Family day at Hartlepool community centre hailed a big success
Belle Vue Community Sports and Youth Centre opened its doors for a Family Relational Day to help create new bonds with families on its doorstep.
The event was attended and opened by the Mayor of Hartlepool Councillor Rob Cook.
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Hide AdTen invited local families spent Sunday enjoying taster sessions and activities that helped bring them together including sport, first aid in the home and internet safety that are provided at the centre in Kendal Road.
Centre leaders hailed the day a big success. Sue Rowley, a targeted outreach worker at the centre, said: “Families were invited so we could showcase what we do as a centre and concentrate on the whole family.
“Everybody got a taste of what we provide, because we’re not just as a community centre but a family centre.
“It went really well. There was lots going on and everybody thoroughly enjoyed it and stayed all day right until.”
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Hide AdThe centre’s Little Treasures day nursery also used the occasion to celebrate the launch of its new garden area which has had a makeover courtesy of young people completing the National Citizen Service programme.
And the Youth Employment Initiative, aimed at getting people into work, also ran taster sessions throughout the course of the day.
Family tree making proved another popular activity and the event was topped off by a disco.
The centre was founded in 1985 for residents of the Belle Vue estate.
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Hide AdIn 2001/2 it won a grant of more than £2 million from the Hartlepool New Deal for Communities Regeneration Programme and the European Regional Development to extend the centre into what it is today.
It provides a host of activities and amenities for people aged from tiny tots to pensioners as well as a cafe and training and conference facilities.