Sweatbox Campaign

Two weeks ago, along with Jenny Hannaby, I visited the Sweatbox Youth Club in both Grove and Wantage to talk to the young people about what they would like to see in the future. We know that as the King Alfred's 3 to 2 project moves forward, the prospect of east site being sold in the future could lead to over 2,400 youngsters without somewhere safe to go.

The Sweatbox is run by Gary Kingett, the area youth worker for Grove and Wantage, and he works hard to improve and support services for our youngsters. However, what is vitally needed is a brand new state-of-the-art facility to take the club into the 21st century. Ideally, this would be situated between Wantage and Grove and would be a central meeting point for young people to get together from all of the local communities.

The money for this needs to be set aside now by the County Council so that we can start the ball rolling and ensure that the young people can take part in planning for the new project themselves.

Let's push this campaign right into the limelight so that we can make things happen.