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Bookham Youth & Community Association
Building work starts on 5th May 2026 !
Some exciting news - Beard Construction Ltd will begin preparing the site on 5th May. With full construction work on the new Youth & Community Centre starting shortly after.
In May 2012, the then Leader of SCC- David Hodge, instructed that a replacement centre should be built. It has involved a lot of hard work by the BYCA team, the Leader of SCC and Cllr Curran but after 14 years and many “false dawns” it looks like it is actually going to happen!
OTHER NEWS
As we approach the beginning of the build, a great deal of work has been put in over the last few months and significant progress has been made, but there are still some matters to be resolved.
BYCA has developed a good working relationship with SCC Land & Property Team who have been very helpful, and we are sure resolutions to these issues will be found. The good news is that:
· Lease: Heads of Terms have been agreed with SCC.
· Grant application: to Your Fund Surrey Small Community Projects to enable us to provision equipment for the new Centre has been approved (thanks to Cllr Clare Curran). Also SCC Land & Property are going to help with surplus equipment that may become available.
· Bookham Colts Football Club: For a number of years we have been working with the Colts. As a result they have been involved in the development & design of the new Multi Use Game Area (MUGA). And we are in discussions with them and SCC about securing the long term use of this facility for their younger players.
· Recruitment: we have recruited a number of great new volunteers for key roles but more are needed to help with the future running of the centre.
See “Can you help” tab above.
There will be more news and more additions to the website will be made over the forthcoming period including site plans etc.
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David Cox – Chair, Bookham Youth & Community Centre