Jetty Lane Youth Hub
‘Not just a building – we inspire hope, facilitate support and make opportunities possible for young people.’
Jetty Lane is a charity which aims to provide facilities that enable partners to deliver creative opportunities to engage, unite and inspire local young people in the Suffolk coastal area to achieve our vision of promoting social and cultural connectedness and bringing our community together via arts, culture and wellbeing activities.
Jetty Lane was founded in 2017 as a community initiative after the demolition of the Woodbridge Youth Centre on the site. The creation of the charity saved the site for community use and aims to replace this youth facility.
We are not a service provider – we are a facilitator and promoter of events and opportunities for young people in the Suffolk coastal area.
Today we are a registered CIO (Registered Charity Number 1184713) run by a committed group of Trustees with the help of a growing number of local volunteers, professional experts and supporters.
We serve the community of Suffolk coastal – particularly Woodbridge and the surrounding rural villages. Our beneficiaries are local children and young people, with particular emphasis on those who face barriers to accessing youth-specific opportunities. Barriers occur for a variety of reasons. With stakeholders, we will assist in identifying the various barriers met by our young people and facilitate high quality creative and cultural activities.
Barriers identified so far include: neurodiversity, poverty, lack of transport, rural isolation, poor attitudes to young people by others in the community, mental & physical ill health, family conflicts and disturbance, school not working for them, unhelpful peer group pressures, bullying.
Where is the site?
Jetty Lane is near the River Deben in the centre of Woodbridge, Suffolk at IP12 4BA. It is very near other key facilities, such as a large car park, train station and buses, several cafés, public toilets, the Riverside Cinema, a skatepark, Kingston Playing Field and Deben Leisure Centre.
OUR RATIONALE -
OUR ‘STORY’
Our Vision
To promote social and cultural connectedness to bring our community together via arts, culture and wellbeing activities.
Our Mission
Our Mission is to reinstate and extend the lost youth centre in Woodbridge, Suffolk, by building a new Youth Hub. This will provide a purpose-built, sustainable space for children and young people in the Woodbridge area and facilitate creativity and culture.
Our Values
Nurture creativity, cultural and artistic growth and wellbeing, and encourage
entrepreneurial activityRun by and for the people of Woodbridge and the surrounding area
Put community first
Collaborative
Open-minded
Forward-thinking
Celebrate participation and achievement
Intergenerational
Inclusive and equal
Learning & reflective organisation
Apolitical and not aligned to any particular religion.
Our Achievements
All our achievements are thanks to the time, vision, commitment and dedication of a small diverse group of local Trustees, Volunteers and Supporters:
New Plans for 2025
Our Jetty Lane / Childbase / Architect coalition has already swung into action. We have a number of binding Pre-Commencement Conditions to fulfill and legalities to work out. The conditions will take some time to complete but we aim to be ready to start the actual construction in October 2025 and finish in summer 2026. There will be a two month fit-out period to make the buildings ready for occupation, and we intend to open both the Youth Hub and Nursery in September 2026. We hope to complete the Playscape and Landscaping by then as well.
Prize & Award Nominations
East Suffolk Council: Community Next Big Idea Award 2023
Please help us to help young people by making a single or series of regular payments.
Make a Donation
Making a donation to Jetty Lane is an opportunity to make a real and positive difference to local people and to back the building of an iconic landmark. The centre will benefit many people, groups and organisations in Woodbridge and the surrounding areas for generations to come.
Become a Friend of Jetty Lane by donating a regular monthly amount of any sum you wish.
