The youth service in Wolverhampton had been thinking for a while about setting up an initiative where young people had a say in how money was spent on them, but it never had the necessary funds. Then in 2006 along came the youth opportunity and youth capital funds and gave the council £327,875 to distribute.
With a bit of advice from Mary Mills, chief executive of youth-led grant-making organisation YouthBank, the youth service decided it was the right time to set up its own YouthBank to oversee the delivery of its youth opportunity and youth capital funds.
Who is on the panels? There are six YouthBank branches spanning six areas of the local authority. A seventh branch has also been created that looks at issue-based and cross-city applications.
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