Harlow Youth
Café
Café Youth
is now open
for young people
aged 11 - 17
Come and make new friends, meet up
with old ones and enjoy a place just for you!
The Zones:
A chill-out zone with comfy
chairs and coffee tables,
A video game and sports zone with
the latest video machines,
a pool table and computers.
A healthy eating zone where all
products are sold at pocket money prices.
Opening
hours:
Saturday: 1 - 5pm
Sunday: 2 - 6pm
Contact:
caroline.jeewan@harlow.gov.uk
Tel: 01279 446012
About Cafe
Youth:
On Friday 28th March 2008, Harlow's Cafe Youth
opened its doors. Over 100 young people visited the new café during
the first weekend of its opening. The café is for young
people aged 11 – 17.
There are 3 zones:
- Play zone - here you can play pool or
Wii
- Chill zone - a sofa area to meet your friends
and listen to music
- Eat zone - where you can buy affordable,
healthy and popular snacks including Fairtrade products. The café
supports the town’s Fairtrade status and displays the Fairtrade
stickers.
The café won the Regional Monitor Award for
Excellence for involving young people in the planning and
designing.
Harlow Youth Councillors first approached
Harlow Council with their youth café idea in 2004; it took four
years for the dream to become a reality. They attended council
meetings, conducted two surveys and researched the need for a town
centre café for the under 18’s. The youth councillors worked
closely with Harlow Council and employed a part time project
manager to get the project moving; they found a venue, fund raised
and got support from numerous community groups and local businesses
to refurbish the shop at 21 Westgate.
The cafe has National Lottery funding for
three years, which ceases in March 2011. Sponsors and funders
of the cafe have included:
Addison Signs and
Graphics
AIM
Awards for All
Big Lottery Fund
Co-operative Development
Agency
Essex Police
Essex YouthBank
Friends of YPIC
Harlow Council
Harlow YouthBank
Harlow Youth Council
Howdens Joinery Co.
Kier Group
King Sturge
Rainbow Services
ROK
Safer Harlow
Partnership
Sutton Maintenance
Limited
The Corps
The Harvey Centre
The Nation’s Local
Builder
Youth Capital Fund
Youth Opportunity Fund
To everyone else who has
supported us and has not been named – Thank you!