YES: April Donnelly, operational manager, Coventry Youth Service
We have a funding panel of 12 to 15 young people. If they say no or yes to something then that is the final word.
We as adults are there to advise them, but they are free to take that on board or ignore that advice.
We also empower young people through other funds as well. Their expertise has been used for Coventry Children's Fund and they have been involved in more creative funding. For example, match funding Positive Activities for Young People money with youth opportunity fund money.
NO: Lenny Sellars, youth worker, Barnsley
The issue here isn't whether or not the youth opportunity fund is creating opportunities for positive outcomes, it is whether or not young people's expressed needs are being met. And it is about whether or not the grant administrators are creating potential barriers by imposing hidden conditions.
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