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East Marsh youth club plans £40k makeover

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A YOUTH centre in the heart of Grimsby's East Marsh could soon be hosting a drop-in service each evening.

Organisers of The Shalom Youth Centre have applied for grant funding to offer more facilities to young people.

The Rutland Street centre has outlined plans for a £40,000 refit.

Young people gave their views on how they would like their centre to look for future generations of young people.

It could soon have a number of computers for the young members to look for training and job opportunities.

Last year Shalom celebrated its 40th anniversary.

It is 25 years since it was last refurbished. Cleethorpes architect, Mark Hodson has helped members by hosting design workshops at the centre to find out what style they wanted.

Canon John Ellis, vicar of neighbouring St John and St Stephen, said the young people overcame a dilema with their chosen colour scheme of orange.

The colour matched that of Rachel Harred's nail varnish!

She went along to B&Q with John and Michaela Keetley to get an exact match.

Canon Ellis said: "It was an unusual way of choosing the colour but they are happy they have the colour they want."

He added: "We have not had a refurbishment for 25 years. It is still in good working order but looking a little tired.

"We would like to provide a drop-in evening for the young people who hang about in Grant Thorold Park."

Canon Ellis also announced the former Space Project, which closed last week, would be taken over by Scunthorpe-based group Fluent.

The facility will continue to provide support for school pupils who risk being excluded from schools in North East Lincolnshire.

When it was the Space Project, members were called space cadets. Among them was film actor Thomas Turgoose, who rose to fame in This Is England. Canon Ellis said: "The project helped him enormously. When it closed we had people in tears because it has been like a family to them.

"We are looking at a new partnership with Fluent, who are going to be using the building for very similar things to what Space did. It will provide life coaching.

"They take people for one or two days of the week to help build them up. We are hoping when the young people come back in September they are going to be excited with the look of the new facility.

"We are also hoping to install computers with Wi-fi so they can do job searches.

"Most of the members don't have computers at home, so they are coming to us in increasing numbers to look for work with the ones we have. When we have more they will have greater chances to look for opportunities."

Canon Ellis appealed to any volunteers to join in the refurbishment.

He said: "Anyone who is willing to help can just turn up and we will give them a roller and paint and let them get on with it."

The centre has a feature wall in memory of former member Danny Cooper, 18.

He was the victim of a brutal attack by Richard Winn who knocked him to the ground with two powerful punches and continued hitting him.

Daniel died from head injuries.

Winn, 20, of Grimsby, was locked up for five years after admitting manslaughter on July 15, 2011.

The youth centre has about 175 young people attending each week and more than 350 have accessed the facilities regularly.

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