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I agree with you, there's nothing for us to do up in Hawkinge at all, we've been promised numerous things over the years and they're still nowhere to be found. There's alot of housing development going on and alot of teens moving in but there is still nothing for us to do and people wonder why they graffiti and find ways to entertain themselves.

The idea of an internet cafe may sound good to adults but you need to take into concideration that the majority of us have computers equipt with the internet at home, so why pay for something we already have? Then there's the fact of feeling intimidated if you were to go to somewhere like that because no matter what you're always going to have select groups that you wont want to socialise with, in all honesty I don't feel as though there is a solution to the problem and if there were to be in turn it'd cause more problems to be delt with.

Call me pessimistic but coming from a teens point of view it's the way I see it.

There is an IT Cafe at Hawkinge Community Centre. Young people can use it and it's free. During school term time it's open for young people from 3.30 to 5.30 on Tuesdays and 5.00 to 7.00 on Thursdays. During school holidays it's open 11.30 to 1.30 on Tuesdays and 1.00 to 3.00 on Thursdays. Just turn up. Older adults can also drop in and use the facilities between 1.30 to 3.00 on Tuesdays and 3.00 to 5.00 on Thursdays.