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1 Summary

1.1 This report provides details of the annual revenue grants to voluntary youth organisations. The report includes recommendations to the Executive Member for Education totalling £108,500 to organisations who have made applications to this budget. These recommendations have been based on the revised grants policy and criteria, which were approved at the July 1999 meeting of the Youth Service Sub-Committee.

2 Budget 2003/2004

2.1 The grants budget available to support voluntary organisations in 2003/04 is £195,600. At the December 1998 Youth Service Sub-Committee it was agreed to allocate the grants budget on a formula basis to reflect county and district needs and priorities resulting in the following amounts being available for allocation:

Project Development Grants		£35,600
Annual Revenue Grants
50% to County organisations		£80,000
50% to local organisations by formula:
Fareham	£6,500
Test Valley	£8,500
Gosport	£7,000
East Hants	£6,800
Eastleigh	£6,600
Hart	£5,000
Rushmoor	£6,900
New Forest	£8,800
Basingstoke	£8,700
Winchester	£6,600
Havant	£8,600
	Total:	£80,000
Total of revenue grants budget 2003/04		£195,600

2.2 The applications and proposed allocations are outlined in the appendix, and leaves the following balances for 2003/04.

2.3 It should be noted that some organisations hold significant balances or reserves in their financial accounts, these are held in accordance with the Charity Commission's guidelines where appropriate.

Project development grants		£35,600
Fareham		£6,500
Eastleigh		£6,600
East Hants		£6,800
Basingstoke		£8,700
Gosport		£2,000
Test Valley		£8,500
New Forest		£3,800
Hart		£5,000
Havant		£3,600
Balance 2003/04		£87,100

Recommendations

That it be a RECOMMENDATION to the Executive Member for Education:

1 That the grant allocations as set out in the appendix and summarised below, totalling £108,500 be approved;

2 That the balance of the Annual Revenue Grants be added to the Project Development Grants for further allocation by the Panel;

Ref no.		Amount
ARG106	Off The Record	£5,000
ARG107	Portsmouth Diocesan Board of Education	£4,000
ARG108	Girlguiding Hampshire North	£2,000
ARG109	Hampshire County Scout Council	£4,000
ARG110	Winchester Detached Youth Work Project	£3.300
ARG111	Hampshire and Isle of Wight Youth Options	£16.000
ARG112	The Carroll Youth Centre	£3,300
ARG113	Hampshire Federation of Young Farmers'Clubs	£18,000
ARG114	Girlguiding Hampshire East	£3,000
ARG115	Youth Clubs Hampshire and Isle of Wight	£23,000
ARG116	The Source - Rushmoor	£3,000
ARG117	Emmaus Project - Rushmoor	£3,900
ARG119	New Forest and Romsey Mobile Project	£5,000
ARG120	Groundwork Solent	£5,000
ARG121	Hampshire Council for Voluntary Youth Services	£10,000
	Totals allocated	£108,500

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