The Furzedown Youth Centre is a joint initiative between St. James, Streatham, Mitcham Lane Baptist Church, and St Albans Church, three churches who work together in the Furzedown area of South London under the banner of Churches of West Streatham.

A fuller website for the Furzedown Youth Centre project is under development, and will be published here soon. In the meantime, you can also find us on MySpace, or the details below might tell you what you want to know.

• Drop In: Wednesdays 3:30 - 5pm - for those in secondary school (come and meet us and see what we do)

• Regular activities include: Pool, table tennis, table football, PS2, internet facilities

• Other activities include: Art, video making, music (conducted in small groups)

• Also Gigs (check out MySpace for more details)

FYC is looking for volunteers to help at two of their most exciting ventures, the drop-in sessions. Due to staff changes, we are recruiting volunteers to help with:

• Drop-in on Wednesdays from 3.30 - 5pm
• Drop-in Extra on Fridays from 3.30 - 5pm

If you have some spare time, why not come and see for yourself what is happening in your name, and how the churches, through FYC, have risen to the challenge of meeting the needs of young people in this community. No previous experience is necessary; you will be joining an existing, dynamic team of staff and volunteers.

This is relational youth work, and so we are looking for people who like young people and are willing to be there for them, playing table tennis and table football, providing a listening ear, and helping to create the relaxed, safe environment that the young people crave.

You could either arrange to come and see the work as a one off or, better still, commit to coming to help every week. Our most pressing need is from September until Christmas. If you haven't had one done already, we will need to sort out CRB checks, so please do get in touch asap. Either contact me via the church office, or directly on 07801 418 615 or petermarsden@talk21.com