Traveling youth club to host weekly sessions at Fishponds car park during the summer holidays

A youth charity is bringing its popular travel youth club to Fishponds during the summer holidays. Youth Bristol, who run the Youth Club on Wheels initiative, will be bringing the club to Fishponds McDonalds car park every Thursday between 2pm and 4pm.

The mobile youth service works with young people aged eight to 19 from hard-to-reach areas of Bristol and rural areas where young people have little to do. It currently has sessions in Brislington, Henbury, Hengrove, Horfield, Speedwell and St Pauls, as well as Bishop Sutton in Somerset.

The traveling youth service, which stopped in Fishponds for the first time on Thursday, July 25, will stop every week as a result of being self-funded by the owner of McDonalds. Laura Wilder, who became the youngest ever female McDonalds franchisee and opened a 24-hour organic branch in Emersons Green, says she is “incredibly passionate” about the project.

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Posting on Facebook, Laura said: “Every Thursday in the school holidays from 2pm to 4pm Bristol Youth will be bringing their Youth Club on Wheels to McDonalds Fishponds car park. This is a project that I am personally funding to support young people in the Fishponds community, something I am incredibly passionate about as a local small business owner.

“If you can please spread the word that this is happening as we rely on word of mouth for young people to hear about it so they know to come down. We know there are limited spaces for young people to hang out in the local area.”

According to Youth Bristol’s website, the Youth Club on Wheels project offers opportunities and activities for young people. This includes:

• Various projects and activities including sports and games
• Guidance and support for jobs and assignments
• Healthy food and food preparation tips
• A safe place to talk to youth workers
• A place to socialize with others and relax

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