A funky new £5m youth centre for children is due to open in Trafford.

Tag lined 'Britain's biggest youth club', the centre will show off its own 400-seat cinema, music studio, sports gym and café.

Children will also get to make decisions on how the centre is run- with a board of young officials voting on day-to-day decisions.

Pupils based at Broad Oak High School, in Partington, where the centre will be based, helped to secure the facility after winning a cash bid from the government.

The Department for Children, Schools and Families made £34m available to support such innovative projects like these around the country.

The award to Trafford was their largest single award, although projects in Manchester and Oldham also got support.

Local children helped architects come up with a dramatic and eye-catching `wonky building block' design after making visits to some of Britain’s best landmarks in London and the North West.

The two-storey centre – due to be nicknamed The Fuse - will be home to a dedicated team of youth workers. It will also have a drop-in centre where children can get health and job advice.

Headteacher Andy Griffin said: "As part of the design process, children were taken to look at impressive buildings. They visited the British Film Institute in London and the Lowry, at Salford.

"The young people have really been involved in it all. Sometimes, they were asking adults to leave the room while they are making the decisions.

"They came up with The Fuse idea, because it is the fuse which lights up their creativity.

"Architects have taken on board their ideas, namely the suggestion of building blocks fused together."

Although the site will be welcomed by children across Trafford, it has been hailed as a major success for Partington, where the residents have voiced their opinions for some time about the lack of local facilities.