YMCA Black Country Group celebrated the Grand Opening of YMCA City Gateway on Friday 4th November ’22 following the completion of the final phase in August ’22. The new facility was officially opened by Carlos Sanvee, Secretary General of World YMCA (who flew in from Geneva especially for the occasion) together with the Rt Rev…
YMCA European Unify is an opportunity to bring people together with different cultural and spiritual backgrounds. The theme of this year’s conference was “Refreshed. Renewed. Moved” and was held in Vienna, Austria. Several representatives from YMCA Black Country Group attended this year and have shared their reflections of their experience.
As the cost of living crisis intensifies, a report launched today by YMCA warns that the health, wellbeing and future prospects of young residents are under threat, with no proposed Government support in sight.
After nearly nineteen years at the helm of YMCAs in the Black Country, Steve Clay has announced he is stepping down as CEO.
We are delighted to have been shortlisted for a number of awards at this year’s #YouthMatters Awards and we’d love for you to show your support; it takes less than two minutes to vote and you could swing it in our favour. Read on the learn more about the categories and nominees.
YMCA operates a network of 8 nurseries across the Black Country and we’re inviting parents, carers and soon-to-be parents to take a look around. Join us for a tour of our facilities, a chance to get to know our team, ask questions about our bespoke curriculum and experience some of the activities we offer at…
During our World Culture Day celebrations on 21 May 2022 which were held at our new £8.5M ‘City Gateway’ YMCA centre in Wolverhampton, we were presented with our certificate of achievement for the new international standard ISO 30415 in Human Resource Management: Diversity and Inclusion.
Last week young people and mentors attended YMCA City Gateway for monthly mentor/Mentee mixer as part of our Y’s Girls Mentoring programme. Offering both young people and volunteers the opportunity to get to know each other and engage in group activities. The session was attended by…
PLEASE DONATE Our approach has now changed to Financial Donations only – YMCA Europe can get supplies to affected people, much quicker and more efficiently. We’d like to wholeheartedly thank everyone who have brought physical aid donations to our local ‘drop-off’ locations in support of our Ukrainian Refugee appeal. There has been a huge response….
UPDATED 14/3/21 – Our approach has now changed to Financial Donations only – YMCA Europe can get supplies to affected people, much quicker and more efficiently. Please make your donations here. Working with our partners across the Black Country You can drop off you items at the following YMCA locations Monday – Friday between 9am…
