YMCA Burton 135
This year, our YMCA celebrates 135 years of service to our community. 135 years! To give you a context of that time, Queen Victoria was on the throne and construction of Tower Bridge was just beginning. When YMCA first started in Burton-on-Trent, our first office was on Union Street. In the early 1900s […]
More of the same, please.
This months blog has been written by Peter O’Reilly, our Mediation Officer So, 2022 is here and we are looking forward to continuing to provide our mediation support to families. Our three volunteer mediators and myself are all looking forward to being allowed to assist as teenagers and parents / carers work together to find […]
The Christmas to-do list
This months Blog is by Grace, our Chaplain here at YMCA Burton. As I drive around doing my rounds as a chaplain, I ask myself, what am I expecting or looking for this Christmas? Or perhaps, I am not looking for anything or even expecting anything at all. As I was just beginning to […]
Winning YMCA of the Year
Words by CEO Paul Laffey: The Youth Matters Awards are hosted annually by YMCA England & Wales. These prestigious awards celebrate local YMCAs and the work they do within their local communities. There are 101 YMCAs working across 740 Communities in England & Wales. This year, Burton YMCA was nominated for three top […]
Getting ready for the Sleepout
Sleepout is happening this month! On the 29th October, over 100 people (hopefully) will be either sleeping at Pirelli Stadium or joining us virtually. This will be Burton YMCAs 13th Sleepout and this will be the 6th one I’ve been involved in. It’s always a busy but exciting time. The sign-ups, the stories […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
