Unhappy New Year For Club

SOMPTING Youth Club could close unless it is thrown a lifeline.
By The Newsroom
Published 17th Jan 2002, 11:57 BST
Updated 8th Jun 2018, 00:48 BST

That s the stark warning from organiser Mel Shaw, who said the club, which meets at the Old Sompting School in Loose Lane, desperately needed volunteers and equipment if it was to stay open.

She added that the club, which started just before Christmas, needed volunteers to help with the 20 to 30 children who regularly turned up.

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Mrs Shaw said: "We thought we d all be there and three kids would turn up. It s not that way at all. We ve got 45 to 50 members and, if they all turn up, it would be a bit of a problem.

"The whole idea of the youth club was because we were getting a lot of kids around the Sompting area. We thought if we could get them along and involved, then maybe they could go on to the Boundstone Club.

"It works to everyones benefit if they are not walking the streets. We ve got to be there all the time if it is to take off."

She added that the club also needed equipment such as table football, pool tables and Playstations.

Anyone who is interested in helping should contact Rick Matthews at Lancing Youth Centre on 01903 754901.