The Endeavour Club was originally established as a Boys’ Club in a purpose built Youth Centre building in March 1951 with the financial support of a local philanthropist whose brother Kenneth Black (below) had died tragically in a Sea Scouting accident.
The Trust deed was in fact signed in l946 but the club was not actually opened until the later date. The aim of the original Trust was to promote the “social, moral and physical well being, of boys, especially boys in poor circumstances, resident in the neighbourhood of Merton and Morden in the County of Surrey, by the provision of facilities for social and physical training and recreation”. This has been achieved over the years through a wide ranging
programme of activity based youth work, designed to assist in the personal
development of the young people between the ages of 9-18 so that each may
realise his or her full potential.” Since the mid eighties the Club
has worked with girls as well which has broadened the programme of the Club,
and the Trust Deed has been amended to reflect the mixed gender of the Club. |
