Organisation: Doxford Youth Project Issue Lack of provision for young people in the community
THE SITUATION
Complaining to their detached youth workers that there were no facilities for them in the area, young people said they wanted to develop a youth club. With youth worker support young people made a video to highlight the issue and gain the support of the local community. They used the film to show how they often hung around the train station and raised the issue of safety. Following a public screening of Boredism, nine community members volunteered to help run a youth club and the Miners Welfare Hall was offered as a venue for six months rent free.
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