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The Sheerness County Youth Club and
Activity Centre
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Introduction
Youth Clubs come in all shapes
and sizes. Television often portrays them as run down scruffy places,
where young people hang out, but in the '90s things have changed.
They are now becoming high tech with up-to-date facilities to meet
the needs of the modern teenager.
Our Centre in Sheerness is
probably one of the best equipped Centres in Kent, with a warm
friendly atmosphere where you will feel safe and be safe, where you
will have a wide range of activites to choose from and the chance to
meet other young people and make new friends.
Our staff team aim to provide you
with the very best service. A place where you will be treated as an
individual, not just one of the crowd.
We have members who joined at the
age of 13 and stayed until 20!
No one stays 8 years at a Club
unless it is good, and because we cater for older members the
programme is professional with always something new to do. It is
certainly not kids' stuff, but at the same time you don't have to be
particularly good at anything to take part.
Remember.
Words sound Good.
Photos look Good.
But you need to visit the Club to
realise that it is Good.
Look forward to seeing you there.
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Activity
Plus
Age 12 to 20
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Evenings
The Activity Plus programme is
the main centre programme. Each member chooses two activities on each
evening they attend. We provide a wide choice from sporting
activities to creative arts, so it should not be difficult for you to
find two activities that you can enjoy.
To give you a chance to look
around and settle in, you will not be expected to choose your two
activities for two weeks.
Full details of activities can be
found on this website.
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Girls Club
Our 'Girls only' club is designed
just for girls.
We meet after school every
Wednesday for girls aged 12 to 14.
The main idea of the club is to
encourage and support girls in a friendly atmosphere also to
"Have a Go" at new and challenging activities.
Activities on offer are :- Drama
- Dancing - Artwork - Swimming - Cooking - Beach Combing - Treasure
Hunt - Jewllery Making - Pyrography - Videoing - Table Tennis - Pool
and many more excellent activities. The centre has a canteen serving
hot food, sweets and canned drinks.
So why not come along, join in
the fun and grow in confidence?
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Broadway Boys Club
This club is designed with boys
in mind, providing the sort of activities that appeal to boys between
the ages of 12 to 15, once a member you can stay to the age of 20.
Activities offered include :-
5-a-Side Football - Snooker - Pool - Table Tennis - Creative Arts.
The centre is affiliated to the Kent Boys' Clubs who offer a wide
range of activities like Rock Climbing - Canoeing - Competitions. So
if action is what you want come along.
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Members Committee
Since the year 1960 the centre
has had a Members Committee, but in more recent years it has played a
more active role in the running of the Centre. 12 members meet every
2 weeks, each member of the committee has a responsibility for a
centre activity and in some cases running the activity. The committee
have their own budget control system for spending the centre's funds.
Members who take an interest in
the development of the centre and wish to help with fund raising and
the organisation of the centre activities can be considered for the
Members Committee.
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The Duke of
Edinburgh's Award
This centre can now offer support
to young people who wish to take part in the award. Whether as a
Member of the Centre or as a young person who does not wish to attend
the Centre regularly can sign up for the Award.
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Saturday Club
Open on a Saturday afternoon 2pm
to 4pm just the place to go while shopping in Sheerness with no set
programme you can play pool or table tennis or relax and watch T.V.
The canteen will be open with a
full service.
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Environment
Why not join the Environment
Group who meet on a Wednesday night? We have many new projects planned.
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Membership Information
One off payment of £2.
This will give you membership
from the age you join until you leave covering the main Activity Plus
Programme on Mon/Tue/Wed/Fri evenings and the Saturday Club.
Girls Club and Boys Club
membership is FREE.
You will be asked to pay an
admission charge of :-
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Activity Plus Mon/Tue/Wed |
40p |
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Fri Entertainment Night |
50p |
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Wed Girls Club |
30p |
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Thu Boys Club |
30p |
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Saturday Club |
30p |
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Radio
The Centre has its own internal
radio station called 'Radio Coastline' providing background music
programmes for the Centre. Programmes are recorded on tape from a
selection of over 3,000 records and C.D.s. If you are interested in
radio D.J. presenting, we will train you. Then you may want to move
on to become a Disco D.J. at the Centre's Friday Entertainment Night.
'Radio Coastline' has its own
studio with C.D. and record decks and mixer. The disco unit also has
C.D. decks and mixer, with sound to light and rope lights.
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Stage Mime
The idea of miming on stage was
introduced to the Centre many years ago. This activity is very
popular. Anyone can back a mimer on stage, gaining confidence, you
can then move on to become a lead mimer.
The Centre has a make-up room
with a wide range of costumes, also a stage with lighting and musical
instruments. Rehearsals are held on a Wednesday evening and the best
mime acts are performed on the Friday Entertainment Night, once a
year 20 of the best acts are put together for the Annual Mime Show.
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Dance
There are several dance sessions
a week held in the Centre's dance studio. You can start with the
basics and move into stage at the Friday Entertainment Night.
The Centre's annual Mime shows
and the shows staged around the Island give opportunities for the
keen dancers to present their polished performances in front of an audience.
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Drama
The drama group meets once a
week, acting out a range of exciting sketches and role play
situations. Here's your chance to step into a different character and
act out an imaginary scene.
The drama sessions can lead to
all osrts of opportunities; like becoming a T.V. presenter on one of
the many County T.V.programmes and the possibility of playing a role
in a T.V. drama production.
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Art
Art is one of the more leisurely
activities in the Centre. We provide you with a wide range of
equipment in the art cupboard for sketching, etc. You can have your
own art book and draw while you are waiting for another activity to
start. Special art sessions are held which include: badge making/design/modelling/printing,
etc..
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Video
The Centre has its own Video Unit
called 'County Television Productions'. This unit provides the
members of the Centre with a Television presentation every six weeks.
This presentation is comprised of several programmes, each programme
having its own presenters and camera crews, giving you the option of
either presenting a programme or becoming part of the technical team.
The Centre has a well equipped T.V. studio and editing facilities
with regular training courses giving you the opportunity to obtain
the skills of video production. We are also out and about on location
making videos for the community and for the Centre.
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Pool
The popular activity of Pool is
available on most evenings and afternoon clubs. The Centre has two
tables for Pool or Snooker. For the more experienced players we offer
a green snooker card to play on the main table. You can take part in
the pool ratings. This activity is included in the Centre's Championships.
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Table Tennis
If you have ever wanted to play
table tennis, here's your chance. The Youth Centre has two
professional table tennis tables and a member of staff always willing
to give you coaching. You can either play a friendly game or play in
the Centre's own ratings. If you become a table tennis player you
will have manu opportunities to play in competitions, as part of a
team. You will also have the chance to take part in the Centre's own Championships.
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Multi-Sports
The Centre has a very strong
Multi-Sports activity group. The idea is to cover a wide range of
sports. This activity uses all available sporting facilities on the
Island and around Kent.
There are Girls and Boys sporting
activities which can lead to away competitions and the Centre's own
Summer Olympics.
5-a-side football still features
as a main sporting activity.
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Chess
If you are interested in any of
the table games like: Chess, Draughts, Dominoes and Cards, etc., you
can play these games at any time. Special chess sessions are provided
on one night a week. This activity is included in the Championships.
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Sporting
Highlights of the Year
Club Championships
Chess - Table Tennis - Pool -
Snooker - Darts
Summer Olympic
Marathon - Athletics - Table
Tennis - Putting - Badminton - Rifle Shooting - Cross Country -
Tennis - Swimming - 5 a Side Football
Competitions
County Wide Events
5-A-SIDE FOOTBALL
TABLE TENNIS
POOL
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