A Christmas trip out For our Christmas Trip several of our young people living in our supported housing project and also from the community who we are supporting to find accommodation, attended the newly opened Boulder Rooms here in Frome. The Boulder Rooms is a rock-climbing gym. The young people were climbing up boulders with…
Our Narnia themed yoga retreat in a day happened on Saturday December 4th – and it was its 5th year! Such a popular event that it sells out every year in the summer months, within a week of tickets being launched. Everyone was so delighted to be able to meet up again at Barley Wood…
This year staff and residents alike at Street and Frome Foyers were delighted to be part of St John’s Church in Glastonbury’s annual Christmas tree festival. Not only did residents enjoy decorating a YMCA Brunel Christmas tree, they were also proud to decorate Youth With A Future’s (YWAF) Christmas tree on their behalf. YWAF is…
The YMCA Christopher House team are looking fabulously festive as they celebrate #christmasjumperday2021 – just one of the many ways they’ll be having festive fun this year.
We were thrilled to receive a £500 donation from Waitrose in Wells who have often supported our projects and worked closely with our Spencer House adult housing project locally. Here is a photo of Alisa Scott, Waitrose Community Lead, presenting us with the cheque. This will make a huge difference to our residents and we…
Somerset’s wonderful Women’s Institute (W.I.) have once again been working hard to give our residents some Christmas joy and we were absolutely delighted when 157 filled shoeboxes were delivered to our Mendip office earlier in the week. Carol Plenty, Adults Services Manager, will now take on the role of Chief Elf and deliver the boxes…
The Tramways in Wells very kindly held a charity raffle at their bingo on Monday 22nd November. The night was a massive success and raised £308 towards the YMCA Christmas Appeal. The raffle was amazing with 65 donated prizes from Wells Tesco, Tramways, YMCA staff and family friends and the bingo players themselves. The Christmas…
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…
