ANNINGTON DONATION REJUVENATES CARTERTON YOUTH CLUB

Thanks to a generous donation from Annington and their contractors Heyford, RAF Brize Norton’s Airplay Youth Support have been able to make significant improvements to the ‘The Flat’ which is home to their senior Youth Club for ages 13+.

The works took place at ‘The Flat’ at Ely Close Families Centre behind Annigton’s development, The Crescent in Carterton. Completed earlier this month, the project involved designing and fitting a brand new kitchen and appliances, re-decorating internally and installing new flooring.

When the club re-opens in May 2021, it will host a range of activities and support for young people including a weekly Airplay senior Youth Club on Thursdays 6-8pm. The Airplay youth programme is funded by the RAF Benevolent Fund, and its RAF Brize Norton project aims to help military children integrate in Carterton by being open to the whole community. In addition to the Thursday evening sessions, Airplay also run activities for ages 5-13 at Carterton Family Centre.

Louise Saunders, Sales and Marketing Manager at Annington, comments: “We’re proud to support the local communities in which we are operating and are especially keen on supporting initiatives that benefit children and young people. We are very familiar with the RAF Airplay scheme, having donated to other groups over the years and are delighted to be able to help them give the RAF Brize Norton Youth Club much-needed facility a new lease of life.”

Jessica Price, Community Development Officer at RAF Brize Norton said: “Annington’s donation has enabled us to bring a new lease of life to the Youth Club ‘Flat’ and for that we’re very grateful. Both Annington and Heyford went above and beyond to deliver on this project with many of their contractors donating their time to support Carterton’s young people. We’re very excited to re-open once Covid-19 restrictions allow this to happen and the Airplay team can’t wait to see the young people’s reactions to the transformation of their beloved youth club!”

Annington is currently building new homes at The Crescent, which is located on the site of former Ministry of Defence housing linked to RAF Brize Norton. Annington’s mission is to provide high quality homes to local buyers at affordable prices, with the development itself providing 135 new homes when complete, a large play area, and two additional smaller play spaces for children. Annington has recently released a new phase of two, three, and four-bedroom homes at The Crescent.

For more information about RAF Brize Norton’s Airplay programme contact Ayleila Parry at Action for Children: [email protected]