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ADMINISTRATIVE
Policy 9-005: Youth Leadership Grants
Approval Date: February, 28, 2013
Approval Authority: Council, By-Law 3702
Effective Date: February 28, 2013
Next Scheduled Review Year: 2020
Department: Office of the Clerk
Last reviewed: January 2020
Revision Date/s: January 2020
A. POLICY STATEMENT
The Town of Tillsonburg supports youth in our community. This program is
intended to provide financial support to Tillsonburg youth and youth who
participate in activities in Tillsonburg, who represent Tillsonburg at the time of
their achievement, and have demonstrated a desire to succeed and improve
themselves.
B. POLICY
Leadership Grants:
Youth Leadership Grants are in place to provide the Town with a mechanism to
assist an individual youth who resides in Tillsonburg or participates in activities in
Tillsonburg, who has an opportunity to represent Tillsonburg at a local, regional,
provincial, national or international level. The Town of Tillsonburg supports these
opportunities and views them as character building opportunities for our young
people.
The leadership opportunity can be in the areas of entrepreneurship, sport, visual
arts, performance arts, volunteerism, scholarship or any other area deemed
appropriate by the Trustees. The individual applying for the Grant must fill out the
Town of Tillsonburg Youth Leadership Grant application form, providing the Town
with all required information. If the individual is applying as part of a larger
organization, the application must be accompanied with a letter of support from
the organization.
Funding will only be approved for not for profit opportunities. Applications will be
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accepted at the Tillsonburg Customer Service Centre located at 10 Lisgar Avenue,
Tillsonburg or at the Corporate Office located at 200 Broadway, Suite 204.
Applications for support through this program are accepted on an ongoing basis until all
of the funds have been dispersed.
Selection Committee:
The Selection Committee will be the Trustees of the Community Trust. The Committee
will meet in a timely manner when an application has been received to review the
application(s).
The Trustees will follow a scoring protocol to ensure consistency in evaluating the
applications. The Trustees will select recipients for the grant, determine the value of the
award, and advise the applicants of their decision.
Scoring Protocol:
This protocol may be revised as appropriate, and the protocol applied for the current
intake will be available on the Town website along with the application forms.
Eligibility:
Youth who reside in Tillsonburg or participate in activities in Tillsonburg, who represent
Tillsonburg at the time of their achievement, are eligible to apply for funds.
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Scoring Mechanism
Location of Event Points
Available
Points
Awarded
Local 1
Regional 2
Provincial 3
National 4
International 5
References
(insert reference name) 1
(insert reference name) 1
(insert reference name) 1
(insert reference name) 1
(insert reference name) 1
(insert reference name) 1
Funds Secured
None 1
Less than requested 3
Equal to request 5
More than requested 8
More than 2 times the request 10
Presentation 20
40
Score of 20 or less = no funds awarded.
Score of 21-35 - request is weighted at 1
Score above 35 - request is weighted at 2
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Town of Tillsonburg Youth Leadership Grant
Youth Leadership Grants will be given to Tillsonburg youth and youth that participate in
programs in Tillsonburg who represent Tillsonburg at the time of their achievement,
who are between the ages of 13-19 inclusive)
Name of individual: __________________________ Program: ___________________
Name of Coach/Mentor (if applicable): _______________________________________
Name of Sponsors (if applicable):___________________________________________
Contact Person:_________________________________________________________
Contact Information (please include phone number and email address):_____________
______________________________________________________________________
Please provide a detailed summary of needs as the scoring matrix is based on the
materials provided.
Please include the following information:
• Description of event/project/purpose of award
• Age of youth involved
• Time frame of event/project/purpose of award
• Grant amount requested
• Budget outline- including current funds/fundraising completed for this application
• How does this benefit Tillsonburg
• References (minimum 2-6 required)
Please provide letters of support and ensure at least one letter is from the local
organization sponsoring your participation in this opportunity.
Please attach all supporting documentation and references to submission.
Please attach summary to application for submission.
_____________________________
Print name of applicant
_____________________________
Signature of applicant
_____________________________
Date