News - Boys’ club closes after 60 years
A boys’ club, which has been in existence since 1941, is to close later this year. Chairman of Bedminster Boys’ Club, Andy Lewis, said the group’s financial and staffing positions meant it would cease to meet after June. Last year, a 30,000 grant made by Bristol City Council was discontinued after a reorganisation of funding. A potential merger with a girls’ group which would have yielded funding of 12,000 was rejected by club members. Make ends meet “We have been run on a democratic basis since 1967 and the boys voted to stay single sex,” said Mr Lewis. Despite reserve funds and efforts to find other sources of income, the 250-strong club says it will not be able to make ends meet in the future.
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Last week, a closing date of 16 June was set by its adult agencys dating escort uk wiltshire Not many facilities “We wanted to remain the best until the very end, so we took the decision to close it while we were still a high quality club,” added Mr Lewis, who has been a member since 1965. “I have no idea what young people in Bedminster Down will do - there are not many other facilities in the area. “Now it’s up to someone in the community to inspire a new initiative which caters for the needs of young people of today,” he said. Bristol City Council said the decision to change its youth project funding policy was taken in line with advice from Ofsted to channel money into the city’s 14 most deprived areas.
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