North Staffordshire YMCA News & Events
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Give Us Your Feedback**** OUR ONE BIG SUNDAY EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED *****
OK - The snow won! Our big launch event on Sunday 5 Feb has been cancelled but we will be rearranging very soon so please check here, on our Twitter @ymcans and on our Facebook "YMCA North-Staffordshire Youth-Campus" for updates. We promise to make it even bigger and better! Sorry to everyone but we want people to be safe.
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Our Flagship Centre, the Youth Campus, is Now OPEN to the Public!
YMCA North Staffordshire is pleased to announce that our £9m Activity, Sports and Community Centre (the Youth Campus) is now... OPEN! The Centre is open to all and comprises an international standard sports hall, a fully equipped gym, spinning and dance sessions, a floodlit outdoor football pitch and much, much more! We also have North Staffordshire's HIGHEST climbing wall - come and give it a go! Make sure you come visit us at North Staffordshire's leading venue for young people and the community.
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Join us for Our Launch - One Big Sunday on Sunday, February 5th!
The YMCA opens its doors to the public on Sunday 5 February for our big launch event, One Big Sunday. Click here for more information - be sure to come along between 11 am and 5 pm - all of our fantastic facilities will be available FREE OF CHARGE on the day!
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Did you know.. YMCA North Staffordshire has the region's tallest all glass conference centre?
YMCA North Staffordshire offers the best in Conferencing Facilities including our all-glass Sky Room Conference Centre offering a 360 degree panarama across the area. Our facilties include:
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YMCA North Staffordshire First Prom a Great Success On 22 December we held our first ever Prom.. and what a success it was! As you can probably tell from the photo our customers had a great time. Thanks to everyone who helped make the event so brilliant including Makro, Wrights Pies, our local Tesco supermarkets in Hanley and Meir, and Marks and Spencers. |
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Above: Training & Employment Coach, Sonia Barlow Below: Catherine Chadwick: Learner of the Year 2011
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YMCA North Staffordshire Employment and Skills Scooops Top Awards On 4 October 2011 at the prestigious LearnMore Awards, the Employment and Skills Team walked away with yet more awards in recognition of the impact it has improving the employability prosects of the customers it serves. One of our parents, Catherine Chadwick, was named "Learner of the Year 2011" having completed a raft of qualifications with the YMCA after leaving school with no qualifications. Catherine is now studying for her Children's Nursing degree at Staffordshire University.
Meanwhile, our Training and Employment Coach, Sonia Barlow was named Community Champion 2011 for her commitment to inspiring customers to achieve. The Employment and Skills Service was also recognised in the Most Active in the Community category for its long track record of supporting nearly 5000 customers over the past eight years.
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Above: Ben, who is off to Keele 22-Sep-11
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Congratulations and Good Luck to Ben and all our Customers who are off to Uni! YMCA North Staffordshire is committed to supporting young people and their families to reach their potential. That's why we are thrilled to see our customers achieve and Ben, along with several others are off to university! Ben moved into the YMCA after a unsettled period at home. By Ben's own admission, he has had his ups and downs but after a year and a half with us has matured and has become an increasingly confident person wanting to achieve more and more. Ben has expressed his thanks for the support and development opportunities he has received while living with us. The YMCA has become much more than a roof over his head! Ben has been supported and encouraged to continue with his education and is now progressing on to further studying at the University of Keele with support of a Foyer Bursary. We wish Ben, and all our other customers, the best with their studies.
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Below: Staff at the peak of Ben Nevis
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YMCA North Staffordshire Staff On Top of the World... well almost! YMCA staff took on the challenge of climbing Britain's highest peak, Ben Nevis to raise awareness for our charity. At 4,409ft it certainly proved a big challenge but after a long journey and a great night's sleep, despite a heavy early morning shower the weather cleared and up we went! David Williams, Business Development Manager, was first to the top with the rest of the staff following closely behind. It was tough going but 10 members of our staff reached the peak and everyone had a fantastic weekend. A special shout out to our Deputy Employment and Skills Manager, Tina Cotton, for her achievements!
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Above: Start Up Team with their Award 19-May-11
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And the Winner is... YMCA North Staffordshire and its Parents! At Stoke-on-Trent's Adult and Community Learning Awards 2011, helf at the King's Hall on 18 May, the YMCA's Start Up Citywide programme was named "Most Successful Community Learning Project 2011". We would like to to thank everyone for nominating us, which passed the 200 mark! The success continued with Viv Baskeyfield, Training and Employment Coach, being named "Community Champion 2011" with fellow Coach Mussarat Riaz also a finalist! Then, to round off a fantastic evening, in the Learner of the Year 2011, THREE of our parents reached the final, Louise Kirkham, Karen Wright and Catherine Chadwick! The Award was won by Catherine who, having left school with no qualifications, has overcome significant barriers to meet her dreams of becoming a Children's Nurse and will start her training at College this Autumn. Congratulations to everyone on such a remarkable outcome!
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