Cowes Youth Centre building could be put to new use.
A NEW use could be found for Cowes’s closed youth club in Arctic Road — it could become the headquarters of the Island Youth Water Activities Centre (IYWAC) if the Isle of Wight Council agrees.
The proposal was revealed by IYWAC centre manager Mike Acton, during a presentation to members of Cowes Town Council.
He outlined plans to apply to the council for the building to be a community asset transfer to the charity.
He said: "Now the council has put Cowes Youth Club up for disposal, we hope it can be disposed of our way."
During his presentation to members, Mr Acton said IYWAC, which offers sailing courses to Island youngsters, was very popular.
However, he said the charity was let down by changing facilities at the current building.
He said: "The feedback forms from young people are fantastically positive. But one result which marks us down is facilities where people change."
• In a separate move, the town council turned down a request from IWYAC to back its community asset transfer bid for the former youth club. Members agreed it was better not to take a decision to support a particular bid until the bidding process was further forward.
Reporter: davidn@iwcpmail.co.uk