Development into Premises
Old Woking
The Old Woking Cell has use, with grateful thanks to the Elders and Church Members, use of New Life Church premises where a drop-in runs throughout the winter on Tuesday evenings.
Knaphill
In the winter of last year (2008) Outside Light had made available to it, kindly by the Trustees of The King’s House in Knaphill, evening use of the cafe premises there as a drop-in for young people. Starting with just three young lads, the number of young people quickly grew to around thirty, which was about equal to the full capacity of the premises.
In April of this year (2009), Outside Light joined in support of a project that was set up by Knaphill Residents’ Association to provide premises at The Vyne Community Centre, larger than those of The King’s House, for young people to use as a drop-in resource on Monday evenings.
Now called The Cabin, this willl, we feel, come into its own during the colder months of the year. In the past there has been the tendency for young people, when it is dark, to make nuisance for residents of nearby houses as they congregate in the car park that lies adjacent to homes, under the lights there. But, hopefully, The Cabin will help prevent this from happening again, because this modern indoor facility should prove a more attractive place to visit than the car park.
The majority of Outside Light volunteers during the lighter evenings continue to visit the Vyne playing field on Monday evenings, while usually one OL volunteer at least, helps the KRA inside.
In addition, Outside Light promoted application to the Youth Opportunities Fund, by young people, for £10,000+ funding to light the Multi-Use-Games Area (MUGA), so that this would be able to be used by them after dark.
