Money helps the music alongYoungsters at a Loughborough Youth Club will be dancing to greater
sounds, thanks to donations from three local sources to buy new disco
equipment.
Youngsters at a Loughborough Youth Club will be dancing to
greater sounds, thanks to donations from three local sources to buy new disco
equipment. "The original disco at Loughborough Affairs was too old and had
suffered from constant use over many years" reports Youth Worker Andrew Lake.
"Although still serviceable, it was really not up to the standard the members,
aged from 14 to 20, wanted." So, after help was sought, donations were received to purchase
brand new state-of-the-art equipment which is portable and can also be used by
local voluntary or charitable organisations, together with its own two DJs!
Leicestershire County Council Youth Worker Andrew Lake said: "We are delighted
to have received three donation totalling almost £1500 enabling us to
further improve our service to youngsters, in this case by replacing an
out-of-date disco with high quality equipment."The donations came from Loughborough medicines research and
development company AstraZeneca R & D Charnwood. which gave £500,
Loughborough Students Union's Rag Committee donated £465 and Crimebeat
which handed over £505. Since the new equipment was installed the club's discos held at
their centre at Mountfields Lodge on Epinal Way, have seen the club packed to
capacity. Caroline Simpson of Crimebeat said that one of its main aims is to
help get youngsters off the streets and into a safe, alcohol and drug free
environment. After the members at Loughborough Youth Affairs had put forward
their case for new equipment, Crimebeat was only too happy to help with its
purchase, she said.An AstraZeneca spokeswoman said the company was only too pleased
to be able to respond to the plea from members of LYA. "The club does a lot of
good work for the youth of the area and we hope that our donation and those of
the other two organisations will not only improve the quality of the music for
the youngsters, but help improve their quality of life," she said. Andrew Lake
expressed the thanks of himself and the members of the club for each of the
generous donations without which, he said, the music would still have gone
round but not as enjoyably as it did now.Ends
