Local Burton MP Jacob Collier Appointed Parliamentary Patron for YMCA England & Wales
Local Burton MP, Jacob Collier, has been appointed Parliamentary Patron for YMCA England & Wales. Last month, Jack Chesterman & Caroline Foster presented him with a certificate to welcome him to the role whilst at Westminster Abbey. The parliamentary patron programme is there to create advocates for both the national YMCA and local YMCAs within […]
YMCA AND LOCAL MP LAUNCH £75,000 AUTUMN APPEAL
Burton and Uttoxeter MP Jacob Collier is calling on local businesses and residents to support the town’s YMCA as the team launches their autumn fundraising campaign. With a target of £75,000, the programme has three core areas of focus – the food bank, the annual sleepout and Christmas. Jacob Collier MP recently visited the main […]
Sleepout tickets are now LIVE!
That’s right! You can now buy your Sleepout tickets!!! Here’s a photo of our facilities manager Shaun to let you know that now is the time to grab your tickets and join us on Friday 25th October! Click here to get yours today!
Outreach heroes
It was a very early morning start for volunteers Ruth, Coral, Margaret and Steve who joined Stuart from YMCA for outreach this morning.Thank you all #YMCA #YMCABurton #VolunteersImage description: a couple of our outreach team
Vote for us! YMCA Youth Matters awards
We are over the moon to be a in the semi-finals of the YMCA Youth Matters awards!!! We need your help, could you drop us a quick vote? https://campaigns.ymca.org.uk/page/154397/survey/1?ea.tracking.id=y%20hub and scroll down till you see: Health & Wellbeing Project of the year and please do give us a vote! Thank you! #YMCA #YMCABurton #YouthMattersAwards Image […]
Longest serving staff member at YMCA Burton retires
A stalwart of our charity, Tom Foster, has finally retired after 28 years of dedicated service. Facilities manager, Tom has been with since 1996 which makes him the longest service member of staff within YMCA Burton’s history and he will be sorely missed by his colleagues. On his last day, Tom was surprised with a […]
Local firm Rushton Hickman are running for charity
The Burton 10k run has been an annual event for the town for the past few years and this year, a team of runners from Commercial property agents and Chartered Surveyors; Richton Hickman are taking up the challenge for charity and hoping to raise money for YMCA Burton. The course is renowned for being hilly […]
Sleepout 2024! Save the date!
We are happy to announce the date for this year’s Sleepout is…. – FRIDAY 25th OCTOBER – Please do save the date and join us. Tickets will go on sale in September, please send us an email to register your interest and be the first to know when they go live! Email: fundraising@burtonymca.org Thank you! […]
Burton Barrel roll art trail
The Burton Barrel roll art trail is the talk of the town this summer! Some of our staff went for a walk to spot some this week and loved all the designs they saw. Congratulations to everyone over at Making Trails for another fantastic trail – it is on all summer and the Maps and […]
YMCA National Conference
We had an amazing time at last weeks National Conference – it was wonderful to catch up with our YMCA family and hear from guest speakers such as: Mark Gifford, Chief Executive of the National Citizen Service, Paul Brown, Chief Executive of YMCA Leicestershire and National Board member, Ben Page, Chief Executive of Ipsos, Soheila […]
Outreach
Our wonderful Outreach team this week were:Ruth, Brian, Steve, Coral, and Margaret Thank you to our selfless and kind volunteers #YMCA #YMCABurtonImage description: our outreach team walking with high visibility jackets on
Thank you Pilgrim’s Food Masters!
