OAKLEY Community Association are starting an afterschool youth cafe for secondary school and college students from next week. 

From Monday September 12, the cafe will run every Monday at Jolly Olly’s Cafe from 3.30pm till 5pm to help young people in Oakley connect with one another, build community and explore their potential. 

Alongside this new cafe, they also hope to launch other spaces for young people in Oakley.

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Sochi Ezeanowai, who leads the Youth and Student Ministry of St Leonard’s Church called CAS- Come and See, said: "We’re hoping that these CAS spaces will be a safe space for the youths and will be used to promote and create mental health & wellbeing awareness among young people in Oakley.

"We decided to start this cafe after realising that there isn't much else for young people in Oakley to do. We hope that it will help improve peoples mental health and well being."

For more information go to their social media handle @cas_oakley.