AN initiative to set up a Young Brewery Creative Council (YBCC) has received a £1,000 cash boost from Kendal Town Council.

The YBCC will see the town's Brewery Arts Centre select 12 young people, aged 14 to 25, from local schools, youth groups and users of Brewery Youth Arts.

A letter to town councillors from Brewery Chief Executive Richard Foster said: “This new council will not just be an advisory body but an active commissioner with a sizeable budget to ‘co-create’ new ideas, new programmes and service innovations.”

The Brewery is also submitting a bid to the Paul Hamlyn Foundation to fund the ambitious project over a three-year period.