Building purchase gives youth club 'secure future'

Callington Young Project Group has bought the former Lloyds Bank building in Fore Street

A Cornwall youth club is celebrating after it raised enough money to buy the building it calls home.

Callington Youth Project Group has bought the former Lloyds Bank building in Fore Street after securing grants from organisations, including the town and county councils.

The group's chairman Paul Carey said the purchase gave the club "a secure future and an opportunity to do a lot more for the young people".

The club has planned a celebration ceremony on Friday in which the key to The Vault, as the youth centre is known, will be presented to one of the young members.

Mr Carey says the purchase of the building gives the club a secure future

In April, Mr Carey said the group had managed to raise £130,000 in grants but had been short of £100,000 until it was awarded further grant funding in May, which enabled the purchase of the building.

He added the club regularly had 30 to 35 young people attend drop-in sessions three times a week and buying the building had been "a relief" as it ensured the club could continue.