My name is Hannah and I have been coming for around a year. Here is my blog about why I come to Double Six Youth Club!
 
What does the youth club mean to me?
 
The youth club is a fun and amazing place to be. I come here all the time because there is lots of things to do, and you can hang out with children that are not always the same age as you.
 
Why did you start coming to the youth club and what keeps you coming?
 
I started the youth club because somebody told me to go, because it was awesome! I kept going because I thought the youth club was the best place for me, there is things for everyone like: any sports you want to play, crafting, baking, playing pool, listening to songs, playing with friends and new friends and talking to the amazing, helpful, funny workers.
 
What would you say to someone who is thinking of coming to the youth club?
 
Please come to the youth club there is everything for you and it’s only a pound, whatever you’re interested in you can do. Everyone who has come has stayed, people aged from 9 to 19. You are guaranteed not to be bored and when you come once, you will want to come all the time, Tuesday and Thursday’s for everyone, and Wednesdays (if you’re a girl).
 
What do you think to Girls Night?
 
Girl’s night is my favourite one of them all, it’s on a Wednesday because we do so many activities like: life learning skills, we make it fun so you can remember, we sometimes do baking, sports, gain advice which will help you in the future.
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Double Six Youth Club officially opened its doors in 1966 in the same former Methodist Church, on Scarsdale Road, that is its home today. The church building was donated to a group of Woodseats trustees to be opened as a boys’ club. Singer Frankie Vaughan, a prominent supporter of boys’ clubs, was at the opening ceremony and Double Six became part of the National Association of Youth Clubs. It finally opened its membership up to girls in the late 70s.
 
Richard originally joined the club in 1983 and then, as he got older, he began volunteering there, working alongside lead youth worker Mick Fidler.
 
Richard explains: “Mick was a terrific guy and had been a big influence on me as a kid, becoming an important person and role model in my life. I enjoyed volunteering and working with the kids and hoped that, perhaps one day, I could be to them what Mick had been to me.”
 
And Richard got his chance in 2005, when Mick retired after four decades with the club, and he was offered the opportunity to take it over.
 
“It was a turning point in my life,” says Richard.
 
“I was a bit of a tearaway at school and left with no qualifications at all. Suddenly here was this opportunity and it filled me with determination.”
 
“We’re delighted with how things are going,” says Richard who, as lead youth worker, is contracted to do 60 hours a month at the club, delivering five sessions a week.
 
Richard reveals the club is also inundated with volunteers.
“So many of the kids who rose through the ranks themselves come back to us wanting to volunteer,” he says.
 
“Once you’ve seen for yourself how important a place it is and what it can offer, I think people are keen to stay involved. We never turn helping hands away, as these could be people who, as a result of their time with us, are inspired to go into youth work themselves.”
 
“Kids today seem to have so much more on their shoulders; they have more information, and more pressures than we did. This is somewhere they can be supported - whether that’s talking to somebody, spending time with their friends away from school pressures or home pressures, or even just spending some quiet time alone.”
 
The club currently receives funding from Children In Need, the Awards For All Lottery Fund, the Sheffield Town Trust Fund and the Harry Bottom Trust.
 
In spite of this, money is still tight and the club charges kids between 50p and £1 per session.
 
“It’s essential that prices be kept low, as cost can be a big barrier,” says Richard.
 
“Especially with the prices of buses in Sheffield being what they are.
 
“ It’s a sad thing when a child can’t come and take part in activities in their own community because they can’t afford the bus fare to get there.
 
“We wouldn’t charge the children a penny if we could manage it.”
 
But despite the obstacles, Richard says he’s so pleased that the club, which has faced an uncertain future at times, is still here and as popular as ever in its 50th year.
 
“Clubs like this are about developing communities and bringing people together; I think we’ve all lost a bit of that over the years, but at this club that’s still going on every single week, and that’s something to celebrate.”