News from YMCA Derbyshire
This is a selection of press releases issued by YMCA Derbyshire. For all our latest news and information, please read our internal newsletter Team Brief by clicking here.
YMCA Derbyshire's Sleep Easy event a resounding success YMCA Derbyshire’s ‘Sleep Easy’ sponsored sleep-out event at Derbyshire County Cricket Club’s ground on Friday 1st March has been hailed a resounding success after nearly 70 people slept rough so that others don’t have to. |
Mayor of Derby to sleep rough so that others don't have to The Mayor of Derby, Cllr Lisa Higginbottom, will be taking part in Sleep Easy, YMCA Derbyshire’s sponsored sleep-out, over the night of Friday 1st March to raise awareness of homelessness in Derby. |
Derbyshire County Cricket Club supports YMCA Sleep Easy 2013 YMCA Derbyshire is aiming to raise awareness of the scourge of youth homelessness and raise funds for its vital work to protect young people through its annual sponsored sleep-out event on 1st March – with the support of Derbyshire County Cricket Club. |
National head of Homeless Link visits Derby as final decision looms on cuts The Chief Executive of Homeless Link, a national body representing providers of housing for homeless people, has visited YMCA Derbyshire and other providers in Derby to demonstrate his support in the face of proposed funding cuts. |
Derby Grammar School students visit YMCA bearing Christmas gifts Students at Derby Grammar School have donated a colourfully wrapped present for each one of YMCA Derbyshire’s 88 residents to bring festive cheer on Christmas morning. |
YMCA Derbyshire questions government's role in Derby's "draconian" cuts The Chief Executive of YMCA Derbyshire has written to the Prime Minister and the Housing Minister to ask for their advice after “truly draconian 84% cuts” to Housing Related Support (HRS) services were proposed in Derby despite government assurances that it would protect such funding. |
Slashing of support for homeless "would lead to disaster" YMCA Derbyshire has reacted with dismay after Derby City Council confirmed that its proposed budget for the next financial year would see funding for Housing Related Support (HRS) slashed by a devastating 84%. |
YMCA Derbyshire "astonished and concerned" by news of further cuts YMCA Derbyshire has expressed grave concern for vulnerable people in Derby after Cath Roff, the City Council’s Strategic Director of Adults, Health & Housing, revealed that the planned cuts of 65% in funding for Housing Related Support (HRS) services will in fact be even deeper and more damaging. |
Derby residents take part in worldwide basketball challenge Derby residents have taken part in the YMCA World Challenge – a record attempt to mobilise five million people to shoot basketballs, a sport originally invented by the YMCA movement. |
YMCA Derbyshire writes to Council leaders expressing concerns over cuts The Chief Executive of YMCA Derbyshire has written a strongly-worded letter to the Leader of Derby City Council and all other council cabinet members urging them to review and scrutinise a proposal to cut funding for Housing Related Support (HRS) services in Derby by 65%. |
Campus residents take to the canal in regional relay Seven intrepid residents at YMCA Derbyshire’s Campus for Learning and Development have transported a message along the Trent and Mersey Canal on board a bell boat as part of a regional relay connecting 16 YMCAs throughout the Midlands. |
Midlands Co-operative donates £4k to YMCA in Ilkeston The Midlands Co-operative Society has donated £4,000 to YMCA Derbyshire so that the local charity can install a state-of-the-art training kitchen at its centre in Ilkeston town centre. |
Warm welcome for new YMCA shop in Derby City Centre YMCA Derbyshire has warmly welcomed the opening of a new YMCA charity shop on Albion Street in Derby |
100 brave cold and rain in successful Sleep Easy event A hundred people took part in YMCA Derbyshire’s Sleep Easy event over the night of 3rd March 2012 in the car park of Pride Park Stadium, braving near freezing temperatures and rain showers to make a powerful statement of their support for homeless people. |
YMCA Derbyshire wins award for inter-generational project YMCA Derbyshire and partners Housing 21 have been named as winners in the first Awards for All Ages, presented yesterday at the House of Lords. They were recognised in the ‘Leading the Way’ category of the awards for helping young people into work through training in catering and social care at Handyside Court. |
Mayor of Derby presents award at Celebration Event The Mayor of Derby, Cllr Les Allen, has presented one of the prizes at YMCA Derbyshire’s 'Celebrating Achievement' event for staff and service users, and has thanked the local charity for its work. The event also saw the launch of the new YMCA Derbyshire Members' Reward Card. |
School equipment specialists become Project 165 sponsors TTS Group Ltd, an East Midlands-based company specialising in the development and retail of a full range |
Chesterfield comedy night to raise funds for YMCA YMCA Derbyshire will be hosting a fun-filled night of comedy and entertainment featuring two top local comedians at The Riverside Club, Chesterfield on 15th October, starting at 8pm. All proceeds will go to a special fund to help YMCA service users in Chesterfield and the charity’s new Project 165 appeal. |
Cycle Safety Fun Day brings the community together A Community Cycle Safety Fun Day held at YMCA Derbyshire’s Campus for Learning and Development in Wilmorton, Derby, proved a great success for the many local people who came along. The event was funded |
EMS donates strip to YMCA Derbyshire's football team Local security firm EMS Security Services Ltd has donated a full set of new football strips to
YMCA |
Mayor and Bishop endorse fundraising drive, Project 165 The new Mayor of Derby and the Bishop of Derby have both endorsed YMCA Derbyshire’s new fundraising appeal, launched this week. Called ‘Project 165’, the appeal marks the organisation’s |
YMCA residents cycle 55 miles in Regional Relay Residents at YMCA Derbyshire’s Campus for Learning and Development have taken part in a regional relay connecting 16 YMCAs throughout the Midlands in a demonstration of solidarity with disabled people. |
YMCA residents take part in Community Litter Pick Residents at YMCA Derbyshire’s Campus for Learning and Development and members of the Girls’ Brigade have taken part in a community litter pick across Wilmorton and Alvaston Park in Derby. |
Margaret Beckett MP visits Campus The Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP, former Foreign Secretary and member of parliament for Derby South, has visited YMCA Derbyshire’s flagship facility to receive a tour of the building and talk to residents and staff. |
Celebrity chef turned alcoholic visits learners Former celebrity chef Michael Quinn has visited YMCA Derbyshire’s centre on Forman Street in Derby to tell his eye-opening story to young people enrolled on our training programmes and warn them about the dangers of excessive drinking. |
YMCA Sleep Easy a great success in Derby More than 40 participants in YMCA Derbyshire’s sponsored sleep-out have spent the night under the stars in cardboard boxes braving temperatures as low as minus 1°C to raise awareness of youth homelessness. |
Community sleep-out to help local youngsters YMCA Derbyshire will be joining other YMCAs across England in a mass sleep-out event on the night of Saturday 29th January to help beat youth homelessness. And they want the entire community to get involved too. |
Theatre treat for members 'just the ticket' Residents and learners at YMCA Derbyshire’s Campus for Learning and Development have enjoyed a fun-filled afternoon at Derby Playhouse, courtesy of Derby Live. |
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester opens Campus Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Gloucester has formally opened YMCA Derbyshire’s |
New catering partnership is launched Meal times will never be the same again at Handyside Court in Derby after YMCA Derbyshire teamed up with Housing 21 to provide the tenants with full-time catering services. |
Campus residents achieve exam success Eleven residents of YMCA Derbyshire’s Campus for Learning and Development are celebrating success in exams as the ground-breaking facility continues to make a difference |
