We are an Anglican church that is heavily focused on serving the local community through youth and children’ s work. Although we are a Christian organisation, many of our projects are not evangelical as we want our Community and Youth Hub to be a space where people of all beliefs are welcome. We are currently running 10 different youth sessions across 5 days a week to cater for young people of different ages and backgrounds. This includes, a girl’s group, small group hubs, youth drop-ins, and a music project. We run sports activity days during the half term holidays. All our groups are free and open-access sessions. We also provide some kind of free food at each session.

We believe that relationship building is absolutely crucial for curbing anti-social behaviour and supporting the vulnerable. It has been noted that there is an increase in antisocial behaviour generally due to lack of services for young people prior to our project starting 5 years ago. Locally there was an increase in antisocial behaviour over the lockdown period with instances of criminal damage to buildings and recreational cannabis use much more noticeable in the area. We would like to divert young people away from this by making all of our activities attractive to young people who might stumble across us or be referred to us by the local authority.

Bespoke Youth –West Molesey

Awarded 2024-2025