Blaze Arts

Blaze is a youth led, arts charity with a vision where all young people are valued as creative citizens who can improve their lives, communities, and the world.

Blaze hold the space for young people from all backgrounds to develop confidence, creativity and transferable skills through youth led creative projects and networks. 

Blaze main work - Spark a Change!

Blaze main strands of work is split into three areas:

Young Producer Programmes

A producer is someone who takes an idea and turns it into a reality. Since 2012 Blaze has trained 1016 young people to produce their own festivals, publications, exhibitions or events.

The Young Producer Programmes combine high quality training, mentoring, peer networks and the opportunity for young people to access and take ownership of resources.

Blaze Community

At the heart of Blaze mission is the belief in the power of creative communities. They nurture and develop networks and partnerships that bring together diverse people to effectively collaborate and create change.

Blaze ensure that young people have the opportunity to lead and shape these communities.

Developing Youth Led Practice

Blaze work with creative and cultural organisations to improve how they work with young people. They train them to reflect on their practice, listen effectively, champion diversity and embed youth voice within their work.

Blaze deliver bespoke packages of support for organisations who want to pilot new ways of working.

Blaze is connecting their community creatively and giving local young people the opportunity to lead using their passions.

Their young people are shaping the artistic life of Lancashire, and creating more opportunities for the young people who come next.

But they can't do it without the support of people like you, who know the value of creativity to young lives.