The young people of Penryn will be able to access youth services in their town after the council agreed to £6,750 in funding.

The council has said it will provide the funding to allow the Dracaena Centre in Falmouth to provide the service, and it will also allow the centre to use the Old Gentlemen's Shelter on Quay Hill for the service and for a Young Women's Café.

The town council was originally meant to include the funding in its budget for 2016-17, but it was missed during an oversight, although town clerk Michelle Davey said the town had "a healthy general reserve."

She said: "The Dracaena Centre approached me before I approached them and said 'please, please, please, can we have the Old Gentlemen's Shelter, as that's where they were before and they would very much like to stay there."

Councillor Martin Mullins asked if the council would be responsible for any redecoration of the shelter, and Miss Davey said it was responsible for maintenance, but not redecoration.

After the resolution was passed, Councillor David Garwood added: "As Ted [Wilkes] isn't here, I feel I would like to say 'the children are our future, we ought to be doing this.'" This is a line of reasoning Councillor Wilkes, who was absent due to illness, is known to favour in many council discussions.