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During summer 2025, FUSEBOX experienced two significant flooding incidents caused by a blockage in the building above, which resulted in burst pipes and overflowing toilets.

Despite over seven months of work with our venue partners to assess the damage and plan for recovery, the venue unfortunately remains closed to all activity.

While we had initially hoped to reopen in autumn 2025, and later January 2026, the situation is still unresolved.

As a result, all commercial hires are on hold, and our programmes for communities and young people have been postponed, cancelled, or relocated. The loss of FUSEBOX has taken away the beating heart of our organisation – the space where our team, emerging artists, vulnerable communities, and partners come together to connect, create, and share. Without it, the creative engine that fuels our work has been displaced, and the opportunities it provided have been put on pause.

The loss of FUSEBOX for over 7 months is a severe blow to our small charity. The venue generates 61% of Creative Youth’s total income, had been rapidly building momentum since its 2023 launch, and was set to host over 100 creative, educational, and community activities during this period—from mindful art sessions for young people struggling with mental health, to local schools exploring heritage, to residencies for emerging artists, to a vibrant performing arts programme spotlighting underrepresented performers.

How you can help
Without urgent support, there is a real risk that FUSEBOX, along with all it brings to our community, will be lost.

If you’re able to support our reopening, please come along to one of our upcoming fundraisers. Every ticket makes such a difference to the charity.

Creative Youth exists to ensure as wide a range of young people as possible can realise their creative potential. Our work aims to equip and empower young people with the skills and confidence to enter the creative industries offering opportunities to get involved in innovative, original and ambitious creative projects.

We are a registered charity, so your generosity will help us thrive and grow so we can support more young people in Kingston, in the UK and on the global stage.

Read our impact report to find out more.