Young people from Leicester chose the playful title of Yopital Wonga for their combined youth opportunity and youth capital funds. Last year, the panel went on a residential break to undertake the necessary training to consider applications for the funds and then spent a two-day session dealing with more than 90 applications in one go.
The city's allocation for 2007/08 was £241,378 for the youth opportunity fund, of which £175, 588 had been spent by October 2007, and £208,772 for the youth capital fund, of which £90,305 was spent by October.
Who is on the panel? Eight young people were recruited in the first year, the majority of whom have stayed involved for a second year, and an additional six have joined the panel in year two.
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