We are always so grateful to Pilgrim’s Food Masters in Burton on Trent for their kind donations of ready meals for us to use. Thank you so much! #YMCA #YMCABurton Image description: ready meals kindly donated by Pilgrims food masters
Crazy golfers
It was Alexander Accountancy’s annual crazy golf day at Branston Golf Club a couple of weeks ago and we just loved it! We were terrible of course, but with a team made up of Paula, Connie, Isabelle and volunteer Steve, we were never going to win but it would ensure a very good time! Thank […]
St Paul’s “Music for a summers evening” event
We had a wonderful evening at the St Paul’s “Music for a summers evening” event We heard from some amazing performers, including our very own YMCA Choir! #YMCA #YMCABurton Image description: YMCA Burton’s choir
Spanish tapas and quiz night
We had a lovely time at the Hoar Cross Hall’s members evening last week for their Spanish tapas and quiz night! They also raised £126 for us through their raffle too! Thank you all! #YMCA #YMCABurton Image description: a photo of Marguerite and Harrison, Isabelle and Kate smiling at the camera
Football legend Nigel Clough is returning to Pirelli stadium
⚽️ Breaking news! ⚽️ We are thrilled to announce that Football legend Nigel Clough is returning to Pirelli stadium for one night only to take part in the YMCA Burton Sleepout next week! Nigel is raising money and awareness for YMCA Burton and we are so excited to welcoming him to our Sleepout! […]
YMCA and Cadent join forces to support young people and communities in Burton on Trent to combat fuel poverty and isolation
Cadent, the UK’s largest gas distribution network, has partnered with YMCA England and Wales as part of its commitment to tackling fuel poverty and supporting the most vulnerable nationwide. With fuel poverty hitting many households and affecting so many individuals and families, Cadent has funded a new two-year-long ‘Safe and Well Communities Project,’ to […]
In celebration of Trustee Sherrie
After 14 years of service as a trustee on the board of YMCA Burton, Sherrie Burnham is stepping down as her term of office has ended. Sherrie has helped steer the charity through numerous changes and challenging times over the years as well as being a familiar face at fundraising events and their annual Sleepout. […]
YMCA Burton bids a fond farewell to trustees
Two of YMCA Burton’s long-standing Trustees will be stepping down from their roles this month after over twenty years of voluntary contribution between them. John Deeley, a Solicitor, has been on the board at YMCA since 2014 and Mike Costelloe, a Business Analysis Team Manager for Rolls Royce since 2011. John said: “Back in 2014 […]
New committee appointed for Burton and District Chamber of Commerce
New committee members have been appointed for Burton and District Chamber of Commerce at their latest AGM and includes YMCA Burton’s Fundraising and Partnerships Manager Paula Senior. Richard Brooks – Head of Burton & District Chamber of Commerce said: “We are very excited to welcome Paula Senior as the newest member of our executive […]
Vote for us!
We would really appreciate it if you could take a minute of your day to vote for YMCA Burton in the Movement for good awards. Its quick and easy, all you need to do is visit this link: https://movementforgood.com/#nominateACharity Scroll down, and then you will need our charity number which is: 1077798 Select the Charity […]
Quiz night raises £345!
Our fabulous Quiz night at Holland Sports & Social Club raises a brilliant £345!!!! Let’s hear it for our amazing quiz masters Sherrie & Alex and our winning team: The GeeGees!!! Well done all!
Quiz night in aid of YMCA Burton
Fancy showing us how clever you are??? Join us for our next quiz night! Tuesday, 18th April in Barton-under-Needwood. Contact Paula Senior on paula.senior@burtonymca.org or 07754 045869 to book your teams place!
YMCA Burton Christmas Foodbank donations
At YMCA Burton we are open all year round and supports our residents and members of our community throughout the festive break. This past year, due to the cost of living crisis, we have seen demand of our foodbank increase exponentially and as such, launched an appeal to help keep it in stock. Individual members […]
YMCA Burton at Christmas
Christmas is nearing and at YMCA Burton it is business as usual, albeit with a festive flair. The housing projects have been given a little makeover where the clients have been helping to make craft decorations with support workers and decorate the Christmas trees. Elsewhere in the organisation, the fundraising Team have started to help […]
YMCA Burton’s 14th Sleepout
And a celebration of the Charity helping its local community for 135 years Friday 28th October saw members of the public take part in the 14th annual Sleepout for YMCA Burton. For the 90 participants it was a cold night where the temperatures were unseasonably mild but still 10 degrees in Burton-on-Trent. This year, as […]
Tickets for Sleepout 2022 are now ON SALE!
We are absolutely thrilled to let you know the tickets for Sleepout 2022 are now ON SALE!!!! Join us on Friday 28th October for a night under the stars, choose Pirelli Stadium, St Modwens graveyard or participate where you want virtually. https://ymcaburton.nuwebgroup.com/events/25136 #Sleepout22 #YMCABurtonSleepout #YMCA #YMCABurton #Charity #Sleepout #Fundraiser
Batonbearer Paul Laffey
Wonderful to see our CEO Paul Laffey along with some inspirational people complete their section of the baton relay for the commonwealth games in uttoxeter this morning! Paul said: “It was a huge honour to be nominated to be one of the Batonbearers for the Commonwealth games. I felt quite emotional running through my local park in […]
YMCA Burton CEO selected as a Commonwealth Games baton bearer
The Commonwealth Games baton relay started in October 2021 on an epic journey across all 72 nations and territories of the Commonwealth and this coming week the baton comes to Staffordshire. YMCA Burton CEO Paul Laffey was nominated and then selected to take part in the relay as a baton bearer and will complete his […]
Save the date!!!!!!
