(Kazan City KZN.RU, January 28, Ksenia Shvetsova). After renovation of five Kazan youth clubs number of students in them increased by 40% - from 1,700 to 2,830. Made repairs provide economic benefit - utilities decreased there by 30%, that was reported to the Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin by the chairman of the Committee on Children and Youth Affairs of the Executive Committee of the city Sergei Mironov as part of the report on the results of 2015.
Recall, the past year funds in the amount of 38 million rubles were allocated for the first time from the state budget for the repair of youth clubs. This allowed not only to repair the premises, but also to build a sports and playgrounds, as well as purchase of new equipment.
In addition to traditional artistic and sports sections, new directions began to develop in youth clubs, which are in great demand among the citizens of Kazan. For example, school of early development, training in intellectual sports, journalistic direction and modern sports were the most popular.
Additional paid sections are developing on the extra-budgetary funds. Due to this the youth clubs have additional new sources of income. If in 2012 this sum of all the clubs was 1 million rubles, then the last year the figure rose to 4 million rubles. Mayor Ilsur Metshin, in turn, noted that the development of paid areas is a useful work, earned money may be directed to repair and upgrade of the equipment, but the main part of groups in youth clubs should be free. "Different children are engaged in youth clubs, including those from low-income families. Therefore, at least 70% of all directions in them must be free. We must not allow that youth clubs have turned into commercial shops,"- said I. Metshin.
As Mironov told, this year youth club "Lemonade" on the Latvian Riflemen Street will be renovated and opened, for these purposes 13.8 million rubles were allocated from the state budget.
63 urban youth clubs are visited by more than 14 thousand children of Kazan.