YMCA Chaplaincy provides pastoral, emotional and spiritual support to staff, residents and anyone who has contact With Worcestershire YMCA. This care and support are open to all, regardless of faith, background or circumstance and is confidential and non-judgemental. Our Chaplains seek to make Christ and His values present throughout the YMCA by listening to people,…
Shaw Trust, in partnership with St Basil’s and YMCA, was awarded £1.5m by The Big Lottery Fund in 2014 to support young people in Worcestershire who are struggling the most to find career opportunities. Many of the young people on the programme have experienced barriers to work such as social exclusion, learning difficulties and homelessness….
Thank you to Core Tree Who took part in YMCA Worcestershire’s Sleep Easy event read their blog here Friday 22nd April was YMCA Worcestershire’s Sleep Easy event raising money and awareness for those that are homeless in the county. It was the first time that I have taken part in a fundraising event for some…
To attend the event click here Date: 10 May, 2016 Time: 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm Location: YMCA, Henwick Road, Worcester, WR2 5NS Cost: FREE Join us to access information and support about the sector, kickstart your social enterprise journey and exchange ideas, best practice and expertise amongst peers. SEWM will be on hand to…
Summer was a great time for young people of Worcestershire especially the 150 young people that graduated from our NCS Programme. For some of the young people have continued to engage with NCS and are now part of the Youth Board! The youth board gives young people the opportunity to be part of the NCS…
On Saturday, we had our July 11th Cohort of 75 young people attend their first NCS Teambuilding Day at the University of Worcester. Take a look at the two images and you will see the #NCSeffect in action! What a difference 3 hours can have making new friends, meeting staff and having fun! We can’t…
This week I have been in the YMCA office Redditch working with Charlotte completing various tasks. I learnt a lot from looking at the digital marketing side of the YMCA and how people here advertise volunteering opportunities and charity events through social media such as Facebook and Twitter and how important social media is within…
Dan Owen who was awarded the YMCA Worcestershire’s Positive Impact award has gone from strength to strength and has now been elected to join the Worcestershire ‘Youth Cabinet’. Being part of the youth cabinet is an exciting opportunity for Dan. He now has the opportunity to have his voice heard by local, regional and national…
