News

  In January, after 15 months away, we welcomed Stuart Barnes back to The Hive as our permanent CEO once again. Having worked for The Hive since before opening as employee 001 he left in October 2018 to take up a role with our “umbrella” charity, OnSide Youth Zones, heading up the opening...

Wirral’s Hive Youth Zone launches a programme of targeted Youth Work to tackle knife crime and promote positive outcomes for young people.   The Hive has been successful in obtaining funding for vital projects which will raise the aspirations of young people and highlight the dangers of...

  On Sunday 17th November talented young people from across the Onside Youth Zones network took to the stage of the Royal Albert Hall and performed alongside world-renowned artists to an audience of thousands and HRH Prince Harry at the OnSide Youth Zones Awards. The ceremony, held at the...

  Talented young people from The Wirral Hive Youth Zone will perform alongside world-renowned artists John Newman, The Script and Ms Banks at the OnSide Youth Zones Awards to HRH Prince Harry at the Royal Albert Hall in London.   The Youth Zone’s ‘Edge of Seventeen’ senior vocal...

On Sunday 17th November, young people from across the network will be travelling to London’s spectacular Royal Albert Hall to attend the inaugural Onside Awards. Staff and young people have been busy nominating their peers for different categories including sports, arts and health &...

  We are absolutely delighted to be the national winners of the ‘Community Organisation for Age’ Diversity Award. The National Diversity Awards are the largest in the UK and recognise groups, charities and voluntary organisations that have made an outstanding contribution to their local...

The Hive Youth Zone has been shortlisted for the UK’s Largest Diversity Awards   The Hive Youth Zone, Wirral has been shortlisted for the Community Organisation Award for Age at the National Diversity Awards (NDA) 2019.   The Hive Youth Zone are delighted to have been nominated for...

Magenta Living and The Hive, Wirral’s state-of-the-art youth facility, are joining forces to reach out to young people across Wirral and introduce them to the benefits of being a Youth Zone member.    Working in partnership, The Hive Youth Zone and Magenta Living have 100 free membership...

Steve and Andy are taking on the challenge of cycling to every OnSide Youth Zone to fundraise for The Hive! Steve, our Lead Senior Youth Worker, and Andy, our Grants and Trusts Officer, are representing The Hive in this incredible fundraising endeavour which will push them to their cycling limit!...

Young people from the Hive have been following the “My super power is…” template to decorate their own set of 25 umbrellas from the ADHD foundation as part of the ‘Umbrella Project’. The Umbrella Project 2019 celebrates the gifts, talents and employability of those who are...

We are delighted to invite you to the inaugural Johnson Foundation Golf Day, which is being held in support of The Hive. The event, to be held at Heswall Golf Club on Friday 26th July 2019, is being delivered by golfevent specialists PlayFair Events, who have created the event to give...

Young people will be taking part in seven days of Eco activities, including tree planting, a local litter pick and an ‘Eco Audit’ of the Youth Zone. The Hive Youth Zone’s members are focusing on how to be more environmentally friendly in a week of Eco activity, where young people will be...

The Hive Powered Wheelchair Team are thrilled to have entered the Cash for Kids Sports Challenge! By supporting Team Hive in this challenge you will be allowing our team to enter The ‘Cheshire Ability Counts Football League’, which will offer our young people the opportunity to take part in...

Two members of The Hive’s youth work team, including Chief Executive, Adam Mellor, are set to take on the challenge of a lifetime as they abseil 452 feet down Radio City Tower, in aid of the Radio City Cash for Kids charity. Youth worker, Lewis Collins will make the descent of the iconic...

  Restaurants and eateries across Merseyside are being invited to help The Hive address child hunger by taking part in a new campaign launched by the Youth Zone, in partnership with CPL Training Group – the leading provider of licensed retail and hospitality training in the UK. The...

The Hive Youth Zone now has a virtual tour, giving viewers access to explore the building and all it’s incredible facilities from the comfort of their own computer, tablet or phone! The online resource will now be used across a range of outreach workshops and school assemblies – giving...

Young people from Wirral had the privilege of meeting the Duke and Duchess of Sussex today (Monday 14thJanuary) when the couple visited The Hive Youth Zone in Birkenhead to see for themselves the amazing impact it has on local people and the wider community. As part of their first official...

This December saw the launch of our Hive pop-up shop, on St John’s Pavement at the Pyramids Shopping Centre. Open throughout the busy Christmas period we offered a wide range of Christmas gifts and merchandise including Hive-branded items designed by our members including Christmas cards,...

Last week we took our young people on a journey into the maze of Hiveageddon. This fantastic fantasy world was spread out over four days across all sessions and saw our young people entertained and terrified in equal measure in another successful venture brought to you by our own Hive Team thanks...

Our sensory room has under gone a dramatic transformation, thanks to the generosity of B&M Waste Services, which has donated thousands of pounds worth of specialist equipment to ensure that our members have the best experience possible if they need access to a relaxing ‘break-out’...

From next month The Hive will be home to a new project from Sale Sharks Community Trust. ‘Advantage Wirral’ was officially launched by Cllr Geoffrey Watt at a special event at the youth zone earlier this month. Led by Premiership Rugby side Sale Sharks, the Wirral business community came out...

The Hive Beats the Heat with Roof Top Race for Life Event Soaring temperatures didn’t deter our members from doing their bit for charity as they took on a special Race for Life challenge last week – up on the roof-top of The Hive! In the first ever Race for Life event to be held by the...

We will be hosting a Race for Life event here at The Hive on Junior Session on Wednesday 27th June. We will be the first youth zone to get involved in this amazing fundraiser for a worthwhile charity. The distance children will be required to run/ walk will be 1km which we will do on our Outdoor...

WIRRAL’S state-of-the-art OnSide Youth Zone, The Hive, has received industry recognition as the North West’s best public service building. Thanks to the combined efforts of OnSide Youth Zones, Seven Architecture, construction company HH Smith & Sons Co Ltd, Wirral Council Building Control...

Our Gym Team were looking for some Personal Best’s today when they completed the 25th Anniversary BTR Liverpool Half-Marathon. Along with new Barnet (Unitas YZ) CEO Tony Lewis and Senior Club member David they raced against each other, and the clock, to raise funds for the Hive Gym to see...