The Head of Leisure, Parks and Community Services submitted a report (previously circulated, now appended).

The Board also had before it a report (previously circulated, now appended) from the Scrutiny Committee on 2 July.

Councillor Fooks spoke on the item.  She referred to Appendix 4 to the report insofar as it dealt with the activity preferences of young people and suggested that in relation to the Strategy it appeared to her to be sport-focussed whereas the activity preferences were very much broader than sport.

Both the Board Member and the Head of Leisure, Parks and Communities responded by saying that the Strategy was not and would not be biased towards sport and that the Council would continue to respond to activity preferences of young people.

Resolved to approve the Youth Ambition Strategy for the Council for the period 2013 – 2017 as set out in Appendix 3 to the report.