“It feels incredible – years of work finally complete,” says Bailey Thomas, a member of Beyond Collective, a group of young people who were instrumental in the development of Horizon Youth Zone in Grimsby, which opened its doors on 14 February. Here is his initial review of this 21st-century youth centre: “It’s full of life and has the perfect balance of calm and entertainment. The colours are beautiful.” 

“We have never had anything of this scale purely for young people in Grimsby,” observes Lucy Ottewell-Key, the centre’s chief executive. She is hopeful that its impact will extend beyond its walls and users to the former fishing and industrial town, which has been in economic decline for decades – with low earnings and high crime levels – but with a town centre that is showing green shoots of regeneration.