OnSide is a national charity that believes all young people should have the opportunity to discover their passion and their purpose.

They build state-of-the-art, multimillion-pound youth centres (called Youth Zones) in the country’s most economically disadvantaged areas.

OnSide Youth Zones are purpose-built spaces fizzing with energy and crammed with incredible facilities. They provide local young people aged between 8 and 19, (or up to 25 with a disability), affordable access to high-quality sports, arts, and leisure facilities and activities, seven days a week, 52 weeks a year.
They are staffed by skilled and dedicated youth workers who truly believe in young people, helping them see what they can achieve and equipping them with the skills, confidence, and ambition to go for it.

Learn more about them here.

FiredUp4 fundraising has so far provided ceramic studios to nine Youth Zones, with the first two being installed in Chorley and Wigan and the next in Warrington, Barnet and Barking and Dagenham in London. Our 2023 auction raised funds for studios in Croydon, Blackburn with Darwen and Manchester. London Craft Week’s fundraiser in 2024 raised funds for WEST in White City London and in 2025 raised funds for the running costs of all London based youth zones.

We don’t want to stop here. There are more Youth Zones where we hope to install ceramic studios, and more work ahead!