youth center
Adolescent gathering place
A youth center is a facility offering recreational, educational, or social programs for young people.
These spaces typically provide supervised activities, sports, tutoring, or counseling in a community setting: The city opened a new youth center to give teenagers a safe place to hang out after school.
Also spelled youth centre in British English.
- teenagersPeople aged thirteen to nineteen
- tutoring servicesSupplemental educational assistance
- homework helpAssistance with school assignments
- peer supportAid from similar others
- minorsThose below legal age
mentorship · juveniles · safe space · haven · extracurricular activities · adolescents · summer camp · field trips · after-school programs · community outreach · playcentre · preteens · local schools · student council · refuge · sports clubs · basketball court · pool
- childcaredaycare, after-school programs, babysitter, nanny, babysitting
- community facilitiespublic library, fire station, police station, post office, public school
- community spaceslibrary, libraries, church hall, town hall, schools
- gathering placescommunity centers, community halls, assembly halls, civic centers, convention centers
- Recreation Areaspark, state park, national park, campground, picnic area
- social servicessocial workers, social work, social services, welfare office, case workers
youth centersenior center
Facility serving older adults
retirement home · nursing home · old folks' home · assisted living facility · elder care facility
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