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Princes Trust Team Leader Paul Edwards and St Georges Community Housing Community Warden Steve Doyle with Princes Trust volunteers at Troy Youth Club.
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Prince’s Trust programme Volunteers have given Troy Youth Club in Pitsea a revamp to help build community links with young people living in the area.
The youth club, run jointly by staff from St Georges Community Housing and Basildon District Council, is visited by more than 45 teenagers every week despite suffering from dated facilities.
Fifteen Prince’s Trust programme volunteers, who learned about the youth club through St Georges Community Housing, raised £680 to buy paint and materials to give the youth club a much-needed facelift.
The volunteers spent two days packing bags at Tesco in Pitsea and running a stall at Basildon Market to raise the funds. Both Tesco and Basildon market have continuously supported the Prince’s Trust.
Paul Edwards, Prince’s Trust team leader employed by the Essex County Council Integrated Youth Service to deliver the Prince’s Trust programme said:
“The volunteers chose to dedicate their time to Troy Youth Club because it is used by so many different people in the community, not just the youth, but also fitness and religious groups and they felt a lot of people would really benefit from the refurbishment.”
In addition to giving the interior a fresh coat of paint, the volunteers also created a cartoon themed mural on the building’s exterior to inspire new members coming through the doors.
Steve Shynn, interim chief executive of St Georges Community Housing said:
“Troy Youth Club plays an integral role in the community, not only giving young people living in the area somewhere safe to meet, but also helping to build links between St Georges Community Housing and our tenants.
“The fantastic work carried out by the volunteers will hopefully encourage even more young people to use the facilities and to benefit from the wide range of activities that take place there.”
The youth club operates out of the Trenham Centre on Wednesday
evenings from 6pm until 9pm. Regular activities include table
tennis, pool, arts and crafts, painting, dance lessons and DJ
workshops. Chelsea Football Club have also run football coaching
sessions through the youth club.
