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Get your fitness fix at all YMCA gyms this summer*!
YMCA GYM & GO: Your passport to fitness this summer YMCAs across the country are teaming up to offer all members and Pay As You Go** users the opportunity to access all YMCA health and wellbeing facilities across multiple centres. This includes gym and classes. So, if you are a member of any YMCA St...
YMCA 175 years of supporting young people
We are celebrating 175 years since YMCA was established! Have you heard of George Williams? George was one of many young men who came to London to find work during the Industrial Revolution. In 1844 George organised a prayer group in his lodgings near St Paul’s Churchyard. This was the very start of YMCA. People...
Focus on YMCA Wimbledon
YMCA Wimbledon is centrally located on The Broadway in the heart of Wimbledon. It offers short term supported accommodation for young vulnerable people in its hostel. Resident and community activities are provided by the Community Activities Team, which include employment workshops and creative activities such as drama, poetry and the written word. We aim to…
26 years in YMCA Surbiton gym!
YMCA Health & Wellbeing Centres Joining a YMCA Health & Wellbeing Centre is the best way to feel great this summer. What makes YMCA Centres so special is that they are situated in the heart of communities. The centres are they modern, well equipped with dedicated staff. They are vibrant social hubs. Local people can...
Staff & Volunteer Spotlight
Paul Dunn is an instructor and volunteer at YMCA Hawker in Kingston, part of the YMCA St Paul’s Group, who teaches Tai Chi. We caught up with him to find out more about him and the work that Paul does within the organisation. Briefly describe what you do all day. I take two Tai Chi…
Celebrating Volunteers’ Week: Read Scott’s story.
4 June 2019
Touching Base: What membership at a YMCA St Paul’s Group gym has meant to one of our members
“It’s not often we get the chance to leave positive feedback or thank the people that have helped us along our journey of life, but I cannot express enough praise and gratitude for the most amazing trainers I have had at YMCA Walthamstow.” Safa’s membership at YMCA Walthamstow began shortly after Christmas last year. She...
He is Risen! A message for Easter Sunday from our lead chaplain Nicki
On Good Friday I began my message with: “Here at YMCA we hold tightly to our Christian foundation and build on these values to ‘transform communities so that all young people can belong, contribute and thrive.’ ” So many of the people, young and old, who come through the doors of our centres (whether gyms,…
Understanding God in the Darkness: a message from our Lead Chaplain Nicki
Here at YMCA we hold tightly to our Christian foundation and build on these values to ‘transform communities so that all young people can belong, contribute and thrive.’ So why does understanding God in the darkness matter? Throughout the bible, beginning in Genesis chapter 1 where “the earth was without form and void, and darkness…
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