There aren't many five-star hotels that have the Dyson airblade hand dryer fitted as standard. Or that have the touch-sensitive tiles for turning on and off the showers. That's why it's surprising to find them in a youth club.
This isn't any old youth club, though. This is the £8m Salmon Youth Centre in Bermondsey, south London - the new flagship centre of Clubs for Young People and one of the clubs that was trumpeted in this year's 10-year youth strategy as providing a blueprint for how youth facilities could look in the future.
While spending money on luxury fixtures and fittings might seem a wilful waste of precious youth work resources, the youth centre is unrepentant about its approach.
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