Despite its location in the heart of Tower Hamlets, Haileybury youth centre in Stepney Green was abandoned for 25 years. A decade ago, the council invested in regenerating the building, but with a limited programme of activities and enduring stigma around youth clubs, local teens weren’t really interested.
Now, Tower Hamlets council hopes to persuade them that youth services have something to offer by reversing their decade-long decline and pumping £13.7m into an ambitious programme of social and educational events – co-designed by young people – including careers workshops, performance arts, cooking classes, arts and crafts, sports and days out.
