The 350,000 centre on the Townsend estate is owned by the Townsend Youth Partnership and will be run with Bournemouth Borough Council. It will serve 11- to 19-year-olds and is backed by 100,000 from the Community Fund plus money from local trusts and the council.
A full-time youth and community worker and a permanent learning co-ordinator will be employed by the centre.
Alan Farmer, senior youth worker for northeast Bournemouth at the council, said the centre offered young people hope in one of the town's biggest council estates, where there are no buses or postboxes because of fears of antisocial behaviour. "There's nothing in the area for young people, so for the first time those living on the estate will have a dedicated place of their own," he added.
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