The Atrium, Ground Floor, Anchorage 2, Anchorage Quay, Salford Quays, Manchester M5 2EL, United Kingdom. 21 June at 11am, Dame Mary Glen-Haig DBE, member of the International Olympic Committee, will officially open the Agoraspace sports arena at the Procter Youth Centre in Hulme. The Agoraspace has been delivered to the Procter Youth Centre through the Youth Charter for Sport with help from the Hulme City Challenge, the Sports Aid Foundation Trust, Sportsmatch, Kennedys Civil Engineering and Cariocca Business Park.
Sport is clearly an important element, both socially and culturally, in young people's lives.
During the Manchester Olympic Bid process, we had the world's media reporting on a fairly negative image of youth culture in Moss Side and Hulme. The Youth Charter for Sport was launched in March 1993 with a central theme to provide young people with an opportunity to develop in life through sport.