Plans submitted for new youth and community centre in Jersey

Plans have been submitted for a new youth and community centre in St Helier, Jersey.

Scheduled to be delivered in the north of the town by the end of June of 2028, the proposed centre will contain a range of modern facilities including a sports hall, roof-top kick pitch, climbing wall, fitness rooms, dance studio, boxing gym, sensory room, food preparation facilities, multi-functional use rooms, and eight counselling rooms as it will be the main hub of the Youth Enquiry Service, YES.

The project is a result of the Jersey Government’s Common Strategic Policy, of which one of the priorities is to deliver a plan to revitalise Town.

Subject to approval in the summer months, building works on the new centre are expected to begin towards the end of the year. The new facilities will be based on the old Ann Street Brewery site, which has been vacant for several years. Throughout the last year, officers from the Jersey Youth Service, JYS, consulted with residents in the nearby area – as well as young people and their families – and have incorporated their feedback on the suggested plans.

Assistant Minister for Children and Families, Malcolm Ferey, said: “These facilities will have a significantly positive impact on our children, young people and their families in town, and will offer them a new service within modern facilities.”