Youth club returns to Perranzabuloe with Young People Cornwall help

When young people in Perranzabuloe were asked what the parish was missing, a youth club or drop-in centre was one of the two answers that came up most. Next Thursday, they get one back.

Perranzabuloe Parish Council has announced that its youth club is returning, and it is calling it “great news”. The council has thanked Young People Cornwall for helping to secure the resources needed to make the restart possible.

When the youth club restarts

The first session is on Thursday 19 November, running from 6pm to 8pm. It is open to all young people aged 11 to 18 across the parish, which takes in Perranporth and Goonhavern.

The parish council says it is looking forward to welcoming everyone back for fun, friendship and “a great place to get together”, and it is asking people to spread the word.

Who is Young People Cornwall?

Young People Cornwall is a registered charity that has been running youth projects across the county since 1974. It is based at The House Youth Centre in St Austell.

Its work ranges from education and training support to sports sessions, mental health support hubs and drop-in youth clubs. In 2024/25 the charity reached 6,364 young people in Cornwall through work in schools, youth clubs it supports, large events and activity programmes.

It already runs parish youth projects close by, with weekly sessions at the Miners and Mechanics’ Institute in St Agnes and at Porthtowan Village Hall.

A changing picture for youth services

Youth provision in Perranporth has been through some changes this year. A Perranporth youth group was one of those run by Kernow Connect, delivered by Action for Children under a Cornwall Council contract. That contract came to an end and Kernow Connect closed on 31 March 2026.

Action for Children kept the groups in Camborne, Perranporth and Torpoint going for a further six months, until 1 October 2026, while Cornwall Council works on a new youth offer shaped by young people and families and in line with the National Youth Strategy.

A Youth Hub at Chyanhale

The parish council has also been investing in space for young people. It was awarded £80,000 from Cornwall Council’s Community Levelling Up Grant Programme, part of the Good Growth Programme, with £30,000 set aside to refurbish Chyanhale in Ponsmere Valley as a Youth Hub.

The plans include accessible toilets and a space for social prescribers, with the building also designed to be flexible enough for wider community use.

Questions about the club

Anyone with questions can contact the parish clerk at [email protected] or call 01872 572727.

The other most popular answer in that same consultation of young people was a skate park, and building work on Perranporth’s began in September 2024.