Before And After School

A new venue in Portsmouth by and for people under 30. We are re-imagining Playland – the abandoned arcade on Commercial Road – into a vibrant, youth-led creative space. And it’s a totally blank canvas…for now!

Wherever you are on your journey and whatever you are passionate about – Playland is a safe space to express yourself, and access opportunities to build skills and experience for your creative career.

We’re looking for young people aged 16 – 30 to help shape every part of this new space: from designing the blank-canvas interior into a functional and playful space, to planning what will take place there.

In return we’ll offer training, mentoring, and shadowing opportunities, and we will support you to make your ​‘dream’ events come true. This is a chance for you to co-create something from the ground up, shaping it as YOU think it should be.

Unloc is a leading education non profit founded in 2013 by award-winning young leaders and advocates Hayden Taylor and Ben Dowling. We help schools, colleges and organisations inspire and empower young people to be changemakers through bespoke and innovative programmes in entrepreneurship, leadership, careers & employability and youth voice. We work towards our mission by delivering inspiring educational programmes in our growing network of schools and colleges. We also deliver a variety of free open, access programmes in the community for young people to take part in outside of school time.

We believe every young person can be a changemaker. By developing young people’s skills and confidence, we empower them to shape their lives and the world around them.

To find out more about what we do - see our website here: https://www.unloc.org.uk/
To find out which open access programmes we have available for young people to take part in - see here: https://unloc.online/opportunities

YMCA Portsmouth focuses entirely on delivering a fantastic range of children's services from 0-16 years. Located across the city from a nursery based within the unique facilities of Whale Island the Royal Navy base to YMCA Portsmouth Daycamps during the school holidays - At Charter Community Sports Centre, visit Ymca-fg.org is our website.