Bosses at Carlisle Youth Zone have released details of how far its members travel to enjoy activities at the landmark city club.

Figures show more than 3,000 children who attend the centre on Victoria Place come from Denton Holme.

The next highest number, nearly 2,000, come from Harraby - and the area around the Garlands has nearly 1,800 members.

Currock has more than 1,700 children who are members and more than 1,600 come from Upperby.

The youth zone, which is a charity, also reaches out to children as far afield as Lockerbie, Annan, Gretna, Penrith and the west coast.

Some members come from further afield - there is one member in the Lancaster area, one in Somerset and one in Sheffield.

The figures were released in the youth zone's recently published annual report.

Activities at the youth zone include arts and crafts, music, cooking, dancing, a gym and computing.

Lynsey Buckle, development manager, said: "A lot of people come to the Youth Zone during the holidays.

"They may be staying with grandparents locally and become members to make use of our facilities.

"Children from Penrith make the journey up the motorway and youngsters from the likes of Lockerbie, Gretna and Annan come in a minibus once a week.

"A lot of our members live in densely populated areas and we work closely with schools in those areas doing assemblies to show what’s on offer.

"We have a good link with the local primary schools and many of the children are members of our junior club."

Alex Kay, 17, has been a member since 2011. He is also a young leader.

He said: "The Youth Zone is home. It’s part of me. I don’t think my life would be the same if it wasn’t for the Youth Zone.

"What I enjoy most is knowing that you can really make a difference."

The centre was badly damaged during the floods.

Its ground level was out of action for months as builders had to rip up the floor so they could pump out more than five tonnes of flood water.

Lynsey said: "We can see light at the end of the tunnel now. We are looking forwards not backwards.

"Our main focus for this year is our mentoring project. We need male adult role models for our young people.

"Some of our members come from single parent families where there is no male around.

"We need men to give up an hour of their time each week to help support our youngsters and make sure not one child gets missed.

"We want children to talk about mental health issues if they are lonely or worried. Prince Harry has given this side of things a real boost by talking about his experiences following the death of his mum."

The Youth Zone gets through 2,500 plastic cups each year in its gym and uses 120 ping pong balls.

It is always looking for local businesses to help with its funding.

Lynsey said: "People often forget that we are a charity because we have a beautiful, big building.

"We do need plastic cups, lever arch files, ping pong balls and flip chart pads. If anyone can help provide these items please get in touch."

Call 01228 516280 if you can help with mentoring or the donation of items.