EPICs - Exceptional People in Camden Awards 2008
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Youth opportunity fund panel
The youth opportunity fund panel distributes grants to disadvantaged groups of young
people in Camden.
They have the important responsibility of managing an annual budget of £240,000, and
ensure that all applications are fairly assessed. So far more than 250 youth-led projects have been successful.
The panel takes time to visit and inspect all the projects to ensure young people have the right support and the best quality of service.
The task of assessing hundreds of applications requires commitment, patience, knowledge and dedication and the youth opportunity fund panel has shown throughout the last year that they possess these qualities.
In addition, they have volunteered more than 200 hours of their time to carrying out tasks such as organising youth awards events, training children aged seven to thirteen on managing budgets and inspecting services.
Virgilio Varela, nominator, said: “Their work is inspiring and empowering in that their peers take on similar roles in their local communities.”
Highly commended by the judges
- Vicki Lynch
Finalists
- Daniel Cunningham
- Jessica Fox
- Axel Landin and Louise Suen
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