You are very welcome to YMCA Derbyshire. We are an independent Christian charity committed to helping young people, particularly at times of need, regardless of gender, race, ability or faith. We operate from four centres across Derbyshire: two in Derby and one each in Chesterfield and Ilkeston.

We provide supported housing for vulnerable and homeless people aged 16 to 64, innovative learning and development programmes, various schemes for children in and out of school and other projects aimed at achieving sustainable community development. Founded in 1847, we are affiliated to the national and international YMCA movement, which is now active in over 120 countries with 30 million members.

Please take a while to look round our site, or use the ‘Contact us’ button above to request some specific information.

We are holding a sponsored sleep-out on the night of Saturday 3rd March 2012 to raise awareness of youth homelessness and raise funds for our vital work to prevent it. The event will take place in the grounds of the Campus for Learning and Development in Derby and we are hoping to recruit 165 participants to mark our 165th anniversary year.

For more information and to register to take part, click here.

Go out of this world at Y-Play this February half term!

Y-Play, from YMCA Derbyshire, is Ofsted-registered and offers a diverse range of activities for children from Reception to Year 7 throughout every school holiday from 8am to 6pm.

We are now taking bookings for the upcoming February half term playscheme running from Monday 13th February to Friday 17th February 2012. The Playscheme will be run at Silverhill Primary School in Mickleover and activities will include a design an alien competition, a quiz trail, a daytrip to Thinktank and Planetarium in Birmingham, a space-themed quiz, modelling shuttles and moon buggies and Fancy Dress Friday.

Please click here for more information.

Click here to download leaflet.

Are you looking for room hire or conference facilities?

Are you looking for a modern and well equipped room to hire for a meeting or conference, with full catering provided? If so, you need look no further that YMCA Derbyshire.

We provide high quality and flexible meeting and conference facilities at a price that’s right and, by using our services, you will also be making an investment in the future of local young people.

Click here for more information

Team Brief

For all the latest news about YMCA Derbyshire and information about the variety of services we provide,
read the January 2012 edition of our monthly team members' newsletter here, or click on the image.

An archive of previous editions is available here.

Our range of training programmes – just right for you

We provide an innovative range of programmes and state-of-the-art facilities at four centres across Derbyshire. Our programmes are focused on your specific requirements and with your successful future in mind.

For more information on our current programmes, click here.

To read our Learning and Development Brochure for 2012, please click here or on the image.

Read our current Annual Report

Our Annual Report is intended to inform readers about the full range of the services we provide across each of our localities. It also includes a summary of events and achievements over the last year, a typical day in the life of our
organisation, profiles of some of our service user members and a summary of our accounts, among other things.

To read our Annual Report for 2011, please click here or click on the image

We are seeking 165 new partners – will you join us?

YMCA Derbyshire celebrates its 165th anniversary next year. In order to mark this milestone, we are launching a
partnership-building programme called Project 165. The appeal aims to recruit 165 new partners who can share
our work and our mission in a variety of ways – from financial support to donations in kind, and from raising awareness
of youth homelessness to praying for our work. The end goal is to ensure that we can maintain the provision of our
vital services and also our independence and identity.

Project 165 members can be individuals, churches, businesses or other groups. Each one will be valued as an
important member of the team and will be making a real difference to the lives of the young people we support.

For more information, and to become a Project 165 supporter member, click here.

We are part of the regional and national YMCA movement

YMCA Derbyshire plays its part fully within the national YMCA movement and within the YMCA
Midlands region.

For the YMCA England website, please click here.

For the YMCA Midlands Region website, please click here.

Serving the people of Derbyshire continuously for 164 years

Derby YMCA was founded in 1847 and has been serving the local community ever since.

The YMCA movement's founder, George Williams, even visited us in 1892 to open a new centre. As the door was ceremonially opened, Mr Williams expressed his “fervent hope” that it would “prove a door to hope, happiness and success”.

Since then we have continued to respond dynamically to the real and changing needs of the communities we serve, while remaining true to our unchanging values and vision.

Click here for more information about our story.