‘Hope and relief’ as seaside town’s last youth centre saved

Charity praises effort to stop Ramsgate's Pie Factory Music closing but calls for more youth services in coastal towns

The last remaining youth centre in one of England's most deprived coastal places has been saved from being sold after a long campaign by the charity that has for 13 years called it home.

In November the Guardian revealed how the centre in Ramsgate on the Kent coast was facing being auctioned off by Kent county council, despite an independent report that estimated the centre was saving the council more than 500,000 a year in costs, including for services in mental health, youth justice and social care.