YOUTH club buildings across the borough will be ‘disposed of’ under £24 million Trafford Council cuts if the authority can’t saddle community volunteers with their running costs.

A distraught Timperley mum has warned the planned closure of Sale West youth centre could seriously affect her champion boxer son’s promising career, as well as lead to a rise in anti-social behaviour.

Asked about the proposed closures, Trafford Council leader, Sean Anstee, said the authority was still consulting on the changes and it was ‘therefore incorrect to say that any of the budget proposals will definitely happen’.

But Trafford Council’s own consultation document states that Sale West Youth Centre will be ‘decommissioned and no longer provided’, alongside the closure of centres in Old Trafford, Lostock, Partington, Broomwood and Davyhulme.

The consultation document continues: “The children’s centre and youth centre buildings may be leased or asset transferred to members of the voluntary and community sector or local community groups. If these options are not possible they will close and the buildings will need to be disposed of.”

Cllr Sean Anstee added that the council were “working hard to mitigate the impact of any proposal should they proceed, including making sure young people have access to services in their community.

“A number of activities provided in the Sale West Youth Centre are not provided by the council, and therefore unaffected by the proposal. Consideration is being given on how best to accommodate the continuation of that provision in future,” he added.

Multiple youth champion Thai boxer, Remi Campbell, rides his bike to Sale West to train at Northern Spirit Thai Boxing club with former world champion Lisa Howarth.

While the club itself is going strong, the consultation has left him and mum Gee Bates with serious concerns over where the club is based.

“If I can't train at Northern Spirit I won't be able to train anymore,” he said.

“The club is like a family to me. There is nowhere else as I go on my bike and mum doesn't drive.

“All my friends go there and they are all very upset.”

Mum Gee added: “The council just seem to want everything running for free. They don’t want to pay for anything.

“If they take that club away, anti social behaviour will shoot up. It’s not that the children round here are bad, but boredom produces naughty kids.”

Leader of the Labour Group on Trafford Council, Cllr Andrew Western, added: "These proposals would mean an end to the council funding youth centres in Trafford.

"That's a devastating blow for our young people as what it means is that from next year, their doors will close. Centres like Sale West are a fantastic asset for the community and the council has to be honest both about its plans to close our youth clubs and the impact this will have on the next generation."

The consultation, which proposes to leave just three youth centres open, can be found alongside a consultation on adult social care cuts at trafford.gov.uk/the-budget-2015-16/EarlyHelp.aspx