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To Kent County Council and the Government

I’ve been volunteering at a Kent youth club for years now, helping children dealing with mental health and behavioural issues. Before I became a volunteer, I was sent to the early help workers at the youth club because I badly struggled with my own mental health. The early help workers really helped me improve my confidence and now I am doing much better with my mental health. But now Kent County Council and the government are taking away early help workers, youth clubs and child centres, meaning all mental health support is being taken away from your children right in front of you.

Youth clubs and children centres are so important for young people - there's an epidemic with children’s and adolescence mental health, and youth clubs play a vital role in supporting young people's mental health. Without my youth club, I wouldn’t be where I am today and I’m so upset that this is been taken away from us, and in the next few weeks I'll have to turn around children at the door who need us as volunteers and workers.
THERE IS A petition on GOVERNMENT WEBSITE, call the same

Petition text

The government must bring back youth clubs and children’s centres, provide better funding for these vital services, and acknowledge the role youth clubs play in supporting the mental health of young people.

20 Apr 2024
Local mps are now involved and also have an interview with the bbc south east

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