first meeting of Greenham Common Trust's
Youth Distribution Committee

Greenham Common Trust's newly formed Youth Distribution Committee has met for the first time.

The Youth Distribution Committee, comprising twelve teenagers from local schools, was formed to make recommendations to the Trust's full Distribution Committee concerning the allocation of charitable awards totalling £10,000.

Before making its recommendations the members of the Youth Distribution Committee considered all 60 applications received by the Trust for awards of under £2,000.

Greenham Common Trust's Stuart Tagg, says: "The Trust has always been keen that the whole community is represented in the decision making process regarding the distribution of our charitable awards. The Youth Distribution Committee has given very careful and mature consideration to the applications put before it and it is refreshing to receive a young person's perspective on local issueand social projects."

The final announcement regarding the allocation of the Greenham Common Trust's standard Awards for 2003, which will include those awarded by the Youth Distribution Committee, will be made in early June, following the meeting of the full Distribution Committee.

The local schools who provided representatives for the Youth Distribution Committee were: The Clere School, Burghclere, The Downs School, Compton, The Hurst Community School, Tadley, Kennet School, Thatcham, Little Heath School, Tilehurst and Theale Green Community School, Reading.

For more information about Greenham Common Trust's Grant Awards contact Melissa Elliott on 01635 817445 or e-mail melissa@greenham-common-trust.co.uk