Working Together … For A Greater Good and IMPACT!

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Sadly not everyone has sufficient funds to purchase a computer, and hence struggles when it comes to being part of the digital age we all now live in. How many of us take it for granted to pop onto a laptop/computer to organise our finances, shop, order things, simply surf and to basically sort out…

Allchurches Trust Funding

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YMCA Bournemouth is delighted to announce success in attracting funding support from Allchurches Trust following a £20,000 award from the charitable organisation. Targeting young people particularly adversely impacted by Covid-19, our Innovation Hub, based at Townsend Estate, will support young people living in this area, which is amongst the 10% most deprived in the UK….

COVID Vaccination Programme

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YMCA Bournemouth is proud to partner with South Coast Medical Group and the Health Bus Trust to deliver Covid vaccines to those in temporary or emergency accommodation in our facilities and those across the partnership supporting people in BCP. Dr Maggie Kirk said, “People are coming in here to access the vaccination programme, whereas they…

The Junction – Centre Closure Nov 2020

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Dear All Following the Government announcement on Saturday 31 October 2020, we regret to inform you that The Junction will be closing for four weeks from Thursday 5 November 2020. We do hope to open once again on Thursday 3 December 2020, we shall keep all our Members/Users updated via email, social media and our…

Local Collaboration At Its Best!

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When The Poole Grammar School took up the national call for additional and much needed Personal Protective Equipment, by utilising what they had in their Design Technology area, they came across one obstacle…Boxes! Boxes to store and deliver their self-made PPE Masks to local Surgeries, Care Homes and the YMCA. This is where YMCA Bournemouth/Poole…

YMCAB European Volunteers – Newsletter V1

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We are a group of European volunteers doing our placement in different departments of YMCA Bournemouth. Now, as many people around the world, we are working from home and can perfectly understand that time is passing slowly and we need something fun to occupy ourselves during the day. We’ve been working so hard in some…

Update message from our Chief Executive

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The YMCA has been serving people in this local community for over 140 years. Those who have gone before us lived through economic crashes, epidemics and wars; and we are all now called upon in this generation to serve humanity with that same compassion, hope, faith and dignity. We continue to draw upon the inspiration…