The King's Arms
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Petersfield, Hampshire
Petersfield is a market town and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is north of Portsmouth, on the A3 road. The town has its own railway station on the Portsmouth Direct Line, the mainline rail link connecting Portsmouth and London. The town is situated on the...
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Hampshire
Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...
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England
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It is a project set up with funding provided by Petersfield Area Churches Together to provide a safe and friendly venue for the young people of the town to go, during weekday evenings. The venue is primarily centred around a non-alcoholic pub, including the usual facilities such as pool tables, table football, music, darts, WII and PS3
As well as the pub facilities, the centre also provides other community services such as:
- A cyber café
- After-school homework clubs
- Counselling services
The Centre has a large voulenteer base.
Awards and funding
The King's Arms is a registered charity. Some of the awards the project has won include Community Project Awards for 2003 providing £2000. It has also won Hampshire Youth Club of the Year from Hampshire and IOWIsle of Wight
The Isle of Wight is a county and the largest island of England, located in the English Channel, on average about 2–4 miles off the south coast of the county of Hampshire, separated from the mainland by a strait called the Solent...
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