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CEO Blog – April 2012

April 5th, 2012

Hello and apologies for not updating my blog sooner. Where does the time go! It’s been a busy time here at the youth zone with quite a few changes happening in the background. We have held our first annual Patron’s Dinner, it was great to celebrate our achievements and look forward to our ambitions for [...]

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Stephen Mason appointed as CYZ Chief Executive

December 9th, 2011

Carlisle Youth Zone has appointed Stephen Mason as its new chief executive. Stephen, 46, was previously Locality Director (Carlisle) at Cumbria County Council’s Children’s Services and takes up his new post at the Youth Zone on Monday 12 December. Stephen has worked with children and young people for 28 years and has a varied background in [...]

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Chief Executive’s Blog – July 2011

July 14th, 2011

Over the past few weeks Junior Club memberships have been ever increasing and so to be able to ensure everyone coming has the best experience possible we have temporarily capped the numbers at 200 per night to ensure a quality experience. This was then followed by a meeting with the parent’s forum where it was [...]

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Chief Executive’s Blog – May 2011

May 18th, 2011

I can’t begin to tell you how exciting it is at Carlisle Youth Zone right now.  For the past year it has been a building site, but on 26th April we held a press opening which has kicked off a series of soft openings.  These openings will provide young people, their friends, their family and [...]

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Chief Executive’s Blog April 2011

April 18th, 2011

Carlisle Youth Zone is something that everyone from all walks of life has an interest in – whether it’s a young person looking to attend, a potential donor, a guardian looking for something different for their child to do, or someone looking to meet new people through volunteering – there is something for all. Since my [...]

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Chief Executive’s Blog – March 2011

March 14th, 2011

I am privileged to be working in a real life “dream job”. Carlisle Youth Zone is an opportunity like never before, to raise the offer for young people by listening to what they want, and working in partnership to make sure we get the most out of every penny invested.  The scale and the ambition of [...]

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