Probably because young people do not want to attend youth clubs. If the area you live in has a
large amount of young people who would like a youth club let me know and I will talk to the youth service.
There are still youth clubs, but perhaps fewer than in the past. The old style youth club wasn’t very popular, now places like ‘Top Deck’and so on are much more appealing. Also, youth workers get out and about and work with young people on the street and in the parks which I think is good.
I think this is because demand for them wasn’t high enough to justify running as many, also some youth clubs probably suffered from anti-social problems and had to close down. Do you think there should be more?
Many youth clubs all over the country have suffered over recent years because of poor attendance. There’s many reasons for this but I can’t help feeling that the electronic age is partially to blame for this. Don’t get me wrong because I believe that the internet is one of the best inventions we have ever seen but it has changed the way that young people communicate with each other. When I was a teenager the only way to talk to my friends was face to face at Haughton youth club but as soon as the very early and simple video games became available we began to gather at each others houses to play these games and the youth club suffered. The youth service in Darlington are doing some fantastic work in getting young people away from the lap top and the mobile phone but they are up against it!
Some people don’t want youth clubs. Shame. Also youth clubs are run by volunters and some of them do not get recognised enough to stay. Is there a youth club near you?
Probably because young people do not want to attend youth clubs. If the area you live in has a
large amount of young people who would like a youth club let me know and I will talk to the youth service.
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There are still youth clubs, but perhaps fewer than in the past. The old style youth club wasn’t very popular, now places like ‘Top Deck’and so on are much more appealing. Also, youth workers get out and about and work with young people on the street and in the parks which I think is good.
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I think this is because demand for them wasn’t high enough to justify running as many, also some youth clubs probably suffered from anti-social problems and had to close down. Do you think there should be more?
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Many youth clubs all over the country have suffered over recent years because of poor attendance. There’s many reasons for this but I can’t help feeling that the electronic age is partially to blame for this. Don’t get me wrong because I believe that the internet is one of the best inventions we have ever seen but it has changed the way that young people communicate with each other. When I was a teenager the only way to talk to my friends was face to face at Haughton youth club but as soon as the very early and simple video games became available we began to gather at each others houses to play these games and the youth club suffered. The youth service in Darlington are doing some fantastic work in getting young people away from the lap top and the mobile phone but they are up against it!
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Some people don’t want youth clubs. Shame. Also youth clubs are run by volunters and some of them do not get recognised enough to stay. Is there a youth club near you?
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