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 The Sunday Times will honour Nottinghamshire YMCA at a national awards ceremony next month after praising the charity in their ‘Best Companies’ survey.

Volunteer EJ Scanlan shares below why he first got involved with YMCA Digital's city centre hub, which is run by Nottinghamshire YMCA to encourage youth creativity, and how the charity helps him and other young people to grow in their craft and confidence.

We teamed up with SEND Project to engage young people in Nottingham with creative experiences, music workshops and media courses The Sneinton-based studio continues to grow year after year, reaching out to more people than ever before. Read the LeftLion Magazine interview with Moon Cavanagh and Gaz Frost to find out how their music projects help young people and vulnerable adults in the city.

A community hair and beauty project designed to empower young females is being delivered every Monday at the Nottingham Women’s Centre in the city centre.

Festive fun is being enjoyed by all this Christmas as Nottinghamshire YMCA’s homeless hostel delivers a series of events for residents staying at the charity’s supported accommodation.

Would you like to shop on Amazon as usual and help vulnerable young people at the same time at no extra cost to you?

By donating a gift to our hostels this winter, your single act of kindness could make a homeless person feel special and loved this Christmas.

The Christmas season is a time for giving, and this year we're pleased to join the #GivingTuesday movement on Tuesday 27 November to inspire an international day of generosity at the beginning of the festive holidays!

A charity project which will develop the communication skills of homeless young people by empowering them to host their own digital show has been accepted as a contender for the Aviva Community Fund – but we need your help!

With a staggering one in four us experiencing a mental health issue at some point in our lives, Nottinghamshire YMCA invited staff, volunteers and casual workers to take an hour out of their work schedules to mark this year’s World Mental Health Day.

More than 50 ‘Discover Arts Awards’ have been presented to hardworking young people who completed YMCA Digital’s Young Creatives programme this year.

Nottinghamshire YMCA will be running three holiday camps for children across Nottinghamshire this October half-term.

Delighted staff at Nottinghamshire YMCA truly understood the meaning of ‘workplace benefits’ as the charity whisked them away for an inclusive ‘Staff Fun Day’ at Alton Towers on Thursday 27 September.

A fantastic time was enjoyed by all as the Nottinghamshire YMCA team turned out in their droves to celebrate this year’s Green Festival in Nottingham.

The Malt Cross is delighted to announce that the café, bar and events venue is set to re-open to the public on Friday 28 September.

A big thank you to our IT and Data Protection Manager, Chris Jarvis, for #GivingSomethingBack by taking part in our latest Volunteer Day ‘Memory Walk’ organised by the Alzheimer’s Society charity at Wollaton Park in Nottingham!

Our brilliant childcare suite at YMCA youth and community centre Melbourne Park is refreshed, re-imagined and ready for the new school year!

The Zone Youth Project is preparing to launch a new programme of outdoor activities for homeless young people thanks to generous funding from the Nottingham Building Society.

Nottinghamshire YMCA is pleased to announce that the charity plans to save the Malt Cross from closure with a pledge to keep the soul and legacy of this historical venue alive.

Nottinghamshire YMCA’s Facilities Manager Mark Crane pushed himself to the limit last month by taking on the ‘Lakeland 50’ to raise funds for youth outdoor education.

A 14-strong team of teenagers from the National Citizenship Service (NCS) are taking on a series of fundraising challenges to buy vital items for homeless people staying at Nottinghamshire YMCA’s hostels.

Nottinghamshire YMCA is delighted to launch our brand new Google Virtual Tour experience of the charity’s Gym on Shakespeare Street.

The skies looked grey with the threat of rain to break the heatwave on Saturday morning as our Nottinghamshire YMCA team set up their stall on Heathcoat Street for this year’s Nottingham Pride weekend.

The Kean's Head at the Lace Market, in Nottingham, will be donating profits from their infamous ‘Gin of the Week’ to Nottinghamshire YMCA after our own HR Advisor, Kate Haddigan, recently moonlighted as a mixologist at the pub.

Nottinghamshire YMCA’s hostel services in Goole are set to benefit from significant funding awarded by the Royal Institution of Charted Surveyors (RICS).

