Nottingham City will distribute £465,000 in youth opportunity fund money and £200,000 in youth capital fund money in 2010/2011. The city worked with YouthBank UK and an in-house grants team to set up its own local YouthBank, which handles about 200 applications a year.
How are applications dealt with? Jon Rea, Nottingham City Council's strategic lead for engagement and participation, says the city's youth opportunity and youth capital fund panel has adopted an intensive, youth-led process that involves micro-management and very close scrutiny of applications.
One key lesson the panel has learned is that there is a big reward attached to scrutinising applications. "It pays off because you get really good applications," says Rea.
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