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Council organised youth club meeting weekly in Crosspool

New Youth Club starts in Crosspool

Sheffield City Council have organised a youth club in Crosspool, which is meeting at the Scout Hut (Hall) on Benty Lane every Tuesday from 5-7pm.
This follows the launch of a weekly youth club in Crookes’ Wesley Hall, meeting on Wednesdays.

The new Crosspool youth club is in addition to the Crookes youth provision.
The youth club is free and open to all young people aged between 12 and 17 years old. Activities are decided co-created with the attendees, but there are currently a PlayStation 5, boardgames, arts and craft activities, as well as free refreshments and food. The youth club will also offer free trips in holiday time.

Crookes and Crosspool Councillor Minesh Parekh said:
“I’m really pleased that the council now has a second weekly youth club meeting in the Crookes and Crosspool ward.
“These services are so important for our young people, and I’m glad that the council has been able to start rebuilding these service following national government cuts.”

If anyone requires further information, please contact Lucy at lucy.metcalf@sheffield.gov.uk.

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Beautiful South and Housemartins singer’s Crosspool memory

St. Columba's church, Crosspool
St. Columba’s church, Crosspool: the location of one of Paul Heaton’s first musical memories

Paul Heaton from The Beautiful South and The Housemartins has been recalling memories of St Columba’s youth club in a BBC radio documentary.

In today’s The First Time With…Paul Heaton programme on BBC 6 Music, the singer-songwriter described the youth club disco at St Columba’s on Manchester Road as the location of one of his first musical memories:

“My brother and his mates were allowed to go and I was under 12 at the time so wasn’t allowed in. Me and my middle brother sneaked to the edge of the door and looked underneath it. They were playing The Jean Genie by David Bowie.

“At the time wooden stacked heels were in fashion. My brother and his mates were all doing this dance, banging their stack heels on the floor. It was unbelievable. The noise of them banging their stack heels was louder than the music itself.”

You can listen again to the programme for seven days. St Columba’s is mentioned around 2 minutes, 45 seconds in.