Those involved and the young people from the estate should be really proud of what they have achieved

Alison Egarr, The South Wiltshire Community Safety Partnership

In such a short time the club, which started with just £200 raised locally, has seen the membership soar to 100.

Now the club provide a wide range of activities - from snooker and Scalextric to Playstations with interactive dance mats!

In addition they have held discos and talent shows, a trip to a theme park and decorated a graffiti wall - not to mention the history of the club being produced in a cross stitch tapestry.

Working with the local council's housing department, the Community Safety Partnership has helped to find an extra £2000 to fund some of the projects. The results were so impressive that this year £4,000 has been obtained from the Home Office Building Safer Communities Fund.

Some of the money has been earmarked for another arts project, a regular newsletter and, if they behave, another trip to a theme park!

The youngsters have proved that they respond to the right kind of incentives and it is our aim to provide these for their sakes as well as the community as a whole.

Marilyn Dovey, one of the founders of TGI Friary

In addition, the extra funding will allow the club to open on Friday evenings as well.

However, what the members are really looking forward to is the purchase of a Karaoke system and digital camera to record their efforts. After the immense success of the talent competitions, 'Fame Academy' better watch out!

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What about dance Louise Barham our coreographer who has worked extreemly hard to win three compitions in first place