Abbey Cinema Showtime for Saturday 15 January 2011

Arthur and the Invisibles
Saturday 15 Jan 2011 3pm
(£2 on the door)
Abbey Cinema Facebook Page
SIGN NOW Save the Youth Centre

Spring Playgroup Celebrates Anniversary – but will it be the last one?

SIGN NOW The Petition needs 5,000 signatures by 31 January 2011 SIGN NOW

Kenilworth’s Spring Playgroup has been running at it’s new home in the Youth and Community Centre for nearly two years.  During this time, they have been able to invest in new equipment, take on more staff and offer a far wider variety of activities for the children.  For example, the children use the sports court for outdoor play every day. There is a lot to celebrate. Numbers have risen – 90 children attend the Playgroup each week, including four pairs of twins! There is also a long waiting list. Kenilworth parents  have shown how much they appreciate having  a playgroup located in the centre of the town with up-to-date facilities and caring staff. 

The manager Jackie Cross, said, 'The Centre is the ideal place for our Playgroup.  We can’t imagine anywhere else with the same environment for the children and the same fantastic back-up we get from the Centre’s management team.'

The Centre is the ideal place for our Playgroup

While the Playgroup has flourished since moving to the Centre, the future of the Centre itself has suddenly come under threat. The County Council wants to save money by slashing the budget for Youth Services all over the county. The implications are that all Youth Centres would be closed. Kenilworth Centre, like the others, relies on county council funding for it’s running costs and overheads and if it is forced to close, all the community groups who use it would become homeless.

The children continue to play and learn together happily, but parents and staff are extremely worried. They are hoping enough people will sign the Petition to force the County Cabinet to think again. To find out more, contact Mrs Jackie Cross (Manager of the Playgroup) email: cross_jacquline@yahoo.co.uk or call 01926  864443. The Spring Playgroup has 36 places per session. It is open mornings and afternoons, and has recently started a Toddler Group on Monday mornings. It is a not-for-profit Registered charity.  

Sign The Petition to Save the Warwickshire Youth Service

Please sign this petition to show your support for Kenilworth Youth Centre and the rest of the Warwickshire Youth Service. SIGN HERE

Why was the Youth Service in Warwickshire petition created?

We know how vulnerable young people can be. However, Warwickshire County Council is withdrawing the very service that is proven to work successfully alongside them. We consider that this proposal contradicts the leader of the Council, Councillor Alan Farnell’s claim to protect the most vulnerable and the front-line services that support them, and we are calling for its immediate withdrawal. See the previous wiK article Youth Service Cuts or Read The Coventry Times article

whatsin The Coventry Times - Youth Service Cuts 8 Dec 2010

whatsinKenilworth will report local stories from other sources as they appear in the press. This week has seen the announcement there are possible Youth Centre Cuts.

Extract reads: CAMPAIGNERS outraged at plans to pull the plug on cash for Warwick- shire’s Youth Services have launched a hard-hitting petition, branding the cuts “preposterous.”



Signatures are being collected calling for the immediate withdrawal of the proposal to axe funding for the county’s entire Youth Service — which would see 359 job losses.
No inch of the provision will remain unaffected — with libraries, day centres for the disabled, youth centres, and arts and music services all facing the chop.

One angry petitioner said: “Stop all cuts, make the people who caused this crisis pay
— the rich, and the people who gambled our money. Young people and communities deserve better than cuts.”

Echoing the thoughts of hundreds, another said: “The universal service of youth work is vital to young people, and usually the most vulnerable. - “Good youth work is at the heart of the community, improves lives and life chances, reduces crime, and makes our whole society stronger.”

by Lucy Thomson

lucy_thomson@mrn.co.uk 

Radio Abbey - Online Radio Station for Kenilworth

Radio Abbey Website

Radio Abbey is a radio station created by the kids, for the kids which has it's studio at The Kenilworth Youth and Community Centre. The shows are on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays 7pm - 9pm. It can be listened to from it's website www.radioabbey.com (by clicking on the links). Radio Abbey is a mix of music genres for everyone. It is suitable for all ages with a wide range of music incorporating Rock, Pop, Indie, R&B, Drum and Bass and Dance. It is a project run by kids from Kenilworth in their spare time. Send us requests, shout outs or anything: email us nowinfo@radioabbey.com

Abbey Cinema Showtimes for Saturday 11th December 2010

Nativity ( U) 3.00pm
As you may know Nativity was filmed in Kenilworth (Lower Ladyes Hill) and Bablake School, Coventry.
Inception (12A) 6.00pm
Entrance £1.00

See the Abbey Cinema Facebook Page

Kenilworth Skaters 2011 Calendar now available to buy

All money raised will go towards the local Youth Community

To buy go to The Kenilworth Youth and Community Centre

Abbey End Car Park now on Google Places

01926 855205 or email andynorman@warwickshire.gov.uk