Across England, youth clubs are changing. Crumbling old buildings with leaky roofs are being replaced by new state-of-the-art youth centres brimming with the latest gadgetry. This is, of course, if you live in one of the few areas that have successfully secured the necessary funding.
Leading the charge is Bolton Lads and Girls Club. Founded in 1888, its new centre was built in the late 1990s for 5m and attracts 250 young people a night. Jeremy Glover, the club's chief executive, is under no illusions as to why the club is so successful. It's the facilities, stupid.
In fact, Glover wants the Government to learn from Bolton and build 10 more super-clubs using the 40m Youth Capital Fund, rather than fulfilling its plan to spread it across every English local authority.
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