A youth and community centre in Heysham has been awarded £336,260 from the National Lottery securing its future for at least the next five years.
Stanleys announced the news to great cheers and applause at its Open Day and Annual General Meeting held on Friday at its centre on Stanley Road.
The money from the National Lottery Community Fund will enable the centre to provide more services for adults and older people in the community, as well as activities to improve health and well-being, and fund a new operations manager role.
Robyn Thomas from Stanleys said they were "absolutely over the moon" at receiving the grant.
LISTEN to Robyn Thomas speaking to Beyond Radio about the award
"We're really really happy, we so needed it, it's helped secure our future for the next five years." she said.
"We're reaching so many more people than we were, when I first started more than 10 years ago. It's great."
Stanleys opens from Monday to Friday 9am to 3pm as a community centre open to all.
The team provides classes including meditation, mindfulness, indoor bowls, Tai chi, Spanish lessons, exercise, and free breakfast and a soup and roll at lunch.
From 3.30pm to 8pm, it then opens as a youth centre, providing food and a place to meet for young people after they finish school.
They also run an activity food programme during the holidays.
Here are some of the young people and team at Stanleys pictured last summer during the Change in a Box programme.

Currently Stanleys is running a health programme for young people, training them to become youth health champions in the community, and is looking to launch a new programme supporting young people with finding employment.
Stanleys had more good news earlier this month when Robyn received an award for her 10 years of service, and Ellie Pullen from Stanleys won Young Volunteer of the Year, at the Lancaster and District CVS volunteer awards at the Midland.

The Stanleys team were also at the Barefest festival on Princes Crescent in Morecambe on Saturday.


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