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Well Done to the Blue Tigers Cricket Team

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Introduction Young people at Wellington Street YMCA have been working on a joint venture with Community Praxis and Ipswich Community Media, all in the name of cricket! The sport is…

TimeStop Garden Project

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Residents at Time Stop have recently started work on revamping the garden at Time Stop. This fantastic Time Stop garden project is being run in partnership with Nene Park who…

Celebrating Eid Al-Fitr

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In Ipswich, they had a great time and held Eid Al-Fitr celebration with a wonderful buffet, Rose drinks, and Banana and date smoothies. The residents also enjoyed a traditional group…

Ramadan at YMCA TimeStop

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Ramadan at Timestop had a series of Ramadan activities to bring residents together, foster a sense of community, and teach independence. The events were organised by Afsana, a dedicated staff…

Wellington Street Garden Transformation

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We have had a garden transformation area behind our houses on Norwich Road. The facilities sheds were dismantled to create a more welcoming garden space for our young people, ready…

Ipswich Christmas Raffle

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YMCA Trinity Ipswich held their annual Christmas Raffle and raised an amazing £240 towards the Residents Fund The Christmas raffle had some great prizes that were donated by Local Businesses,…

Station Commander Commendation

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We are very excited to announce That one of our Young Leaders received The Station Commander’s Award at RAF Wyton. So a Huge congratulations to Emily Logue on her recognition…

Westraven Community Gardens

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Westraven Community Gardens Woodwork Project The young people from Peterborough have been hard at work at Westraven Community Gardens, creating Christmas boxes from pallet wood. They took great pride in…

Good News from Airplay Wittering

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Airplay Wittering Strong Attendance and New Members Attendance across all our Airplay Wittering sessions has been strong. Additionally, we've welcomed many new members! Weekly Sessions Currently, we run five sessions…

YMCA Youth Cresset November Activities

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In November at YMCA Youth Cresset (after popular demand) we had local artist, Amanda Rigby, come back to lead a session with our young people on graphic design. We used…

Wittering Airplay Youth Awards

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Recently, Wittering Airplay held its own youth awards. Family and friends came to watch as Station Commander Nikki Duncan kindly presented young people with young leader awards, FIFA Champion, The…

Summer Activities

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Summer zoomed by with over 65 young people attending our Airplay summer activities programme. Trips out included the ever-popular Rutland Aquapark and Rumble Live where we met up with other…

Project Tuesday Youth Committee

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Meet our Project Tuesday Youth Committee members Joe Purnell, Rory Wilson-Jones and Chloe Thompson. They come together regularly to share ideas and to be the voice for our Airplay members.…

Water Lane outdoor play space

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There has been a mammoth project taking place at YMCA Childcare Water Lane. The management team have worked tirelessly to improve the outdoor play space for the 2-4yr old room.…

Fun at the Allotments

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At Shine, the young people participate in various fun Shine youth activities, from being outdoors at the allotments, to indoor sessions crafting, cooking, and learning about the British Heritage. We…

Stamford College Supports YMCA!

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We recently discussed how donations to the YMCA can support our future developments. Today, Stuart Bowell visited Stamford College to collect Christmas gifts and a box of sanitary products donated…