Carlisle Youth Zone's New Chairman is Announced
When it comes to inspiring young people in Cumbria, David Allen is no stranger. His firm of 60 plus accountants, financial advisers and business support professionals has grown over the last 12 years to become one of Cumbria’s most dynamic and trusted organisations – and all this with an average employee age of just 25.
At a time when professional services and other established institutions were resting on their laurels and sitting within their comfort zones, David took the bold step to really listen to his clients and his young people. His unwavering belief that there was a better way has enabled him to enthuse his energetic young team to deliver the highest levels of customer satisfaction.
So it’s especially fitting that as Carlisle looks to support its young people to become healthy, happy, positive and confident adults through its exciting new Youth Zone, David has been appointed as its Chairman.
Carlisle Youth Zone is a new facility for young people which is being built in Victoria Place, on the same site as the new Central Academy. £5Million has been secured from the National Lottery charity for the new building which will be well equipped with the latest gym and recreational equipment.
It will be open every day of the year from 3pm onwards on school days and all day at weekends and school holidays for young people aged 8 to 21. It will be staffed by paid employees plus lots of volunteers. This will be a real alternative to the facilities that are currently available in the Carlisle area.
Whilst David has been involved with the planning of Carlisle Youth Zone for the last 10 months, the Shadow board also included Brian Scowcroft, Andrew Tinkler and William Stobart.
Upon his appointment David commented “This is a very exciting time for the whole community and particularly exciting for me to be involved at this level. I am delighted to take over from Brian Scowcroft who has done a fantastic job so far. I consider it an honour to have been given this wonderful opportunity to make a difference for the young people of Carlisle. My first task is to appoint other local people to the board so we can take this project forward. We will have to raise around £900,000 a year to run the facility so it is not a small job, but a very worthwhile challenge.”