A community group in Kersal is at risk of shutting down within months due to funding issues.
Lower Kersal community group, which supports both Salford’s youth and elderly, runs a range of weekly activities, including cinema nights, curling sessions, knitting groups, and coffee mornings say their financial circumstances are bleak.
For many it is one of the few regular places to socialise and feel part of a community, with older residents attending for companionship, routine and health and younger volunteers coordinating the sessions with Salford council’s health improvement team help organise the sessions.
Volunteer and previous member of the club, Zach Presley, said: “It’s helped me grow in confidence” and “It’s so accessible.”
But this available community resource could be set to vanish entirely as rising costs and falling revenue streams have left the organisation in a precarious position.
Sean Massey, Chief Operating Officer, warned that the situation is critical.
“We are as good as gone in six months if it carries on like this,” he said.
For decades, this centre has been helping Salford’s youth stay off the street and now they are looking at “reinvigorating our young people programme.”
The reduction of social isolation is an important part of this club’s importance, not just for the youth but for older generations alike.
Massey added: “Some of these people have nowhere to go in the week, which is a shame, so this is there main weekly activity.
