Over 1,400 people celebrated Barnet’s ‘greatest show’ as the borough’s OnSide Youth Zone, Unitas, officially opened its doors to young people. The grand opening for the centre, which had a ‘Greatest Showman’ theme, offered everyone in the Barnet community the opportunity to see what is on offer. As with all OnSide Youth Zones, the £6.5million…
The building is now complete on Barnet’s state-of-the-art OnSide Youth Zone, ‘Unitas’. Offering young people aged 8-19 (and up to 25 for those with disabilities) somewhere to go, something to do and someone to talk to, the incredible £6.5million centre will boast an array of world class facilities with at least 20 different activities on…
Members of the Unitas Youth Zone young people’s development group were given the opportunity to meet HRH the Duke of Sussex. The young people, who have been part of the group for over three years, were present when the Duke enjoyed a tour of Future Youth Zone in Barking and Dagenham. Paula Rodrigues, 17, was…
Young people in Barnet are counting down to the opening of Unitas, their state-of-the-art OnSide Youth Zone. The £6.5million facility, which is being built by national charity OnSide Youth Zones with support from Barnet Council, will open its doors for the first time on Sunday 23rd June with plans being made for celebrations at the facility, which is…
Funders of Barnet’s £6.5million OnSide Youth Zone, Unitas, joined young people from the borough for a sneak peak of the building. With the exterior works almost complete, the inside is now really coming to life and, for the first time, guests were allowed into the building to see the incredible progress that has been made…
As Unitas continues to progress, we thought we’d take you inside to show you the remarkable progress being made on site. Very soon, young people in Barnet will benefit from a wide range of activities and facilities with sports, arts, music, dance, cookery and enterprise and employability opportunities to name but a few. We will…
Work is progressing rapidly on the site of Unitas Youth Zone. Montrose Playing Fields has been a hive of activity over the past couple of months with the building of the steel frame, which is now completed. At present, the cladding is currently being put in place around the exterior of the building and the…
The OnSide Game Changers have been using their summer to help shape the future of our Youth Zones. The group of young people, who act as ambassadors for the charity, enjoyed a week-long residential across the network to discuss various aspects of the Youth Zones. Over 40 young people from Carlisle, Blackburn, Manchester, Oldham, Wigan,…
Close to 2,000 local young people have voted to call the Barnet Youth Zone ‘Unitas’, which will now be the official name of London’s second £6m OnSide Youth facility. 25 young people of Barnet, made up of members from local partner community groups, have spent the last few months working with London based Design agency…
Young people from across Barnet are being given the opportunity to cast their vote on the new name for Barnet Youth Zone: www.onsideyouthzones.org/barnetvote 25 young people from across the borough have been working tirelessly over the last few months, with London based design agency Sea, to create two brand identities for the new Youth Zone,…