Lego® Competition 2025
WIN a PS5 Console & fantastic prizes in each category for Winners and runners-up! Unwin Jones, a local architectural company, and a Carlisle Youth Zone Patron is sponsoring the CYZ Lego® Competition for the fifth year running! A competition that has become really popular amongst young people locally. The Lego® competition for 2025 launches on... Read more »
Wednesday Projects Are Back – June / July 2025
Wednesday Project Nights are back! This is a 6 week block starting on Wednesday 11 June and running until 16th July 2025. Booking is essential for these sessions, and it costs just 50p on the door. We’re really excited to introduce our new CYZ Lego Explorers Project. This Project is a fun, interactive & creative... Read more »
“Helped me gain confidence and skills I now use in my part-time job”
Hi, I’m currently 17 years old and I first started attending the youth club in 2021, when I was 13. At that time, it was right in the middle of the pandemic, and all the sessions were running online. The first one I joined was a reading group. At first, I wasn’t hugely excited about... Read more »
Vacancy: Cleaner
Carlisle Youth Zone is a purpose built Youth Centre which sees over 1000 visits per week. We take huge pride in our building and the upkeep of it and our resources. Every day, someone new will set foot in our facility for the first time, and that first impression is so, so important. This role... Read more »
Vacancy: Youth Workers (Summer Holidays and Gym Trained)
We welcome up to 1000 visits from young people every week! Our youth work programme offers space, voice and time for young people to discover their passion and their purpose, 6 nights a week and all-day Saturday, alongside our busy holiday clubs which run each school holiday. We recognise that a diversity of people, interests,... Read more »
Vacancy: Café and Catering Co-ordinator | Multiple Opportunities Available
Want to be part of ensuring young people have regular access to warm, nutritious and affordable meals? Our ‘Core Café’ is at the heart of the Youth Zone, and through this role, you could be too. We currently have two opportunities available to join our catering team: Bank work to cover Summer Holiday day time... Read more »
MAY HALF TERM 2025 HOLIDAY CLUB – BOOKINGS NOW OPEN
Bookings are now open for our May Half Term Holiday Club. You can book using our online booking system. Spaces are limited and booking is essential. It will run between Tuesday 27 May and Friday 30 May. Spaces start from £12/day.
“Before the Youth Zone there was nothing for people like me”
I’ve been attending the youth club for over a decade and have taken part in almost a thousand sessions during that time. I’ve grown up with it being a big part of my life, and now, at 25, I’ve reached the end of my journey there. “Before the youth club, there wasn’t really anything locally... Read more »
Parent Zone: What’s Going On Online
Last month we held our first ParentZone group – it was great to see a number of parents come together to discuss topics that are affecting them. In the meeting, we spent some time discussing what issues might be useful to discuss in future meetings, and Online Safety was highlighted multiple times. So on Wednesday... Read more »
CUMBRIA YOUTH CO-RESEARCH COLLECTIVE
Cumbria Youth Co-Research Collective We are part of a new Youth Co-research Collective in Cumbria! We are coming together as young people (12 – 17yrs), peer youth co-researchers (18 – 24yrs), and adults in Youth Worker, Community Researcher and Academic roles. We are coming together to build our confidence and skills in research. We think this... Read more »
