Twinning association donates remaining funds to Horizons Youth Club

Kingsbridge Twinning Association has donated their remaining funds to Family Advice Support Team’s (FAST) Youth Club, based at Horizons. 

Kingsbridge Twinning Association has wound down its operations recently, and wanted their remaining funds to be donated to a cause that benefitted young people in the community. 

The Kingsbridge Twinning Association handed over a cheque for £780 to the youth club team.

John Turrell, Twinning Association, and Councillor Julia Wingate, Kingsbridge Town Mayor, outside the Youth Club alongside other members of the association and FAST staff and volunteers

Kingsbridge Mayor, Julia Wingate, has chosen the FAST Youth Club as her Town Mayor's charity and was invited, alongside the twinning association, to the Youth Club based at Horizons, 110 Fore Street, on Friday, 25 April. 

The FAST Youth Club, had more good news because funds collected from the World’s Smallest Nightclub (aka the red telephone box outside the Police Station) has pushed the balance to the Mayor’s Charity to just over £1,000, which will be major boost for the Youth Club.

Kingsbridge has been twinned with Isigny-sur-Mer in France and Weilerbach in Germany since 1990 and many visits have been organised over the years. Visits to Isigny stopped in 2016 and the Weilerbach liaison has recently ended, however, the formal twining agreements remain in place. 

Many personal friendships have been made over the years and future visits are likely to take place on a personal basis.

FAST is a not-for-profit organisation (Community Interest Company/CIC) that delivers support for children, young people and families. All profits are used for a community purpose which are running Horizons as a community hub and delivering seven hours of youth work every week during term time. 

The Youth Club objectives are to provide a safe, welcoming and enriching space for all young people of secondary school age, with opportunities to get support, learning and development. FAST’s aim is to be inclusive and to ensure that all young people feel that they are included and matter.

The "greatly appreciated" donation from the Kingsbridge Twinning Association will be specifically used to fund this summer's holiday youth club sessions during August. Julie Hinder, lead youth worker can be contacted at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.