request for financial contribution for third youth worker on Monday
evenings
Agreed to meet these costs until we could find a volunteer to work
on Monday evenings. Sarah Ross had agreed fill this post for the
time being.
4 Pavilion extension
- working party meeting date 15 March or after Easter. The following
had expressed an interest at this planning stage: HMS, LH, LCT,
Paul Seaman (structural engineer),Chris Palmer, Fraser Confrey,
Doug Teeboon, Karen Finney, Andy Macpherson, Ray Scott,
Frank Solomon, Trevor Peck, Pauline Brindle
- ideas for funders: HMS has a list. Need to get information about
Community Fund.
- Also Connexions, which may have money for capital projects for
the Youth.
- detailed design: PS will draw preliminary elevations, which we can
discuss with SCDC planners. Working party can discuss details also.
Will then need proper detailed plans for planning permission and
building tenders.
- Need to find an architect for the drawings. Andrew Curley was
suggested.
- plan of campaign:
Pump-priming money may be needed to employ an architect before
we can get to the point of presenting a scheme to large-scale
donors (Lottery, SCDC, etc).
Request to PC to authorise us to use some of the remaining
capital money in the Youth Budget for the building (£2,700)
for this if necessary.
5 Skate Park
Sue Lester would be at Youth Club on Monday 11th to encourage
the young people to organise some fund-raising activities. Car
cleaning and a sponsored event had been mentioned. To be
advertised in the Village View.
Grant Applications had been sent in the name of MCC to the following:
Garfield Weston Foundation £5,000
Charles Hayward Foundation £5,000
Earl Fitzwilliam Charitable Trust £1,500
National Lottery Awards for All £5,000 (Golden Jubilee project)
WREN £10,000
Other possible funders:
Foundation for Sport and the Arts £2,000
South Cambs District Council (Jane Lampshire, Youth Sport
Initiative) Will fund the 11% for WREN via a grant to PC, and
we should apply for shortfall (up to 50% total).
6 AOB
1 LH, HMS and Ian Cowley had interviewed a prospective Ridley Hall
Youth Work student, who may be available from September to ease
our staffing problems. Another student is also interested.
2 6 members of Histon & Impington Youth Committee had met with the
youth committee at 7pm.
3 Robert Harrison of the Young Carers Project at Centre33 will be
hiring the Youth Centre on Saturdays from 11am-1pm fortnightly
from 27th April.
4 Karen Finney has received the grant to set up the teenagers
Kids R Us after school club after Easter in the Youth Centre.
5 MYCMG hope to meet on Wed 20th March. 8pm with as many youth
workers present as possible to discuss recent issues at the
Youth Clubs. Young people are discussing Youth Centre issues
on Tuesday 12th March, and matters arising from that session
would also be discussed.
The meeting ended at 9.20pm.