A LAST minute plea to rethink dropping funding for a state-of-the-art youth centre in Colchester fell on deaf ears. The We Are Colchester partnership's board has agreed to drop £2.1 million funding towards creating an OnSide Youth Zone in the town from its spending priorities for the Government's Town Deal cash. Colchester Council's cabinet discussed the priorities at a meeting on Wednesday, where teacher Phil Coleman (Lib Dem, Mile End), who brought the idea to the authority two-years-ago, urged the cabinet to go back to the board to fight for the proposals. He said: "It’s an amazing facility that changes young peoples lives.