'Relief' as Halewood youth club saved from closure by new funding

"We're still here, for three years at least"15:30, 14 Jul 2026A youth centre in Halewood loved by generations of local people has been saved from closure through new funding. The Halewood Youth in Community Centre – known as The Boyzee – provides a range of services, including after-school clubs, off-site schooling and wellbeing provision for pupils at risk of exclusion, boxing sessions in a dedicated gym, football and yoga in the sports hall, community picnics, bingo, Christmas events, trips abroad and parades.‌Its team warned earlier this year that without revenue funding for its day-to-day activities “key decisions would have to be made in a couple of months”. However, they have just learned that they are to receive £300,000 from the National Lottery Community Fund, which will enable th