Shrewsbury House is a Youth Club in Everton, Liverpool. Founded in 1903, we are known locally as the Shewsy. The area we serve is one of the most deprived wards in the UK.
Our core business is working with children and young people. The centre maintains a Christian ethos, whilst respecting other beliefs and cultures, and valuing diversity. Our motto is ‘People Matter More Than Things’ and this guides our approach to our work. Through informal education, we aim to meet the social, recreational, emotional and spiritual needs of our young people. We do this through the relationships and self-confidence we build and the activity and learning programme we offer. Our vision is to draw out the talent and potential of all our young people so that each one will discover a positive purpose and direction for their life.
We are an open-access, full-time centre and run a full programme of activities each week of the year.
The Shewsy has always been widely recognised as centre of excellence. This has been achieved by the quality and dedication of its staff and by the support of many individuals in Merseyside and beyond, especially Shrewsbury School.
Our values
We believe in and seek to promote the values of service, honesty, forgiveness, kindness, generosity, humility, selflessness and care and consideration for others.
Our principles
- We are a community based organisation delivering informal education
- We actively promote equality
- We provide the voice and platform for the participation of young people in club, community and city
- We encourage the empowerment of young people that can lead to full citizenship, action and change
- We encourage a view of life that includes learning on all levels: mental, physical, emotional, social and spiritual
Our links
- We are connected to and in partnership with Shrewsbury School
- We share a site with St Peter’s Church with whom we have a good, working relationship
- We aim to work closely with many primary and secondary schools
- We are also part of several youth work networks, including the local authority’s Children’s services, the Liverpool Council for Voluntary Service, the Merseyside Youth Association and the national Frontier Youth Trust