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The Hive’s Young People’s Development Group have been extremely busy over the last few months, actively engaging with the local community to spread the imperative message of partnership across Wirral and beyond ahead of The Hive opening in 2017. For the second time this year, young people from...

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...

We’re very excited to reveal the hoardings designs, created with our Young People’s Development Group to sit on the outer perimeter of Youth Zone site. The hoardings illustrate three key factors: ‘Pride in Wirral’, ‘Branding and Values’ and the ‘Youth Zone Offer’ and they...

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...

An award winning group of family owned food and agriculture businesses have signed up to back Wirral Youth Zone over the next three years. Edward Billington & Son Ltd, more commonly known as The Billington Group, have become the third Founder Patron to pledge their support to our annual...

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)...

Wirral’s young people are in for a goal-fest of action once their new £6million Youth Zone is built, especially now former England and Liverpool FC legend, John Barnes MBE, has agreed to become our Youth Zone Ambassador. As an admired role model across Merseyside and the footballing world, the...

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...

Young people from various youth organisations across Wirral were this week given a tour of one of OnSide Youth Zones current facilities – Mahdlo Youth Zone in Oldham. The group from Youth Clubs such as Eastham, Wallasy and Vikings Youth Hub were first given a tour by Ashford and Shannon,...

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...

Wirral’s young people are a step closer to having their new £6million youth facility with the news that the planning application to build The Hive Youth Zone, has been successfully approved by Wirral Borough Council. The Youth Zone is to be built on Exmouth St, adjacent to the new Fire Station,...

Wirral’s young people are one step closer to having the new state-of-the-art youth facility, The Hive, with the unveiling of new designs for the Youth Zone today. The concept images follow the recent appointment of Seven Architecture, who have been instructed to design the £6million facility, by...

Wirral Youth Zone unveiled its new brand identity of The Hive today, following extensive consultations involving over 300 young people from the borough. Developed to represent the values young people will attribute to their new Youth Zone, The Hive symbolises adventure and fun for all young people...