Covent Garden Area Youth Club

To think the Youth Club has survived another year is quite incredible, but survive we have. We are still using the Tenants Hall in Red Lion Square (with our grateful thanks to Bruno and his Committee), but once again we have seen changes in our staff.

Anthony Gentle, our longest-standing member of the youth club left - though, not for the first time - to take a sabbatical in the States. He wants to teach and learn more about American Football. We were sad to see him go, as were the young people, but Fay Dobinson, who is taking over from him, is an enormous hit with the girls who attend the club, and she is willing to "hang on in there" while Anthony is away. The committee felt the balance of male/female workers justified their decision.

The main draw back will always be a lack of suitable accommodation in Covent Garden, and like many residents - old and young - we are awaiting the reopening of the Community Centre. We just hope that, in the meantime, both Westminster and Camden appreciate the work that the youth club and the Community Centre committees have put in to keeping the spirit of the community alive.

We, like other voluntary organisations, battle constantly to receive funding, and Westminster have again come to our rescue. But we now realise that we must tap into other resources if we are going to be able to provide a wider variety of activities. These include one evening a week at the Internet Café in Trafalgar Square, which Phillipe Corette has negotiated for us.

Ending this report, I'd like to thank everyone involved in the youth club for their work and dedication. I'd like to say a particular thanks to Stan Sheriff, who has had a very difficult start to 2001 in losing his wife Paula so suddenly, but his support of the youth club has never wavered. Thank you Stan.

Janet Reid

Covent Garden Community Association Annual Report 2000-2001

 

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