Steve Payne has been teaching martial arts at YMCA Walthamstow and in the surrounding communities for over 25 years and has been an inspiration in many young people’s lives. His ethos is to not only teach martial arts skills in Karate, Jiujitsu and Kickboxing but also to build up confidence, tackle stress and teach youngsters…
Our friends at DST, a company based near Surbiton station have made donations for YMCA Surbiton residents as part of their annual Hygiene Drive.
Residents from YMCA Wimbledon and YMCA Surbiton visited Holly Lodge stables in Richmond Park, Surrey yesterday to meet the staff and beautiful horses at Operation Centaur ahead of their equine therapy course. This is an organisation which has been set up to show how humans and horses can work together across areas such as heritage, conservation,…
November 6, 2017 We have lots of fun activities over the Christmas period for children and adults to enjoy! On the 1st of December YMCA White House will be celebrating the start of Advent with Christmas tree decoration, launching their new youth centre and switching on their Christmas lights! The community are going to be decorating their…
Our residents football team is made up of around 35 residents at YMCA Walthamstow (formerly YMCA East London). It’s a great way to keep fit and make friends: ‘Playing with the residents football team helps me to remain calm and focused when feeling lonely and anxious,’ says Awet.
The 36 unit Y:Cube development in Mitcham, south west London, is an innovative low cost housing initiative for single people in housing need.
On Thursday 13th February YMCA St Paul’s Group unveiled our plans for a new housing solution called Y:Cube that provides self-contained and affordable starter accommodation for young people unable to either gain a first step on the housing ladder or pay the high costs of private rent.
