Chorley Youth Zone appoints CEO

Janine Blythe has been appointed as Inspire Youth Zone’s new chief executive and immediately starts her role as she aims to drive Chorley’s new youth facility forward.

The new Youth Zone is to be built in the centre of Chorley on Railway Street, where The Arts Partnership and Leigh Arms currently stand. It will be a place where young people can reach their full potential, grow their dreams and achieve their goals. It will be a safe and supportive community for young people to belong and be themselves.

Janine joins Inspire having worked to support young people in Lancashire for almost 20 years, delivering the Connexions Service and a range of employability and support projects.

As the Youth Zone moves closer to opening, Janine’s attention will then shift to the recruitment of a high quality team of trained staff and volunteers who will act as role models for young people to help them achieve their full potential. The staff team will grow rapidly following the arrival of the Youth Zone’s first youth worker, Michelle Graham, who joined the team last month and continues her role to engage local young people and community partners in the project.

Chorley Youth Zone Chief Executive Janine Blythe commented: “I am motivated to make a huge difference to the young people of Chorley and I believe that the Youth Zone is the perfect vehicle to do this. I am delighted to have been appointed Chief Executive in Chorley, where I live, and I look forward to working with many different individuals, companies and agencies in the area in order to improve the lives and prospects of local young people.”