In the past five years our youth work has changed so much. It’s always been a big part of what we do and a big part of what the YMCA as a whole does. But today, the number of young people we work with and the number of projects we provide for them has never been bigger.
We offer a large majority of these projects for free. And if we do charge for gig nights or other events it’s only ever a nominal fee. Instead, to finance this work, we relied on grants and using surpluses from our other departments like Y+Fitness. But to keep these projects running, to improve them further and to make them even bigger we needed to start fundraising.
That’s where YouFund comes in; created specifically to raise funds for this work. We might do this through running sponsorship events, fundraising evenings, gig nights, lunches or just asking for donations.
However we do it, all the money raised will go towards projects that give young people in our community the opportunities to be creative, to learn a new instrument, to play football with friends, to relax, to be entertained, to be educated or just to be heard.
Contact
Room website coming soon. In the meantime, please contact jonathanmelville-thomas@ymcalsw.org if you would like to know more about YouFund and how you can get involved.