YMCA Black Country Group would like to say an enormous thank you to all the organisations for their generous donations to our projects across the Black Country this Christmas. Over the last few weeks our various projects have been inundated with donations of food, gifts and money for our service users. The latest donation was…
YMCA Black Country Group are delighted to announce the appointment of Steve Bavington for our next Chief Executive Officer. Following a robust appointment process and a lot of prayer, Trustees chose Steve from a strong field of candidates as the person to lead us into the next phase of our exciting work and progression.
In recognition of their long service, we decided to reward our staff and thank for them for their years of hard work across the Black Country. Rewards were given to those who had completed 5,10,15,20 or 25 years working for YMCA Black Country Group. Each person received a pin badge, certificate and a gift as…
With the impact of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak being felt by businesses around the world, we are writing to update you on the current status of our Nursery and Childcare facilities in line with the government’s latest announcement. As you may be aware, it has been announced that all schools in the UK are to…
It is no secret that mind and body are intrinsically linked. The health of one impacts the other. Both are equally important. With one in four adults in the UK living with a mental health problem, and around 60% of the UK population overweight or obese, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the growing…
We were delighted to recently receive a visit from Emma Reynolds MP (Labour, Wolverhampton North East) who is also the Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. Emma visited our schemes at Badger Court, Wolverhampton and at Penderford, to see first-hand the work we do and to meet some of the young people…
More than 30 people braved the cold and the rain on Friday 25th October, spending the night in a cardboard home. Local charity First Base Walsall, part of the YMCA Black Country Group encouraged supporters “to sleep rough so others don’t have to” when it hosted its first ‘SLEEP EASY’ event, to support local homeless young…
