I was about 12 when I started coming to the youth cafe after some mates introduced me to it. I come here after school four days a week. The youth workers run a special club for boys called Blaze, and we've been to the Imax cinema and have watched Chelsea football team play.
There are also weekend residential trips twice a year, which are great fun, educational and build our confidence. At Easter, we stayed at a boarding school in Oxshott, which was great. There was a swimming pool, a games room and a chill room.
Every week we get a football team together and once we had a football trainer in for a whole week. Recently we hosted a charity fun night to raise money for a homeless hostel in Leatherhead. We were so moved after visiting the hostel that we wanted to help. I like coming here - you can chat to the youth workers like they're your mates.
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