‘Don’t Lose the Plot’ is YMCA East Surrey’s horticultural project working with young people who have additional needs aged between 14-20 in the local area. We have an allotment in Redhill where we grow fruit, vegetables and flowers, teaching young people about the health benefits of growing your own. We also work with Reigate and Banstead…
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YMCA WAVES Members Take Part in Parliamentary Debate
Five young people from YMCA East Surrey’s WAVES group had the experience of a lifetime in Westminster recently when they were invited to take part in an all-party Parliamentary group on Youth Affairs. Chloe Cooper (13), Raife Eskisan (13), Elle Wastell (13), Sofia Yermo (13) and Phoebe Jenkins (14), all students at Reigate School, travelled…
BBC Surrey Radio visits YMCA’s inclusive activities for young people ahead of Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day
As part of Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day appeal, BBC Surrey Radio came down to see our inclusive sports activities for young people with disabilities. Without the support of Comic Relief and other funders, we wouldn’t be able to deliver the range of activities that we offer. Check out the video below and please like…
Sleep Easy – Saturday 4 March 2017
It’s a sad fact that some people don’t have a choice about where they make their bed at night, no matter what the time of year or how cold the weather. On Saturday 4 March, 44 people slept rough for just one night at YMCA East Surrey’s Sports and Community Centre in Redhill to help raise…
February half-term fun
This half term YMCA East Surrey offered an average of 33 spaces per day at the Sovereign Centre on their Yippee and Yip4Youth schemes for children and young people with disabilities. This totalled just under 1,000 hours of short break care across the week, providing support to a huge number of local families.
Don’t Lose the Plot re-launching in Spring 2017
A big thank you to Nutley Kitchen Gardens for donating equipment for our ‘Don’t Lose the Plot’ gardening project for young people with disabilities.
Working in partnership with Tesco & Fare Share
We are now proud partners with Fare Share. Working in partnership with Tesco we are getting food which is close to its best before date which we are able to use immediately on sessions. This helps to reduce food waste, encourages young people with disabilities to come up with creative ideas to cook a selection…
Festive activities for young people with disabilities
Over the festive period the young people with disabilities who access our new whole day services celebrated with a trip out to the Beehive in Woodhatch. The young people involved in the trip have spent the last term cooking, preparing and serving food to members of the public and so this time they had the opportunity…
YMCA East Surrey calls on local people to join national Sleep Easy Week
It’s a sad fact that some people don’t have a choice about where they make their bed at night, no matter what the time of year or how cold the weather. YMCA East Surrey is calling on residents to come together and sleep rough for one night in March to support local, homeless young people….
Christmas at YMCA Sovereign Centre
As one of the only Short Break providers offering clubs over the Christmas period, YMCA East Surrey was full to the brim with children and young people with disabilities. At Yippee, the YMCA’s playscheme for children aged 5-11 years with a range of disabilities and complex needs, there was an average of 30 children per day. The local charity…
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