Two young people from South Ayrshire Carrick Academy and Girvan Academy attended a seminar in Edinburgh on 15 May 2005, to create the guidelines for the Young Persons Challenge Fund. The seminar was arranged by Dialogue Youth and the Scottish Government, and was held at COSLA Headquarters.

The objective of the day was for representative young people to identify the criteria that should be applied to the Young Persons Challenge Fund (YPCF).

The YPCF challenges Scotland’s young people to find ways of making public services more responsive to their needs by using new technology. The challenge was set by Scottish Ministers and the Fund is currently valued at £0.5 million.

Information on the Fund will be circulated later in the summer.

May 2005