Instead of turning a blind eye to the potential trouble of fights and broken bottles near the hall's public toilets, Positively Clutha Women (PCW) has decided to turn up, feed those who gather there and talk about the issues in the town.
A barbecue will be cranked up about 10.30pm and PCW members and their husbands will cook a sheep and offer the meat to the carloads of young people who gather there every weekend.
PCW chairwoman Robyn Gardner did not subscribe to the theory that the young people were the ones causing troubles and she was not convinced a proposed liquor ban in the area was the answer either.
PCW has already taken a stand against some of the problems in the area by providing a free large skip so bottles and other rubbish could be deposited safely.
The barbecue was another tool to meet young people and treat them with respect instead of seeing them as unlawful troublemakers.
"We want to get on their side and have a chat about things rather than having nothing to do with them."
Mrs Gardner said the community needed to show the young people they did not treat them with suspicion or fear, and events like tomorrow night's barbecue were a good way of doing just that, she said.
Her biggest fear about a planned liquor bylaw was that it could "push" young people to consume alcohol in areas just outside the restricted zones.
Saturday's event was aimed at anyone who wanted to take the opportunity for free food and welcomed the chance for different sectors of the community to get together.
