Supporters of London’s first OnSide Youth Zone were given a sneak peak of the ‘Future’ as the doors for the facility were opened up for the first time. Barking and Dagenham is preparing to create history in Spring 2019 when the £6.5million development will open and transform the lives of a number of youngsters in…
Future Youth Zone is delighted to introduce its Core Team. The new members of the team started work this month and will be based at CU London until the Youth Zone is ready for them to move in. Zak Hussain has joined as Head of Youth Work and will oversee the delivery of Future’s youth…
As work continues on Future Youth Zone, we are making sure we are spreading the word as much as we can! Following on from CEO Gavin Evans, we are delighted to introduce you to our second member of staff, Marcel Andrew. Marcel’s role, as Youth and Community Engagement Worker, is to spread the word of…
Housing association L&Q is helping to build a brighter future for Barking and Dagenham’s young people by becoming the latest Founder Patron of Future Youth Zone. With funding from L&Q, Future will open next year, giving young people between eight and 19 (and up to 25 with additional needs) somewhere safe and affordable to go with many inspiring…
Suriyaa Gnanapandithan, a member of OnSide’s Barking and Dagenham Young People’s Development Group, enjoyed an exciting of week work experience with Future Youth Zone’s CEO Gavin Evans. During his placement, he got the chance of having a ‘VIP’ tour of the Youth Zone site in Parsloes Park working alongside Adam Poyner, OnSide’s Senior Development Surveyor. The…
Barking and Dagenham’s historic Future Youth Zone has taken another big step towards completion as the internal features are now being fitted ahead of the official unveiling. The iconic development in Parsloes Park is starting to catch the eye of a number of residents and excitement is now growing as the building starts to take…
Construction on Barking and Dagenham’s OnSide Youth Zone moved a giant step forward with the completion of the building’s steel frame this week. Work began on the facility, named Future by local young people, in January this year and despite wintery conditions carrying on through Spring, the building is developing at a rapid pace with…
Barking and Dagenham youngsters have unveiled their vision for the OnSide Future Youth Zone with specially-designed hoardings at the centre’s Parsloes Park site. It has only been two months since the spade went into the ground at a special ground-breaking celebration to officially start work on the £6.5million centre and a steel frame will…
Work on Future Youth Zone is well underway on Parsloes Park. The hoardings are up and the diggers are on site following our ground-breaking ceremony last month. Future Youth Zone Chief Executive Gavin Evans cast his eye over the progress and gave this update:
History has been made after a spade went into the ground to officially start work on London’s first ever OnSide Youth Zone in Barking and Dagenham. The Youth Zone’s Chair Charles Mindenhall was joined by Barking and Dagenham Council Leader Darren Rodwell, the facility’s funders and other dignitaries, including West Ham captain Mark Noble, at…
