New blog post by new Chair, Charles
This months blog post has been written by our new Chair: Charles Pidsley. Now that I have been Chair of the Board of Trustees for six months, the management team have decided it should be my time to write the Blog! I have never written a blog before but I have thought and prayed […]
New vacancies!
We currently have the following vacancies: -Support and Engagement Worker -Positive Move On Worker -Night Support Supervisor -Night Support Worker Please send an email to Maxine at maxine.bennett@burtonymca.org for more details, https://www.burtonymca.org/work-for-us/ #Charity #CharityJobs #CharityWork #YMCA #YMCABurton
Boxes, Bubble wrap and breakfast
This months guest blogger is Paula Senior from our Fundraising & Partnerships at YMCA Burton: YMCA Burton Sleepout – Have you heard of it? Let me explain what it is and why my everyday thoughts are currently centred around Boxes, bubble wrap & breakfast for our Sleepout in October. Back in 2013 I was […]
YMCA Burton is calling on community for support after being nominated or three top prizes at national youth charity awards
We are celebrating after being nominated for the following awards: YMCA of the year Family work project of the year for our Mediation and Counselling services COVID Community Hero for the work done by YMCA Burton Staff member Tom Foster. We will be attending the highly anticipated return of YMCA’s Youth Matters Awards in November, […]
Support at YMCA Burton – by Support worker Sarah
July’s months guest blogger is Sarah, one of our lovely support workers here at YMCA Burton. “Winter 2017 saw incredibly cold weather with the beast from the east hitting Britain February 2018. I met a man who was street homeless in Swadlincote who was fortunate enough to be offered a room free of charge […]
Tom Celebrating 25 years of service
Our Tom is celebrating 25 years of working at YMCA Burton today!!! For all those that know him, they will understand what an amazing man he is – always so thoughtful and helpful and super knowledgeable about everything! Thanks for all that you do for us Tom! #Charity #CharityWork #CharityWorker #YMCA #YMCABurton
We need your vote!
We have been selected as one of the charities to vote for in the Asda Green token giving campaign this month. Instead of the usual green tokens you get given in-store, you can now vote online so we would appreciate a little vote from you if possible! https://www.asda.com/green-tokens/store?store=4230… Thank you! #Charity #CharityTuesday #AsdaGreenToken #YMCABurton #YMCA […]
Reflections on My Years at Burton YMCA
It seems a long time ago when I was first invited to observe a Board Meeting with a view to becoming a Trustee. It was November 1989 and I was 38 with a young family of 3 daughters. Little did I realise that I would stay for nearly 32 years but I look back with […]
Help us by nominating us!
You could help us win £1,000 – simply click on the following link: https://www.ecclesiastical.com/movement-for-good/– Then click on: “Nominate a Charity”– Type in our charity number: 1077798– Select “Poverty” in the drop down boxThen fill out your details and submit! You might be the winning vote! Thank you
Dying Matters week – featured guest blog by Grace Evans
Our Chaplain Grace, who has recently suffered a bereavement has written this moving Blog piece for Dying Matters Week. “Ashes to ashes, dust to dust” was all I could hear in between my stifled sobs as I watched my beloved dad being lowered down to the ground. As he lay dying, I could not […]