Working with Carlisle Youth Zone

from Phase 1 Impact Report 2019

Young Researchers

Summer Programme - 2019 As part of our community activities in Phase 1, we have worked in partnership with Carlisle Youth Zone (CYZ), a local youth provision situated in the centre of Carlisle. Our programme was able to add value to their existing summer offer and support its growth. As a community partner, CYZ has allowed us to position our work outside of the traditional educational environments and work with target learners; both repeat (receiving sustained interventions) and new target learners.

“As a result of the partnership with Hello Future across the Summer of 2019, Carlisle Youth Zone has been able to offer some spectacular ‘once in a lifetime' opportunities to disadvantaged young people from the local area. These young people probably would have only dreamed of attending some of the events and places they did this summer, and as a result of the partnership they could do so with no cost at all. Thus meaning those who are often put off by activity cost or simply cannot afford to do so, were able to attend and had new and amazing experiences.

Across the Summer Carlisle Youth Zone and Hello Future were enabled 45 young people to have a new experience, with 23 of them attending 2 or more trips. Without the partnership with Hello Future none of the activities would have been possible with funding contributing to accommodation, tickets, travel arrangements, food, drinks and so much more, but overall these young people have been exposed to unbelievable experiences as a result of your generous input. Young people were selected for specific trips based upon their interest and future aspirations to be exposed to inspirational opportunities in the hope of triggering further aspiration and consideration to their personal journey.

The young people thoroughly enjoyed all trips, and in some instances got more from the travel to the event than anything else. Many haven’t been on a train or don’t have the opportunity to get out of Cumbria so the exposure to these opportunities have been invaluable for their personal and social development” .