Green fingers make happy hands!

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‘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…

YMCA WAVES Members Take Part in Parliamentary Debate

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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…

Sleep Easy – Saturday 4 March 2017

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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

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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.

Christmas at YMCA Sovereign Centre

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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…

YMCA Santa Run

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Glorious winter sunshine brought a record turnout of runners, with 670 Santas pulling on their red hats and white beards for the popular local charity event in Reigate’s Priory Park. More than 560 children and young people took part in the 1-mile race, many raising extra money through sponsorship to help support YMCA East Surrey’s…

A Day to Remember

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Joe, 22, was incredibly proud to be selected to represent YMCA England at the recent Remembrance Day Parade in London. Having used YMCA East Surrey’s services since he was a child, Joe, who has learning difficulties, feels like a part of the YMCA family. “I was pleased and honoured to be chosen,” he said, after…

YMCA Boccia – Club of the Year!

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The Reigate & Banstead Sports Awards, organised by rb sport, were held at the Old Reigatians Rugby Club in Reigate last Monday 3 October. The awards were aimed at recognising and rewarding talented local athletes, coaches, volunteers, teams and clubs for their outstanding achievements in sport over the past 12 months.

Surrey Super Sports

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More than 90 young people with disabilities had the opportunity to take part in a variety of inclusive activities with YMCA East Surrey on Friday 23 September. Our second Surrey Super Sports day was hosted at the YMCA Sports and Community Centre in Princes Road, Redhill, as part of Reigate and Banstead’s ‘R&Be Active’ week, running…