Nottinghamshire YMCA is pleased to secure the charity’s target number of contracted sign-ups for their ‘Opportunity and Change’ project an entire six months earlier than expected – with participants continuing to enrol!

We are delighted to announce that Nottinghamshire YMCA will soon be rolling out a brand new Wellbeing programme to boost Mind, Body and Spirit in our workplace!

Shaan Kaur, Trainee Music Leader at YMCA Digital, delivers 10-week vocal workshops every Friday evening at NGY MyPlace in Nottingham city centre as part of the charity’s innovative Young Creatives project.

Avid campers Daniel Horsfall and Lilly-Blossom Horsfall spend almost every school holiday tackling new skill clinics at YMCA Camp Williams, with big hopes for their futures.

We asked William Rydel's mum Sarah about her son’s YMCA Camp Williams journey, and this is what she told us...

With our next wave of days camps just around the corner, one of our Sport and Play Leaders, Liam, shares below his journey to Nottinghamshire YMCA and his dreams to one day set up his own childcare and coaching service.

Young people who take part in upcoming Camp Williams activity days will be treated to a new programme of exciting sports and challenges this summer.

Having been honoured with the Nottingham Roosevelt Memorial Scholarship, YMCA Digital’s Lead Youth Worker and Young Creatives Coordinator, Ben Felstead, explains below the impact such awards can have upon young people in Nottinghamshire.

12-year-old Syrian rapper Abo Mamoun shares below his first ever music video, called ‘New Beginnings’, after learning to write in English, rap and record the work he has been creating during YMCA Digital’s Young Creatives sessions.

Homeless young people seeking support at Nottinghamshire YMCA's hostel in Mansfield will sleep well thanks to the generosity of a local business.

Nottinghamshire YMCA is pleased to confirm that Housing Operations Manager Nick Clements will be taking part in this year's 'CEO Sleepout' on Thursday, 11 October 2018.

Nottinghamshire YMCA is debuting the charity's 'Bring a Friend' programme at Camp Williams this summer.

Do you have a flair for fun and adventure? Why not become a master of music or skateboarding for our skill clinic masterclasses this summer!

Huge congratulations to Nottinghamshire YMCA’s Lead Youth Worker and Young Creatives Coordinator, Ben Felstead, on being awarded the Nottingham Roosevelt Memorial Scholarship!

10 miles, 20+ obstacles, and mud… glorious mud... Charity supporters tackled this year's Tough Mudder challenge to raise awareness of Nottinghamshire YMCA's frontline services.

What do Maid Marion, Friar Tuck and Little John all have in common? They're all rides in some of the most beautiful locations that Nottinghamshire has to offer!

Gary Sivier, Maintenance Joiner at Nottinghamshire YMCA, shares how working with the organisation has proved so much more than just a job by explaining what being part of our local charity movement means to him…

Nottinghamshire YMCA is taking families from the across the county on exciting camping expeditions with the charity's Adventure Guides programme.

Nottinghamshire YMCA is celebrating the charity’s official purchase of the historical International Community Centre (ICC) on Mansfield Road.

Residents at Nottinghamshire YMCA's city centre hostel are benefitting from enormous food donations generously supplied by a local Tesco branch.

Our team of tenacious charity representatives turned out to celebrate Mental Health Awareness Week (7 - 12 May 2018).

As part of our Health and Fitness team, Lazaros Fotopoulos shares what it is like delivering Couch to 5K sessions at the YMCA Youth and Community Centre in Aspley.

Residents at Nottinghamshire YMCA's hostel at Commercial Gate, in Mansfield, put their creative skills to the test by creating a 'thank you' cake for Greggs bakery as part of a local initiative.

Nottinghamshire YMCA is delighted to launch their 'Fair Pay Rate' scheme in a bid to promote social responsibility and a greater quality of life for local workers.

Green-fingered staff members from Nottinghamshire YMCA marked this year's 'Volunteer Day' by grabbing their garden gloves and cleaning up Newark's Balderton Park.

Nottinghamshire YMCA's Camp Williams project will be debuting advanced skills sessions, including skateboarding and music, for children aged 8-15 years old at Nottingham Emmanuel School in West Bridgford throughout August 2018.

