Individuals, churches and businesses from across the city joined YMCA Exeter for a special cream tea event, thanking them for their generous support to the charity over the past year. On Tuesday 7th May, 50 guests visited our residential centre to hear about our continued impact as well as tour the supported accommodation we provide…
“The YMCA won’t fix all your problems, but it will save your life”. Meet Oliver, he is 28 years old and has lived at YMCA Exeter for several years. Oliver moved to Devon at the age of 7 with his mum, brother and grandparents, following his parents’ separation and his father moving overseas. Oliver soon…
YMCA Exeter is celebrating after making a successful bid for funding from Nationwide Building Society for our work to support housing in the area. Nationwide, the UK’s biggest building society, has been looking to support charities dealing with the many issues around housing in the South West area, and made £500,000 available to help make a difference…
“YMCA has been a life-changing opportunity for me and I hope other people my age can know about the YMCA too.” “My name is Jess, I’m 20 years old and I’ve lived at YMCA Exeter for one year this April. I first moved to St David’s Hill and after staying there for nine months I…
Local people helped to raise £14,268 for YMCA Exeter at a local fundraising on Saturday 9th March that saw them sleep out for the night in the grounds of Barnfield Crescent. More than 40 people took part at the event, helping to raise money but also awareness of the work of the local youth charity….
YMCA Exeter have been awarded £2,700 from Allchurches Trust in order to enhance our employment support and provision over the coming months. Our young people repeatedly tell us that they do not feel prepared enough for work, which can often be exacerbated by them just not knowing where to start in looking. Our workshop-based employment programme…
Local estate agents, Knight Frank is backing our annual fundraising night that will see local people sleep out for a night to raise funds and awareness about youth homelessness. The team at Knight Frank will be raising sponsorship money to help the sleep-out go with a swing on Saturday 9th March. The fundraising night is…
YMCA Exeter is set to work with young people to design innovative new ways to tackle youth loneliness after being awarded £19,500 from the Building Connections Fund Youth strand. The local Christian charity, which runs from St David’s Hill, will work with young people to help make their existing community hub more accessible as well…
YMCA Exeter is calling on local residents to come together and sleep rough for one night in March to support local, homeless young people. We are one of several YMCAs across the country that have joined forces to raise awareness of youth homelessness during the national YMCA Sleep Easy week, running from Friday 8th to…
On Saturday 8th December, participants of all ages took part in our ‘Santa Freefall’ at Haven Banks Tower on Exeter Quay. Tasked with each raising sponsorship money of £100 in support of YMCA Exeter’s work with homeless young people, our team of 15 Santas collectively smashed their goal with £2,000 in the pot, and counting!…
