Chill and Chat Youth Café is a new youth club that was set up in Saffron Walden with VVU funding. The free open access youth club is run by Enterprise East and held at the Jubilee Hub (a community hub run as a partnership between Enterprise East, UCAN (Uttlesford Community Action Network) and Uttlesford Town Council) in the centre of the town.
Chill and Chat runs Tuesdays after school from 3.30-5pm, with between 16-20 young people attending each session.
Free hot food (such as Pizza, Mac & Cheese) is provided, alongside craft activities, gaming (electronic and board games) and a warm comfortable space for young people to hang out with their friends.
While we visited the young people were playing the piano, gaming, eating pizza and just hanging out having fun. There is a green space outside that is used for outdoor activities in the summer months. It was a bit too dark for outdoor fun when we visited!
The young people we chatted to said how much they appreciated somewhere to come to relax after school. As the club becomes more established, progress can be seen in the building of stronger relationships between the young people and trusted adults. We really enjoyed our visit and seeing the crafts the young people had made – see the picture to admire them!
