Nov/Dec 2023
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<strong>Nov</strong>ember /<strong>Dec</strong>ember <strong>2023</strong> 11<br />
Wanstead Youth Centre closes ahead<br />
of education and youth hub plans<br />
Floral tribute and overnight protest<br />
as youth centre closes ahead of works<br />
Redbridge Council has issued a statement<br />
following the closure of Wanstead Youth<br />
Centre in October. “The building has been<br />
closed by Vision RCL following the recent<br />
cabinet decision and will be handed back<br />
to the council’s property team. The council<br />
plans to convert the site into a new education<br />
and youth hub, subject to a full business<br />
plan being agreed upon at a future cabinet<br />
meeting. The proposal is to re-open the<br />
site for education and youth services once<br />
conversion works have been completed.”<br />
Campaigners have started a floral tribute<br />
appeal outside Wanstead Youth Centre, which<br />
closed in October pending conversion into a<br />
new education and youth hub. “The closure is<br />
premature. It will take time to develop plans<br />
and complete the works, so please visit the<br />
Elmcroft Avenue venue and leave a message<br />
for the council… All we are asking is for them<br />
to keep the centre open whilst carrying out<br />
meaningful consultation,” said Liz Martins,<br />
who also held an all-night vigil outside the<br />
Town Hall in October in protest of the closure.<br />
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