Lewisham bids for new youth centre

28 September 2009 Youth Work

Young people in Lewisham, south London, have convinced their council to bid for 3.5m from the government for a state-of-the-art youth centre.

A group of five young people urged councillors last month to use the Myplace programme to support a new centre in the Sydenham area.

Lewisham Mayor Sir Steve Bullock praised young people for pressing for the new centre: "I just now hope that we can give young people a youth facility to be proud of."

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