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Rural communities get horsebox youth club

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A converted horsebox has become a mobile youth club for young people in rural communities across Gateshead.

The chassis, usually used to build a horsebox, was used to form the frame of the club. It can hold 15 young people inside at a time and with its awning an additional 15 outside.

Gateshead council said it hopes to base it in fields for different events, so it could provide services for more than 100 young people at a time.

The horsebox, which was converted and fitted out using £80,000 of funding from Youth Capital Plus, includes a kitchen, space for Wii and Playstation games and a private room for confidential discussions. The council hopes the club will also host sporting activities and campaigns to raise drug and alcohol awareness.

The mobile club aims to provide a safe place to socialise for more than 3,000 young people.

Harry Matthews, youth and community learning manager for West Gateshead at Gateshead Council said: "West Gateshead is a rural area, which includes a number of small villages - some of which don't have an awful lot of youth provision.

"The mobile bus is an excellent way of providing additional facilities for the young people in these areas and, if successful, we will look at the possibility of rolling out the scheme to other areas across Gateshead."

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