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YOUTH CLUB'S POSITIVE MESSAGE
A YOUTH club which was set up last year has been praised for its services for the youngsters in Shinewater.
The Beat Youth Club was nominated the Best Community Project at the Herald's Achievers' Awards evening on Tuesday.
Jim Murray, the club's chairman, said, 'It's superb and really nice to be recognised.
'This is going to be useful for us in applying for future grants.
'It shows the whole community is getting behind us.'
The Beat Youth Club was set up last May by Jim, together with parents and other community members from Shinewater.
Jim said, 'The idea behind the club is to provide sports and leisure facilities for anybody who wants them in the Shinewater area, either for free or as cheaply as possible.'
The club has received many grants from different organisations since last May. A 500 grant from Sussex Police was used to buy a band kit, together with a set of drums, for the young people in Shinewater.
And Connexions gave the Beat Youth Club 4,000.
This was used to conduct a survey of the youngsters on the estate to find out what leisure facilities they wanted to see being set up.
Jim added, 'The main thing people asked for was football facilities.
'We are hoping to set up a football academy with professional football coaches.
'This is a joint venture where they would be offering training sessions and football matches.'
A 4,000 grant from Global Grants was used to provide free music tuition for anyone who wanted it.
Youngsters can learn to play different sorts of music from band to classical.
The club is endeavouring to set up a joint venture with Eastbourne Pipe Band so younger members can join.
The most ambitious project in the pipeline is to apply for a 200,000 grant so Shinewater playing fields and the clubhouse can be completely rejuvenated.
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