It is time to SAVE THE DATE! Sleepout 2022 is coming to you on Friday 28th October!!! Join us for an evening under the stars at Pirelli Stadium and this year, XTREME is BACK Tickets will go on sale in September, to register your interest, email: fundraising@burtonymca.org and we will let you […]
YMCA Burton celebrates 135 years of work in the local community
This year, we are celebrating 135 years of work in the local community. We have planned some events to mark this special occasion and one of them was a heritage walk, curated especially to take in the sites of special interest within the YMCAs history. The walk, which is around 4 miles in length takes […]
End of YMCA Burton Easter Campaign
This year, YMCA Burton’s Easter Campaign focused on raising money for their Foodbank. Whilst the Foodbank relies on donations made by members of the public, businesses, schools, colleges, churches, and community groups; there are still other costs that need to be met such as buying additional food, storage, carrier bags and utility costs. Currently, an […]
Fashion & Shopping event
We had a fantastic evening at our Fashion and Shopping event. A lovely venue, lots of amazing models, rails and rails of gorgeous clothes and a never ending raffle – all makes up for a wonderful evening raising funds for our Foodbank. Thanks to everyone who came along and to our brilliant volunteers – we […]
YMCA Burton issues record number of foodbank parcels
YMCA Burton has issued a record number of foodbank parcels this January. 344 parcels where given out which equates to around 4,700 meals. Each foodbank parcel contains enough food to feed someone three meals a day for three days. The parcel contains items such as soups, noodles, pasta, pies and tinned vegetables, as well as […]
Sleepout 2021 total
All the sponsorship money has now been collected and we can now reveal the final total raised for this years Sleepout is…. £29,238!!!! Thank you to all who took part – we have loved seeing you all again in person and virtually and thank you to the sponsors and donators – you are […]
Award winning YMCA Burton
A number of staff and volunteers attended the Annual Youth Matters Awards Ceremony hosted by YMCA England & Wales on Friday 5th November. Over 350 people gathered in a Central London Hotel representing YMCAs from across England & Wales. The host for the event was Paul Sinha one of the masterminds from “The Chase”. He very […]
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
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, […]
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 […]
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
YMCA BURTON ZOOM QUIZ NIGHT
We have just announced details for our next online event! Please join us for our online zoom quiz on Tuesday 18th May. Teams of up to 4 players (You will all need to be in the same room/garden to play. (Lockdown rules due to change 17th May) No fee to register but an opportunity to […]
YMCA Burton’s longest member of staff retires
Kath Stokes has been working as an ancillary team member since YMCA Burton since 1988. She has helped change the lives of hundreds of residents and rough sleepers who have come through its doors. She joined the Charity shortly after it opened the first Housing Project in the town for young people called Milton House. […]
YMCA pays tribute to Lord Frank Judd
It is with great sadness that YMCA learns of the passing of Lord Frank Judd. Lord Judd was the President of YMCA England between 1996 and 2005 and was a passionate advocate for young people. He spoke hundreds of times in Parliament about the need to provide positive support and interventions in young people’s […]
Shops re-open!
Our Four shops have all re-opened now! Anti bac gel, one way systems and social distancing measures all in place so please do pop along and see our friendly staff and volunteers – they have missed you dearly!
Overdue investment and further funding cuts risk leaving youth services stranded at crisis point
New analysis by YMCA England and Wales shows that Local Authority spending on youth services in 2019/20 in England was £372.12m, a further reduction of 6% year-on-year. This means that since 2010/11 funding for youth services has been cut by 73%. Not only do these continued cuts come at a time when demand for youth […]
Read our latest blog!
Read our latest blog by our Chaplain Grace here Grace talks about the tradition of Pancake day and new beginnings #pancakes #pancakeday2021 #Charity #CharityBlog
27,045 meals were given out by our Foodbank during 2020
27,045 meals were given out by our Foodbank during 2020 – thank you everyone who helps to support it. If you need to access our foodbank, it is open seven days a week and available from our Reconnect building. Click here for more details on our Foodbank #Foodbank #Charity
January update from YMCA Burton
Just a little update from us…. – We are still open for food parcels – We are still open for rough sleepers winter provision (call 0800 1303415 for details on how to access this) – We are still open for Food donations only – Our furniture shops are currently closed and cannot […]