Congratulations to 6 of our young people for completing their Silver Duke of Edinburgh!
Although it’s over a year since completing the Duke of Edinburgh Silver assessed expeditions, all 6 participants have now received their Silver award certificates and badges. Congratulations everyone!
13th December #fyzadvent
Rebecca has recently completed the ‘Get A Job’ programme, on which she gained 100% attendance. Upon completion of the course Rebecca had a successful work trial with Wagamama and will be working in their kitchen team training as a chef which has always been a dream job of hers. We are all really proud of […]
11th December #fyzadvent
Today we are celebrating yet another successful round of FAC5! FAC5 is 5 week targeted programme for Years 2- 4 to give them a flavour of the sessions and activities offered here at The Factory. #fyzadvent #14DaysToGo The next round of FAC5 will start on Monday 8th January. See you there!
9th December #fyzadvent
Today we are celebrating all of our young leaders in general. Since the start of Learn2Lead, there are have been over 1,200 volunteering attendances by young people! They have been at The Factory, the National Football Museum, and a number of off-site trips and events. Congratulations to all of you, you are absolute stars and […]
7th December #fyzadvent #tbt
My HOBY Residential Leadership Programme Lancaster University, April 2017 My time at HOBY was so fulfilling! Since I was the oldest it felt odd at the beginning but through the programme I actually became close with my team. At some point we were all crying and then laughing again – I think these were the moments […]
6th December #fyzadvent
Hannah has been coming to The Factory for nearly 6 years and regularly speaks out about how it has helped shape her future. Recently Hannah was invited to speak at an event in London with The Lord Mayor where over 350 people were in attendance. After the event The Lord Mayor then sent Hannah a […]
5th December #fyzadvent
On Sunday 3rd December myself and 3 other volunteers attended the Hilton Hotel in Manchester, this was an amazing event that showed people what Onside Youth Zones do, I was welcoming people on the stairs while they were walking up to the event. This was also a grate chance for myself to meet other Youth […]
4th December #fyzadvent
During Sunday’s OnSide Ball, which other youth zones and patrons attended, No Youth, made up of two talented FYZ members, performed their latest music during pre-dinner drinks. Both Hannah and Lee have been attending the Factory since it opened nearly 6 years ago. If you would like to support Hannah and Sketch and their amazing, […]
3rd December #fyzadvent
Having been with The Factory since it opened (5 years ago!) Nicole is aged 18 and has been a member of The Factory Youth Zone for 5 years. She has recently completed the ‘Get a Job’ course funded by Accenture and moved into her first ever job at Wagamama. Congratulations Nicole! #22DaysToGo
2nd December #fyzadvent
One of our junior members, Liam Fogg aged 8, won his first ever trophy last night for being Man of the Match our football competition! #23DaysToGo