Shrewsbury House

Youth and Community Centre, Langrove Street, Everton, Liverpool, L5 3PE

Shrewsbury House is a Youth and Community Centre in Everton, Liverpool.  Founded in 1903, We are known locally as the Shewsy.Our core business is working  with children and young people. We provide a place to go and things to do.  The centre maintains a Christian ethos,whilst respecting other beliefs and cultures. Our motto is "People Matter More Than Things" and this guides our approach to our work. Through informal education,we aim to meet the social,recreational,emotional and spiritual needs of our young people. We do this through the relationships and self confidence we build and the activity and learning programme we offer.  We are an open-access, full-time centre and try to fund and run a full programme of activities each week of the year.

We support the aim of the Governments' Every Child Matters charter by providing  the environment and support needed so that all our children can: 

•     Be Healthy
•     Stay Safe
•     Enjoy and achieve
•     Make a positive contribution
•     Achieve economic well - being

We underpin our youth work with the following key principles and values:    

• We are a community based organisation delivering Education
• We actively promote Equality    
• We provide the voice and platform for Participation 
• We encourage Empowerment that leads to citizenship,action and change
• We encourage a view of life that includes learning on all levels: mental, physical,emotional,social,and spiritual.                                                    

We implement these aims and values by providing:   .

• A safe, warm, clean, friendly,fun,inclusive and stimulating environment
• Adult and peer support that is understanding, welcoming, appreciative and encouraging.
• Information, advice and guidance and opportunities to access training, learning, healthy living practice and work.
• An expectation of high standards of behaviour, respect, discipline, and achievement and a challenge where these are ignored.    
• Opportunities to experience different and new skills, interests and activities,    team work and to develop cross class,cultural, racial and generational relationships. 
• A platform for developing character through discussion,debate,and the practice of organisational and leadership skills.
• An environment that values learning and builds up expectations and aspirations.