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The Devas Club for Young People is a youth club in Battersea, south London, England, which provides sporting, educational and creative opportunities for disadvantaged youth. == History == The club was founded by Jocelyn Devas, a student at University College, Oxford, in 1884, as a ‘Club for Working Lads’ with the aim of providing young men with job skills.〔(History ), Devas Club, London, UK.〕〔(Battersea youth club celebrates 125th birthday ), Wandsworth, ''(This is Local London )'', 19 October 2009.〕 The club was originally called University College House and was in a room above a coffee shop in Stewarts Road.〔Robin Darwall-Smith, ''A History of University College'', Oxford University Press, 2008, page 410. ISBN 978-0-19-928429-0.〕 Following Jocelyn's death eighteen months after founding the club, in a climbing accident on the Matterhorn, his father offered a substantial endowment if his college friends would carry on the work in Battersea.〔Oxford youth club celebrates 125 years, ''(Lambeth )'', Lambeth Borough Council, London, page 15, 1 November 2009.〕 This led to a move to larger premises in Thessally Road in Nine Elms in 1907. The comprehensive redevelopment of the Nine Elms area to build New Covent Garden Market prompted another move, to a purpose-built building on Stormont Road near Lavender Hill in 1969, in a notably Brutalist architectural style. The club was constituted first under a scheme set up by the Charities Commissioners in 1901, when University College Oxford and then Battersea Polytechnic provided members of the Management Council. It was reconstituted in 1974 by order of the Charity Commissioners under independent trustees. The main purpose of the Club’s work was initially educational, but as this function became increasingly taken over by the London County Council, sporting and creative activities began to take precedence in the programme. A separate club for girls was started in 1960, which was later merged with the main activity of the club. The club maintains a small meeting space for alumni of the club ('old boys'). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Devas Club」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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