AN article on the front page of The Spectator on March 3 motivated Hamilton Baptist Church pastor, Doug Whiteford, to do something locally for young people, and specifically with the under-utilised space in a large room at the church on Gray Street.

Pastor Whiteford, who prefers to go by Doug, started thinking about utilisation of the space currently in disuse after reading about a motion moved by Councillor Helen Henry at the first Southern Grampians Shire Council (SGSC) meeting for 2022.