Base 33 survives as funding campaign comes up trumps

The Base 33 'crew'

A YOUTH centre in Witney has been saved thanks to support from Oxford Mail readers, businesses and the Prime Minister.

Last month, Base 33 in High Street faced the prospect of cutting 75 per cent of its work within weeks.

Support for teenage mothers, schemes to get young people into work and drop-in services were under threat after public donations dried up.

But readers of the Oxford Mail and our sister paper the Witney Gazette jumped to its aid, donating more than £10,000 since a story highlighting its plight four weeks ago.

Read this article in its entirity at the Witney Gazette