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£45,000 a year to run. It aims to and is young people led. How-
get funding from a variety of ever it is getting difficult to
organisations and further afield. obtain funding.
The services on offer at the ‘We have a gentleman who
cafe are free, and it also heavily gives us £18,000 a year, which
subsidises residential trips to the is fabulous and goes a long way,
likes of Woodlands Adventure but we still have a short fall.
Park, to the cinema or bowling. ‘We are getting local busi-
‘Luckily, when applying for nesses involved and asking for
funding we tick all the right sponsorship for three years, that
boxes,’ said Mr Butcher. way we know we have some
‘Everything we do here is money coming in for the next
geared towards young people few years. We are also looking
TAKE A
BREAK
SITTING
into getting major funding from behavioural contracts with him
another investor.’ and we have managed to work
It currently is an independent with him.
SERVICE
charity and gets no funding or Now the cafe is doing so
backing from the Devon Youth well, Mr Butcher and the Youth
Service (DYS). Cafe team would like to see it
is a registered charity
‘I don’t think we want to run expand and evolve in the
offering care in the home.
it in a way DYS run other simi- future.
lar youth provisions,’ said Mr ‘I would like to see us well
Butcher. funded and possibly move into
We offer a quality, reliable
‘At the moment we are inde- bigger premises. I’d also like to
pendent and it gives us more see something done for the service to Carers living in
scope and we aren’t governed youngsters in Heathfield,’ said
by curriculum-based youth Mr Butcher.
the Teignbridge area.
work. We are covering things in Kim Horrell, 12, has been
the curriculum anyway, such as visiting the cafe for a year and
cookery, and we have a music really enjoys it.
We currently have staff
project going on, thanks to ‘It’s great to come here, or
money from Gemini FM. I I’d only be sitting at home
available for nights
would not like to spend my life watching the TV,’ she said.
‘in attendance’.
filling in paperwork to justify ‘I really like using the com-
what the youngsters are doing.’ puters and it is a great way of
Youngsters from the age of 11 making new friends.’
Very competitive rates.
(Year 7) up to 18 use the cafe. Bovey Tracey Youth Cafe
It aims to welcome all young opens Tuesday 6pm-9pm for
people from the town, and does Year 9 plus, Wednesday from
not exclude those with learning 5.30pm-8.30pm for Year 7-8
Telephone
and behavioural problems. and Thursday from 6pm-9pm
‘We have an autistic young- for Year 9 plus.
ster who is excluded from
01626 889288
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really bad for him. It was diffi- For more information visit
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we sat down and sorted out
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