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Get stuck in this summer

Get Stuck In this summer with Blackburn Youth Zone Do you want to take part in our 6 days a week provision this summer including: FREE Activity days at the youth zone FREE Activity packs delivered to your door FREE Online digital youth club FREE Meals   This summer we are part of the Blackburn... Read more »

BYZ members bring the community together for an evening of cultural entertainment

A group of Blackburn Youth Zone members hosted a spectacular evening of cultural entertainment this week. The evening which consisted of a range of entertainment, food and speeches from the young people was attended by over 60 members of the community.  As part of the Youth Narrative and Strong Sisters Projects that are running this... Read more »

Strong Sisters come together to celebrate women empowerment

Over 100 women and girls from across Blackburn with Darwen came together at Blackburn Youth Zone to take part in the event celebrating women empowerment, entrepreneurship and heritage. The inspirational day was organised and hosted by Blackburn Youth Zones Strong Sisters group, made up of 8 girls aged between 11-19; all of which are taking... Read more »

The F Factor: looking to find the entrepreneurs of the future workshop

Founders of the Future is coming to Blackburn Youth Zone to run a workshop for budding entrepreneurs aged between 14 to 25! At the end of the workshop you will have all the information you need to enter The F Factor – an exciting start-up competition for pupils and young adults, now in its fifth year. The workshop... Read more »

Family & friends join in with the festive fun

On 2nd December we had our annual Christmas Family Fun Day, which was bigger and better than ever! There were over 200 young people, family, friends and members of the community all joining us to take part in the festive fun. On the day we were joined by the scouts organisation, girl guides, the autistic... Read more »

Young Leaders experience a range of different religions and cultures

A group of our Young Leaders had a fantastic time going on an Interfaith trip around Blackburn and visiting different religious sites. During the day we were invited to visit Blackburn Buddhist centre, Madina Mosque  and Blackburn Cathedral. Throughout this they learnt about the importance of understanding and respecting Diversity with our BWD community and... Read more »

Traditional vs Digital Art Exhibition

In January Blackburn Youth Zone are hosting their first Traditional vs. Digital Art Exhibition on Friday 25th January 2019 from 10am – 3pm, the event is to showcase local young people’s art and inspire other young people through masterclasses. The event will highlight how modern digital techniques can be used in connection with a traditional... Read more »

Christmas Family Fun Day

Join us on Sunday 2nd December as we kick start Christmas in style. BYZ are hosting our annual Christmas Family Fun Day 2:00pm-5:00pm here in our state of the art building. The day will be packed with festive fun for all the family. We will have Christmas games and activities, Live music, festive food and... Read more »

A spectacular spooky halloween here at BYZ

Blackburn Youth Zone, have had  a spectacular spooky halloween 2018!. Across all clubs we have hosted a spine chilling horrifying parties with over 250 young people attending! Young people have enjoyed pumpkin carving, zombie dancing and gruesome guts challenges. Everyone really enjoyed dressing up and taking gruesome selfies. Roll on 2019 Blackburn Youth Zone Apocalypse where... Read more »

UCLan Future Engineers Club

In October 2018 we launched  in partnership with UCLan, Future Engineers Clubs in both Juniors and Mini Members: This is a brilliant 6 week project for young people to learn, enjoy and try a range of activities. The programme aims to get young people to become creative and learn about design using everyday objects. From... Read more »