‘I used to be a bit naughty’: Portsmouth defied funding cuts and saved its youth centres – here’s what happened

via theguardian.com

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Two decades ago, the city’s council chose to prioritise playgrounds and youth clubs to help its poorer families – and the benefits are plain to see • Read more: Last youth centre in one of England’s most deprived coastal areas faces closure Three schoolboys in black sweatshirts dart from a wooden fort across a sandpit, […]

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