In a matter of weeks, I'll be taking possession of the new Salmon Youth Centre in Bermondsey, south London. When fully complete in two years' time, the centre will have cost just over 10m, making it one of the largest youth facilities in the UK. But my recent fact-finding trip to the US proved that such centres are not unique. In fact, they are fairly standard for Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA), the organisation that hosted me and that has more than 4,000 member clubs across the US.
During my trip last month, I visited several clubs and attended BGCA's annual conference at the "largest Marriot hotel in the world" in Orlando, Florida. More than 3,000 delegates, including a delegation from Clubs for Young People in the UK, were there. It left me wondering how great it would be to have a similar event in the UK.
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