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.
School Holiday
Opening Hours:
Thursday: 1.00.pm - 7.00.pm
Friday: 1.00.pm - 7.00.pm
Saturday: 1.00.pm - 7.00.pm
Sunday: 2.00.pm - 5.00.pm
Monday: 1.00.pm - 7.00.pm
Opening
Hours:
Friday:
4.00.pm - 8.00.pm
Saturday:
4.00.pm - 9.00.pm
Sunday:
2.00.pm - 6.00.pm
School Holidays: Information
soon - check back!
Contact:
01279 446012
harlowyouthcouncil@harlow.gov.uk
About Cafe
Youth:
On Friday 28 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
of the café.
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.
Although it is a six-month trial project, it
has National Lottery funding for three years. There are plans to
continue fund raising, to get the café open for five days a week
and to be up and running permanently after the six-month trial
period.
Opening times are currently:
- Friday evening from 4 – 8pm
- 2 – 9pm on Saturday
- And 2 – 6pm on Sunday
Harlow Council will be recruiting two youth
workers to run the project, to support the youth work team and
volunteers.
At the moment there is only funding to open
for 13 hours per week, but the plan is to open mid-week during the
summer school holidays and to start working with the young people
to produce a programme of activities for the summer holidays.
The dream is now a reality, so the youth
council wishes to thank all the sponsors, the funders and Harlow
Council for believing in them and for making their dream a come
true:
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 Nation’s Local
Builder
Youth Capital Fund
Youth Opportunity Fund
To everyone else who has
supported us and has not been named – Thank you!