Whatever you're into, there's something for you at
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We now have 6 cafes running across the town, find out more below and why not come along and check them out, we'd love to see you there!

> Southcourt Youth Cafe > Town Centre Youth Cafe > Elm Farm Youth Cafe > Aston Clinton Youth Cafe > Broughton Youth Cafe > Quarrendon Youth Cafe

WHAT: Southcourt Youth Cafe! Regular activities include: PS3, Nintendo Wii, GameCube, Pool, Beauty Therapy, Craft activities, Homework support, Free Smoothies, Toast and healthy snacks. Workshops include Basketball (Summer), Beauty Therapy, Homework and DJ workshops.

WHEN: 3pm-6pm, Every Tuesday in term time

WHERE: Church of the Good Shepherd Church Square, Southcourt, HP21 8NH (Off Churchill Avenue) - see map opposite

WHO: Around 70 young people come along each week: Age range 11-18

MORE: Southcourt Youth Cafe Runs every Tuesday Evening during term time between 3pm and 6pm. This is our largest youth cafe (170 members) and has been open since September 2006. Debbie Lovell is the Youth Cafe Manager and we have 12 local volunteers that run the group each week

WHAT: The Town Centre Youth Cafe runs at the Methodist Centre on Buckingham Street every Thursday evening between 3pm and 6pm. Town centre is the perfect cafe to come along with your friends and just chill out. We have young people attend from around 8 different schools in the area. The main activity is eating and drinking ‘healthy-tasty’ stuff. (I bet you have never heard of that word before!) We also have musical instruments and guitar lessons most weeks. If you find yourself hanging around town with not much to do of a Thursday evening – drop in and check out the cafe!

WHEN: 3pm-6pm, Every Tuesday in term time

WHERE: Methodist Community Centre, Buckingham Street, Aylesbury, HP20 2NQ

WHO: Around 20 young people come along each week: Age range 11-18

MORE: Town Centre is the most chilled out of all the cafes. With less people crowding the place, there is loads of space to hang out and catch your breath from a busy week! We have 40 members at this cafe and have 20 people attend regularly each week

WHAT: We started the Elm Farm Youth Cafe in March 2006. Since then we have 50 members with up to 30 young people attending each week. We are really grateful to a group of teenagers from the Estate who originally organised a meeting with local police and raised the need in the area. We soon became involved with meeting with the police and young people and before too long the Local School (William Harding Combined) opened the doors for us to run the cafe there!

WHEN: 7:15pm-9:45pm, Every Monday in term time

WHERE: William Harding Combined School, Hazlehurst Drive, Aylesbury, HP21 9TJ

WHO: Around 30 young people come along each week: Age range 11-18 (Secondary School Age)

MORE: Elm Farm was our first cafe run in the evenings. It is the ideal cafe to hang out on cold winter nights! We serve hot chocolate, free toast and smoothies, have table tennis tables, wide screen Nintendo Wii sessions and more.

WHAT: Aston Clinton Cafe opened in October 2007. It is kitted out with the most recent games consoles and wide screen projectors, full size pool table, full size table tennis, chill out sofa space and as you would expect free smoothies and healthy snacks! If you live in the village (or close by) there is no excuse to say there is nothing to do!

WHEN: 3pm-6pm, Every Wednesday in term time

WHERE: Aston Clinton Baptist Church Hall, Green End Street, Aston Clinton, HP22 5EX

WHO: Around 20 young people come along each week: Age range 11-18

MORE: The Aston Clinton cafe is run in close partnership between AVYFC and ACBC. There are loads of cool people, (especially volunteers and staff) who are there to chat with, have a guitar lesson with, or challenge at pool, Nintendo Wii or PS3 guitar hero!

WHAT: Broughton Youth Cafe opened in October 2007 at a friends house in Broughton (If you are after a rags to riches story – this is it!) It all started with an enthusiastic group of 14 teenagers and a group of adults with a plan to meet the needs in the local community. From January 2008, we are meeting every Wednesday evening at the Broughton Junior School! We have loads of space to hang out, play game consoles, sit and chat and of course tuck-in to smoothies and healthy snacks!

WHEN: 7:15pm – 9:45pm, Every Wednesday in term time

WHERE: Broughton Junior School, Broughton Avenue, Aylesbury, HP20 1NQ

WHO: Around 20 people come along each week: Age range 11-18 (secondary school age)

MORE: The Broughton cafe is run in close partnership between AVYFC and Broughton Community Church and of course the local school. It is open to everyone aged 11-18 at Secondary school. There is ton’s of space to do creative things in the main hall and we will be doing workshops, outings, guitar lessons. If you want to get involved and bring your ideas along too – come along and chip in!

WHAT: We really felt that a cafe on Quarrendon would be popular and provide people with a safe place to hang out. We were right! Every week – 50 young people come along and get involved with creative activities or just hanging out. Here is a bonus if you go to Quarrendon School... Between 2:35pm and 3:15pm there are ton’s of activities to try out and get involved with. In the youth centre alone, we run Beauty Therapy, DJ’ing and Playstation 3. There are loads of other programmes that the school run too, so check them out! The good news for young people from other schools... from 3:15pm when the school closes, the cafe is open to everyone until 5:30pm

WHEN: 2:30pm – 5:30pm, Every Monday in term time

WHERE: Quarrendon Youth Centre, Quarreendon School, Weedon Road, Aylesbury, HP19 3PG

WHO: Around 50 young people come along each week: Age range 11-18 (attending secondary school)

MORE: Quarrendon Youth Cafe opened in October 2007 at the Quarrendon Youth Centre. AVYFC had been meeting with local organisations like the police, the school, Bucks County Council and volunteers from local churches. Its a really lively cafe with loads to do – we look forward to seeing you there!