Fundraising events not only help raise money for specific projects and initiatives, they are also a great way to raise awareness of the work we do in local communities and of course have fun! The Housing and Support teams in Mendip and South Somerset were keen to raise money so that their residents could have…
Just as community-led responses made all the difference in lockdown, community support makes all the difference to supported housing projects too and Frome Foyer is a shining example of how working together benefits everyone and fosters belonging and citizenship. Currently there are 11 individuals or community organisations working with Frome Foyer to support the young…
National Care Leavers’ Week is an opportunity to reflect on the services we provide to our care experienced young people, how we can improve their lives and help them to feel safe, supported, confident and ready for the future. In Somerset we partner with Somerset County Council to deliver supported housing for looked after children…
We are delighted that our youth worker Chiara has beaten competition to become a finalist in the national YMCA Youth Matters awards in the category of Young Worker of the Year. The awards ceremony happens in early November and we all have our fingers crossed for her! Chiara will be attending the gala event in…
We are forever grateful to the wonderful WI – who recently dropped by to deliver a variety of donations including handmade cushions, towels, bedding, toiletries, cakes which have been taken to our various supported housing projects across Mendip and South Somerset. The WI are very good to YMCA Brunel Group and have donated similar goods…
Here at YMCA Bath we are continuing to run our Nightstop project as we have throughout the past year. We provide emergency accommodation for 16-25-year olds who are homeless. Over the past few months we have had some really lovely success stories. One is a young lady, Holly (not her real name), 19 years old…
For the third time YMCA Bath Hostel has become a finalist in this year’s Bath Life Awards under the category ‘Charity of the Year’ focusing on 2020. A year we will all never forget due to Covid and one where the commercial hostel in Bath was forced to close its doors. However, the hostel remained…
We depend on donations for a lot of our housing support work – so we were delighted to receive this large collection of bedding at our Well’s offices, in South Street. Prevention Services Manager, Carol says: “We are very blessed that local organisations like the WI’s donate things to us. Clean bedding is needed for…
An innovative project providing continued access to health and wellbeing during Lockdown has been shortlisted for the Health & Wellbeing Project of the Year Award at the highly anticipated return of YMCA’s Youth Matters Awards Ceremony on Friday 5 November. The Bath Health & Wellbeing Centre run by YMCA Brunel Group is based at International…
PRESS RELEASE 26th July 2020 We were delighted to welcome the Rt Hon Dr Andrew Murrison, MP for South West Wiltshire to our YMCA Green Shoots Nursery on Friday 23rd July 2021. The purpose of the visit was to discuss the shortfall in early years funding that the government provides for 2, 3 and 4…
