‘Hope and relief’ as seaside town’s last youth centre saved

Pie Factory Music has campaigned for more than a year to save Ramsgate youth centre, where it provides a range of services to children and young adults. Photograph: Pie Factory Music

The last remaining youth centre in one of England’s most deprived coastal places has been saved from being sold after a long campaign by the charity that has for 13 years called it home.

In November the Guardian revealed how the centre in Ramsgate on the Kent coast was facing being auctioned off by Kent county council, despite an independent report that estimated the centre was saving the council more than £500,000 a year in costs, including for services in mental health, youth justice and social care.