Complete our survey and have your say on the Peterborough Youth Zone.
Alongside the national youth charity OnSide, we are developing proposals for a Youth Zone on the Embankment.
We are proposing a purpose-built facility and are in the process of talking to lots of people including young people to get their views on this.
Once delivered, it will be a state-of-the-art space designed to empower young people aged 8 to 19, or up to 25, for those with disabilities or additional needs.
Run by OnSide, it will be open seven days a week, it will offer affordable access to sports, arts, and life-enhancing activities, all supported by dedicated youth workers. Its mission is to inspire, support, and equip young people with the confidence, skills, and opportunities they need to thrive.
OnSide have already built several Youth Zones across the country from Carlisle to London. All are providing services to young people seven days a week, 52 weeks a year, helping to change lives. We want Peterborough to join that network, and benefit from the amazing work OnSide do.
We are at the early stages of engaging with the community on this facility, ahead of preparing a planning application, which will be submitted later in the year.
The aims of the Youth Zone in Peterborough include:
- To improve the prospects of young people in the city
- To provide a safe, inclusive, and inspiring space for young people to develop skills and confidence
- To gather feedback from a wide range of people, including a strong focus on young people
How you can get involved
Community involvement is extremely important - the best way to understand what the community needs is by talking to them. We will be engaging with the public throughout June through to July on this project, and these are the next steps:
- 2 June to 14 July 2025 - Tell us what matters to you, your ideas, and your concerns.
- July to August 2025 - Analyse the collected feedback and publish an engagement report and produce a Statement of Community Involvement document.
We want to hear from you. Please take a few minutes to complete our survey.