To: BRISTOL CITY COUNCIL
GIVE EAGLE HOUSE BACK TO YOUTH CLUB
It is time for Eagle House to be reinstated as a community facility for our children.
Why is this important?
Since the closing of Eagle House in 2014, the life for children and young people in this part of Bristol has been stark. With a lack of consistent provision and the promise of a better life, many young people are drawn towards the exploitative life of selling drugs and petty crime. All local youth organisations recognise that consistent early intervention is needed and support this work, but this needs to be met at its roots by the community and skilled professionals in youth and play.
With the reimagining of Eagle House as a fully purposed children and young people’s centre, we can change the narrative in Knowle West and Knowle for generations to come. We can work with families from the start of their journey as parents, offering support, advice and a safe place to play for their kids during the day. For school age kids we will build a rich play environment for after school, weekends and holidays. We will grow food and prepare it in our community kitchen. We will see children from toddlers to teenagers, and ensure that they get the grounding in life many are being deprived of.
Eagle House had been a youth facility for this community for nearly seventy years, changing lives and providing opportunities for generations of local young people. In these extremely challenging times it is needed more than ever.
The outcomes for the younger generation in the Filwood area of Knowle West and in parts of Knowle are amongst the poorest in the country.
With the reimagining of Eagle House as a fully purposed children and young people’s centre, we can change the narrative in Knowle West and Knowle for generations to come. We can work with families from the start of their journey as parents, offering support, advice and a safe place to play for their kids during the day. For school age kids we will build a rich play environment for after school, weekends and holidays. We will grow food and prepare it in our community kitchen. We will see children from toddlers to teenagers, and ensure that they get the grounding in life many are being deprived of.
Eagle House had been a youth facility for this community for nearly seventy years, changing lives and providing opportunities for generations of local young people. In these extremely challenging times it is needed more than ever.
The outcomes for the younger generation in the Filwood area of Knowle West and in parts of Knowle are amongst the poorest in the country.
