Wednesday, 24 April 2013

Raising Aspirations and Improving Skills


Volunteer helping out the young people at Blackburn Youth Zone 


BYZ (Blackburn Youth Zone) helps to raise aspirations and skills by channelling the youths energy towards positivity, example of this is boxing and gym where they are taught discipline.

Providing the youth with activities in a safe and secure environment gives them a chance to socialise and develop on their skills. Offering sport programmes such as football, basketball, boosts their confidence and skills needed to work successfully as a team. Having a diverse range of art programmes including music and crafts it enables the youth to be creative with their ideas.

BYZ helps to raise aspirations by developing and helping the youths learn new skills. Mentoring also takes place, giving the youth’s stability and one-to-one support. Providing all this not just helps the youths but has a positive impact on the volunteers and employees that work there and can then result in confidence and high aspirations within the community. 


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