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3000 members Wirral’s landmark £6m facility, The Hive Youth Zone has been open less than a month and has already hit the 3,000 members mark! The Youth Zone opened its doors for the fist time on Saturday April 8th marking the day with its 1000 member, Rosie...

We welcomed OnSide Youth Zones, the charity who were behind building and creating The Hive, hosted their annual conference here at Wirral Youth Zone last week. Close to 100 of our dedicated supporters and OnSide’s got the opportunity to tour The Hive, before they sat down to take part in a...

Not sure if you heard the rumours (or the noise from Saturday’s events) but… WE ARE OFFICIALLY OPEN! If you missed it, here is a bit of a recap of what can only be described as one of the best events Wirral has seen… Creating a carnival atmosphere, local band Wirral Samba...

Young people tour With just two days to go until the grand opening of The Hive, Wirral Youth Zone our Young People’s Development Group wanted to give you a flavour of what to expect come 1pm this Saturday. Our Development Group, many of who have been...

Young People to race to Wirral Youth Zone on Grand National Day! Saturday 8th April marks the biggest day in the racing calendar, but in the lives of thousands of young people across Wirral, Grand National Day will be remembered as the day WE, The Hive, Wirral...

Russell Taylor GENERATIONS of young people are about to have their lives transformed as a dynamic new initiative partnered by Russell Taylor Group gets under way. The business has announced it has become our newest founder patron. Ben Russell, managing director...

Our partners, The Lauries, are kindly offering FREE membership to the first 100 young people from the CH41 postcodes who sign up as members. The Lauries, is a local facility offering office, conferencing and function space in the heart of Birkenhead and is fully supportive to The Hive and its...

Staff Induction Our 100 strong staff and volunteers team united on Saturday as we prepared them for working with thousands of young people come opening on April 8th! The staff team were inducted before various different training sessions were delivered to the...

Progress to Excellence Generations of young people are about to have their lives transformed as a dynamic new Progress to Excellence Group partnership gets under way with Wirral Youth Zone. The Hive had a pre-opening target of 20 Founder Patrons and this...

Youth Zone nearing practical completion Excitement across the borough of Wirral is building as construction work on the new Youth Zone, The Hive, nears completion with less than 60 days to go until opening. Building contractors, H.H. Smith & Sons, have been...

John Barnes inspires first Youth Zone members Saturday 21st January, saw Youth Zone Ambassador and football legend John Barnes help inspire the first Junior and Senior young members to sign up to the soon to be built, Wirral Youth Zone. The Hive Youth Zone,...

West Wallasey Car Hire As The Hive Youth Zone moves towards its 100 day countdown to opening, the young people of Wirral have been given a huge boost with the news that West Wallasey Car Hire Limited has signed up as a founder patron. Wirral Youth Zone, which...

With just months to go before The Hive – Wirral Youth Zone’s grand opening, our fantastic new building is really beginning to take shape ready for the official opening in April 2017. To celebrate how rapidly development is progressing, a number of our generous funders including; Boulting...

John Barnes Former England and Liverpool player John Barnes has graced the recording studio once again in order to support our young people here in Wirral! Following his previous off-the-field success with New Order’s ‘World in Motion’ hit from 1990, Youth...

Hill Dickinson Bike Ride The Hive Youth Zone General Manager, Stuart Barnes, joined international law firm Hill Dickinson to go the extra mile in aid of Wirral Youth Zone cycling the 150 mile Coast to Coast challenge from Workington to Sunderland recently, to...

Supporters of our Wirral Youth Zone united recently at a special event, providing the first opportunity to go on the building site to see for themselves how quickly the The Hive is progressing. Contractors, H.H. Smith & Sons have continued their fantastic work on the Youth Zone building site...

Some of the Hive Youth Zone’s Capital Funders enjoyed a tour of the Wirral facility as building work continues. With both the interior and exterior really taking shape, the supporters were able to see what each room was going to be. They were shown around by the Hive’s Chairman John Syvret...

Hill Dickinson Coast to Coast International law firm Hill Dickinson along with our very own General Manager, Stuart Barnes, are going the extra mile for Wirral’s young people, cycling the gruelling 130 mile Coast to Coast challenge from Workington to...

Supporters of our Wirral Youth Zone united recently at a special event, providing the first opportunity to go on the building site to see for themselves how quickly the The Hive is progressing. Contractors, H.H. Smith & Sons have continued their fantastic work on the Youth Zone building site...

Our General Manager Stuart Barnes and a team of ‘OnSide Warriors’ took part in the annual Total Warrior 12k obstacle course in Leeds on Saturday and raised over £1,500 for Wirral Youth Zone. Total Warrior is the pinnacle of obstacle racing, providing the most gruelling (and...

On Friday 10th June, we welcomed our family of Founder Patrons to the Youth Zone site to get an update on the project and meet the team, including the young people, who have been working hard to deliver our amazing new facility. As you will see from the pictures below the building is shooting up...

Wirral’s young people are a step closer to their £6million Youth Zone becoming a reality as the Selwyn-Lloyd Charitable Trust has agreed to support The Hive with a commitment of £25,000 for the next three years, becoming our newest Founder Patron. The trust itself is a registered charity,...

Excitement across the borough of Wirral is building as construction work on the new Youth Zone, The Hive, gathers pace with the erection of the steel frame starting this week. Contractors, H.H. Smith & Sons are working tremendously hard following the successful laying of the Youth Zone...

With the Youth Zone’s construction due to be completed at the end of the year, The Hive’s Young People’s Development Group have been hard at work creating  designs, which will go on hoardings at the site to give passers by a glimpse of the future offer. On Tuesday evening (16th Feb)...

Altrad NSG is offering its full backing to our Youth Zone project, signing up as a Founder Patron. Their investment will ensure that our young people are provided with the opportunities to build happier, healthier lives within a safe and supportive environment. Altrad NSG’s range of services...

We’re delighted to welcome second Founder Patron to our Youth Zone family as Boulting Group, a multi-disciplined engineering solutions provider, has agreed to support the charity to the tune of £75,000 over three years. The announcement comes just weeks after construction work on site...

The world’s biggest spade helped mark the start of construction work on our new Youth Zone – The Hive as we take a significant step closer to opening. Our new facility is scheduled to be completed by contractor HHSmith Sons Company LTD by the end of 2016 following the eye-catching designs...

We have been extremely busy over the last few weeks, with two of our board members, joining young people in hosting special events to introduce and promote the Youth Zone project across Wirral. Last week, Chairman of our Youth Zone, John Syvret CBE, hosted a special lunch event at Wirral’s...