Nottinghamshire YMCA is delighted support the creation of two new Adventure Guides circles for families in Newark and West Bridgford.

New General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) will soon impact the ways in which we can communicate with you and our other charity supporters. Under new GDPR rules, we cannot contact you with news updates or information about our services by phone, email or post unless you explicitly give us permission.

We are teaming up with students from New College Nottingham to offer FREE reflexology/massage sessions at your YMCA Gym!

On Friday 23 February, Nottinghamshire YMCA gym braved the 'Beast from the East' and headed out into the cold to host a couple of Light Night 2018 events.

Massive congratulations to YMCA Outdoor Education and Adventure Services Manager Gavin Barker, who came 6th place in World Kayaking Championships with the GB Freestyle Kayaking team in San Juan.

We are delighted to announce that we have been granted planning permission to build a unique multi-million pound Community and Activity Village on Bowbridge Road in Newark.

We've been getting some great feedback at YMCA gym recently! We wanted to share some of the lovely things you have said...

The creative juices flowed in the training kitchen at Peachey Street, where people living in our Shakespeare Street hostel and transitional homes took part in six weeks of useful and inspiring cooking sessions.

Last week, we opened the YMCA gym doors to our awesome new 1871 membership! The membership, which has CrossFit and strength and conditioning at its heart, is programmed by our coaches and takes place in our new purpose built space.

We are super excited to announce that we have four BRAND NEW skills clinics lined up for Camp Williams this summer! 

We are looking for some awesome and inspiring people to become Camp Leaders at this summer’s Camp Williams!

I spoke to Steve Scott, Children & Family Support Manager at Nottinghamshire YMCA, about sailing across the Solent with young people from our hostel in Mansfield. Here’s what happened on their voyage of adventure, learning, and most importantly, of self-discovery…

Ricardo Whyte is 23 and has been skating for over ten years.

Steffen Benbow - Camps and Adventure Services Manager at our YMCA, reflects on almost two years of skills clinics at YMCA Camp Williams; how he chooses them and what the team have learnt so far...

See what we got up to at our Best Companies party

This marks a great milestone for the exciting £8.5million project, for which Newark and Sherwood District Council has selected us as its partner to develop.

We're celebrating after being recognised as one of the top 100 not-for-profits to work for!

YMCA residents have art displayed at the internationally acclaimed Nottingham Contemporary, in a special celebratory exhibition.

Newark and Sherwood District Council has announced Nottinghamshire YMCA as its partner for a multi-million pound Sports and Community Village in the heart of Newark.

Steve Scott, Children’s & Family Support Manager at our YMCA, has worked with YMCAs all over the world. From Greater Hartford's legendary Camp Jewell in America, to Victoria YMCA's Camp Mayung in Australia and Fairthorne Manor in Southampton - Steve is a bit of an expert when it comes to YMCA camps and holiday clubs. We asked Steve why he thinks camp is so great. This is what he said... - Kersti Fourcin, Nottinghamshire YMCA

- Dan Orange, Nottinghamshire YMCA

In 2014, Rebecca was recruited as a volunteer and since then progressed in to a Personal Navigator role, working on our Building Better Opportunities programme. We spoke to Rebecca about her journey with our Housing team.

Hannah has been scaling great heights with the YMCA. She has proved herself to be a passionate climber, with her dedication to practise and amazing willpower.

Alison has achieved some incredible things with YMCA gym and running club. We caught up with her to talk about her journey. 

Marcus is a regular Robin Hood at archery skills clinics. Find out more about what he's been up to...

This year our members feature front and centre in our New Year gym campaign.

Danny started a twelve week work placement with us almost 3 years ago. He is now 5 months into his role as Duty Manager at YMCA gym. We asked him a few questions about his time with us and what makes his job so great...

It’s crazy how fast May Camp flew by. Camp Fire Friday was an amazing end to a brilliant week filled with smiles, laughs and fun throughout. It sets the scene so well for the Summer, which we’re all really looking forward to here at HQ. But, for those of you who aren’t sure what to look forward to, let me take you back to the first morning of May camp 2016 at Camp Williams...