The biggest centre I visited was Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club in the Bronx, New York. The centre has a huge social area with seven large pool tables and three table football tables. There is also a fitness suite, two basketball courts, a dance studio, as well as many other truly amazing facilities.
With all these spaces, it is easier to deal with large numbers of members across a wide age range. But in the UK we have no such facilities. The organisation I work for, the Salmon Youth Centre in Bermondsey, is pretty unique in that it cost £10m to build, but even then there is no way we could replicate what's on offer in the US.
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