Save Ramsgate Youth Centre – KCC selling Pie Factory Music HQ
SAVE RAMSGATE YOUTH CENTRE – KCC IS SELLING PIE FACTORY MUSIC HQ
Local charity Pie Factory Music has learned that Kent County Council is selling Ramsgate Youth Centre, their headquarters since 2013, as part of budget-balancing efforts. In response, Pie is launching a fundraising campaign, #SaveOurYouthCentre, aiming to raise at least £500,000 to purchase the centre and fund necessary maintenance. Despite the challenges posed by recent funding cuts and the cost of living crisis, the charity emphasising the importance of community support, encouraging people to advocate for the campaign to show young people that they matter and deserve better resources and safe spaces.
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Pie Factory Music is a creative youth charity set up in 2002 to provide free, accessible, and high-quality workshops for young people across East Kent. Pie offers a safe space for young people in Thanet to access life-enhancing opportunities, through youth work, music and arts projects, pastoral care and counselling. Until 2024, Pie Factory Music also delivered two youth services for Kent County Council, providing open-access youth provision in both the Thanet and Dover districts. In 2022, Pie celebrated 20 years of providing a platform to inspire and empower young people across East Kent.
For more general information about what we offer, please visit our website www.piefactorymusic.com or call us on 01843 596777 / 596998.
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