The City of York was able to hit the ground running with its youth opportunity and youth capital funds because it had been running a similar scheme - The £50,000 fund - since 1998. It has the tenth smallest allocation among English authorities, receiving £159,913 a year for the youth opportunity fund and £90,000 for youth capital fund.
Instead of starting anew, these funds were added to help develop the existing structures and the project was given a new name: Yorkash.
Who is on the panel? A panel system was already in place before the youth opportunity and youth capital funds began. Carole Pugh, voice and influence officer at York City Council, says the young people involved in the existing panel were retained but now many have moved on and the council is making a big push to recruit a new cohort and, in particular, to target hard-to-reach groups.
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