Sophie Thorpe, a Rye town councillor, organised a session for teenagers and pre-teens to have their say about what they would like included in a youth club in Rye on Friday, April 5 at the leisure centre.
She explains: “Yesterday was great! We had thirty-nine young people attend, aged between 11 and 17 years old. They had a great time on the multi-use games area (MUGA), ending in a community game of football. Kids who had never played together before had a match and loved it! There were some really great ideas regarding their wishes for the youth club and also what they would like Freedom Leisure to offer in the meantime."
The children were happy to chat, one fifteen-year old youngster saying: "I am hoping that the youth club would be able to offer a quiet space for children who are revising for their GCSEs. My house is really busy and it would be nice to go somewhere to be able to concentrate."
A fourteen-year-old boy told Sophie what he would most like: "I would love somewhere that would show football matches and be like a sports bar that I could go to with my friends. I'm currently travelling to Hastings once a week to do this but it's costing my mum a fortune!"
This session was so popular and encouraging that Sophie is running another on Friday, April 12 from 1pm to 3pm so do take up this offer as your thoughts and ideas are being listened to and may well shape the future of a youth club in Rye.
