The Centrepoint Project

The Centrepoint Project is deliberately ambitious! Nothing was ever achieved without drive, determination, enthusiasm or ambition! We believe that prosperity breeds positivity and the way to combat anti-social and apathetic behaviour is partly addressed through the development of a praise and support culture.

Young people in the Lea Brook, Wednesbury and surrounding area have very little to do! There is no formal entertainment structure in the town, no cinema, no skate-park, no disco, no nightclub, no ice rink, no bowling alley, no centre point of activity! There are 12,000 'youngsters' in the town under the age of 24, and there is an expectation for them to travel to West Bromwich, Walsall or Dudley to find such venues or events.

In addition, local neighbourhoods across the world are affected by global changes as never before. People are rootless and insecure, while shifting work, family patterns and widespread anxiety about every day life have left previously coherent areas apprehensive, fragmented and suspicious. All too often this fragmentation can begin to contribute to violence, racial tension, alienated youth and a resentful underclass. But there is a way forward!

The time has come when something radical needs to be done to begin to address the issue of transforming a percentage of thousands of lives into something worthwhile and meaningful. Doing nothing is no longer an option! That is the fundamental mind-set behind the Centrepoint Project.

The Centrepoint Project is underpinned by three strands: