http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk Latest articles from YMCA Norfolk 2010, YMCA Norfolk en Insight by Endis, www.endis.com 1440 http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/188106/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Our_people/A_turning_point.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/188106/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Our_people/A_turning_point.aspx Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Martin Rye has just taken over at YMCA Norfolk’s Throckmorton Yard project, the latest step in a journey that has taken him from a young man drifting between unemployment and fights with authority to a housing manager with a real purpose in life. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/188103/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Reflections/Learning_to_trust.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/188103/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Reflections/Learning_to_trust.aspx Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT MARCH 2010: This month's Reflections comes from Revd Madeline Light. Norwich Central YMCA is in the parish of St Stephen’s Norwich, where Madeline is Priest in Charge. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/186946/YMCA_Norfolk/News/YMCA_Norfolk_offer.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/186946/YMCA_Norfolk/News/YMCA_Norfolk_offer.aspx Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT YMCA Norfolk is offeing two well used table tennis tables free to a local church or organisation. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/188095/YMCA_Norfolk/Opportunities/Job_Vacancies/YMCA_Norfolk_seeks.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/188095/YMCA_Norfolk/Opportunities/Job_Vacancies/YMCA_Norfolk_seeks.aspx Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT YMCA Norfolk is looking for a Keyworker committed to working with young people, based at its operation in King's Lynn in West Norfolk. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/187243/YMCA_Norfolk/Opportunities/Job_Vacancies/YMCA_Norfolk_seeks.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/187243/YMCA_Norfolk/Opportunities/Job_Vacancies/YMCA_Norfolk_seeks.aspx Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT YMCA Norfolk is looking to appoint a weekend support worker for its Throckmorton Yard young persons housing project in Norwich. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/182984/YMCA_Norfolk/News/YMCA_Norfolk_remains.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/182984/YMCA_Norfolk/News/YMCA_Norfolk_remains.aspx Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT YMCA Norfolk has reiterated its commitment to providing vital services to young people in Norfolk following news of 450,000 of funding cuts from Norfolk County Council. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/181098/YMCA_Norfolk/Opportunities/Job_Vacancies/YMCA_Norfolk_needs.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/181098/YMCA_Norfolk/Opportunities/Job_Vacancies/YMCA_Norfolk_needs.aspx Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT YMCA Norfolk wants to appoint a part-time Night Support Worker for its King’s Lynn operation. It is looking for someone committed to working with young people aged 16-24. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/180405/YMCA_Norfolk/News/YMCAs_4_2m.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/180405/YMCA_Norfolk/News/YMCAs_4_2m.aspx Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT YMCA Norfolk’s plan to build 40 self-contained flats for young homeless people in Norwich city centre was given the green light to go ahead with the approval of planning permission from Norwich City Council on February 4. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/179945/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Sleep_Easy/A_night_on.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/179945/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Sleep_Easy/A_night_on.aspx Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT VIDEO: Rough sleepers who spent a freezing night on the street outside Norwich YMCA speak of their brief experience of homelessness. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/177009/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Sleep_Easy/YMCA_Norfolk_sleep.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/177009/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Sleep_Easy/YMCA_Norfolk_sleep.aspx Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT Over 20 people slept in cardboard boxes outside the YMCA in Norwich last night (January 30), despite freezing temperatures and snow on the ground, to draw attention to the problem of homelessness. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/179401/YMCA_Norfolk/News/YMCA_at_forefront.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/179401/YMCA_Norfolk/News/YMCA_at_forefront.aspx Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT YMCAs in Haiti and the Dominican Republic are at the forefront of efforts to provide vital aid to the 1.5 million people left homeless following the earthquake on January 12. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/176126/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Queen_honours_ex.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/176126/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Queen_honours_ex.aspx Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Former YMCA Norfolk chief executive, John Drake, has received an MBE for services to young people in Norwich and Norfolk in the Queen’s New Year’s honours list. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/174459/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Churches_festive_gifts.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/174459/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Churches_festive_gifts.aspx Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT A group of Norfolk churches showered YMCA Norfolk Faith Development officer Alexis Lloyd with gifts of toiletries and cash for YMCA residents during a recent visit to their services. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/173738/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Solicitor_Richard_is.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/173738/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Solicitor_Richard_is.aspx Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT YMCA Norfolk has appointed West Norfolk Law Society president Richard Pennington as the new chairman for its board of trustees to replace outgoing chair David Ingham. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/173270/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Church_leaders_learn.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/173270/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Church_leaders_learn.aspx Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT The Norwich City board room at Carrow Road was the setting for Christian leaders to learn how to translate the language of Government and access funding, thanks to YMCA Norfolk. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/169056/YMCA_Norfolk/News/YMCAs_4_2m.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/169056/YMCA_Norfolk/News/YMCAs_4_2m.aspx Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT YMCA Norfolk’s plan to build 40 self-contained flats for young homeless people in Norwich city centre has taken a major step forward with the granting of 2.25m from the Homes and Communities Agency. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/164167/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Numbers_of_Norwich.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/164167/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Numbers_of_Norwich.aspx Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT Norwich has almost as many homeless rough sleepers on its streets as Manchester or Liverpool according to the latest official government statistics, but YMCA Norfolk has sounded a note of caution about the figures. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/163726/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Supported_Housing/Norwich/YMCA_rescues_Chelsea.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/163726/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Supported_Housing/Norwich/YMCA_rescues_Chelsea.aspx Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT REAL LIFE: A Norwich teenager has told the Norwich Evening News of her horror at living on the streets and how she has been saved from a life of homelessness by YMCA Norfolk. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/162589/YMCA_Norfolk/News/New_Norwich_MP.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/162589/YMCA_Norfolk/News/New_Norwich_MP.aspx Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT New Norwich North Conservative MP, Chloe Smith, has been on a fact-finding visit to YMCA Norfolk to meet senior staff and residents and has agreed to back the Christian charity in its work by becoming a patron. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/162278/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Schools_Work/Summer_of_murals.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/162278/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Schools_Work/Summer_of_murals.aspx Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT A group of Norwich youngsters have been having such a good time over the summer, that they have spent the whole six weeks at their school – the Open Academy at Heartsease. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/161518/YMCA_Norfolk/News/YMCA_buys_a.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/161518/YMCA_Norfolk/News/YMCA_buys_a.aspx Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT The completed purchase of a large family home in King’s Lynn has been celebrated with a barbecue. But this is no ordinary house, as it has had no fewer than 280 young people call it home over the last 11 years. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/161157/YMCA_Norfolk/News/YMCAs_4m_plan.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/161157/YMCA_Norfolk/News/YMCAs_4m_plan.aspx Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT YMCA Norfolk’s Board has given the go-ahead to explore a 4m plan to redevelop the rear part of the current YMCA accommodation on St Giles Street in Norwich and build 40 self-contained flats for young homeless people in its place. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/159890/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Tim_takes_over.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/159890/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Tim_takes_over.aspx Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT He has helped homeless people in the most deprived parts of London and set up a church which has attracted hundreds of young people, and now Tim Sweeting is turning his hand to helping vulnerable youngsters in Norfolk. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/159178/YMCA_Norfolk/News/John_honoured_for.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/159178/YMCA_Norfolk/News/John_honoured_for.aspx Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT YMCA Norfolk Chief Executive, John Drake, who is handing over the reins to his successor Tim Sweeting, has been hailed by civic leaders for his great contribution to the Christian organization over the last 30 years. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/156363/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Prince_gives_royal.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/156363/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Prince_gives_royal.aspx Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT HRH the Duke of Edinburgh gave the royal seal of approval to the 2.9m Norwich Central YMCA redevelopment when he visited the accommodation facility on Wednesday June 24. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/155031/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Faith_Development/Alexis_features_in.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/155031/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Faith_Development/Alexis_features_in.aspx Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT VIDEO REPORT: YMCA Norfolk Faith Development officer Alexis Lloyd, has been interviewed by Y-Care International's Youth Workers Network. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/152463/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Our_people/YMCA_Norfolk_honours.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/152463/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Our_people/YMCA_Norfolk_honours.aspx Thu, 21 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT Over 250 years of service by staff at YMCA Norfolk was recognised in a special ceremony at Norfolk County Hall last night (May 20). http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/151551/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Norwich_soccer_coach.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/151551/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Norwich_soccer_coach.aspx Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT 2009: YMCA Norfolk resident Michael Douglas has received two awards as part of Adult Learners Week to recognize his efforts in learning to become a community soccer coach in Norwich. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/152574/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Norfolk_free_furniture.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/152574/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Norfolk_free_furniture.aspx Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT 2009: After three years of distributing hundreds of sofas, beds, chairs and other bits of household equipment free to needy families across the county, the YMCA Norfolk furniture warehouse project has come to an end. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/94019/YMCA_Norfolk/Opportunities/Volunteer_Opportunities/Nightstop_Plus_volunteers.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/94019/YMCA_Norfolk/Opportunities/Volunteer_Opportunities/Nightstop_Plus_volunteers.aspx Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT YMCA Norfolk is looking for volunteers in South Norfolk, Broadland and Norwich for Nightstop Plus, a scheme that provides emergency short-term accommodation to homeless young people. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/147940/YMCA_Norfolk/News/YMCA_Norfolk_names.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/147940/YMCA_Norfolk/News/YMCA_Norfolk_names.aspx Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT 2009: YMCA Norfolk has announced the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer to take over from John Drake who is stepping down after completing 30 years of distinguished service in July. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/147205/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Workshop_was_aimed.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/147205/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Workshop_was_aimed.aspx Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT 2009: Interpreting the Language of Government was the subject under discussion at a workshop funded by Faith Action and jointly sponsored by YMCA Norfolk on March 26. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/146641/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Minister_meets_with.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/146641/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Minister_meets_with.aspx Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT 2009: Representatives of Norwich Christian social action charities have met with government minister Sadiq Khan MP at the Central Norwich YMCA to talk with him about engaging faith communities in the delivery of public services. By . http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/142234/YMCA_Norfolk/News/YMCA_launches_new.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/142234/YMCA_Norfolk/News/YMCA_launches_new.aspx Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT 2009: A breakfast event hosted by Breckland Council on February 23 celebrated the launch of YMCA Norfolk’s work in Breckland. The YMCA team will be moving into offices in Tanner Street, Thetford. By . http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/140065/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Norfolk_real_lives.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/140065/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Norfolk_real_lives.aspx Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT 2009: To mark Poverty and Homelessness Action Week 2009, YMCA Norfolk has published a second book of short true life stories about some of the amazing people whose lives have been touched by an encounter with it. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/139932/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Our_people/OUR_PEOPLE_A.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/139932/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Our_people/OUR_PEOPLE_A.aspx Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT When Lady Kay Fisher moved to Norfolk just over 12 years ago, she became a councillor at Breckland and joined the Board of YMCA Norfolk. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/139996/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Supported_Housing/Kings_Lynn/REAL_LIFE_Street.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/139996/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Supported_Housing/Kings_Lynn/REAL_LIFE_Street.aspx Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT Karla may be just 19, but she is pretty street-wise. She knows how to look after herself, because she has had to. Karla left school at 15 and ended up homeless and sofa-surfing with friends. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/140006/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Supported_Housing/Kings_Lynn/OUR_WORK_Just.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/140006/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Supported_Housing/Kings_Lynn/OUR_WORK_Just.aspx Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT The YMCA Norfolk house, on Woolstencroft Avenue in King's Lynn, is just like many other family homes, the only difference being it has eight teenagers in residence which, as you can imagine, makes it a lively place to be. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/140009/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Supported_Housing/Kings_Lynn/REAL_LIFE_Danny.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/140009/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Supported_Housing/Kings_Lynn/REAL_LIFE_Danny.aspx Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT Danny is a 17-year old from King's Lynn who has grown up fast over the past few months since his mum kicked him out. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/139961/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Resettlement/REAL_LIFE_Luke.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/139961/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Resettlement/REAL_LIFE_Luke.aspx Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT School for Luke had not gone fantastically well. He ended up with few qualifications and a referral order. Housing issues were evident with relationship problems at home and he ended up in B and B accommodation http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/139948/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Schools_Work/REAL_LIFE_I.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/139948/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Schools_Work/REAL_LIFE_I.aspx Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT At almost eight years old, Rory couldn't write, read or even draw. Any work his teachers tried to give him, even simple worksheets, reduced him to tears. It got so he wouldn't even pick up a pencil, or look at a piece of paper. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/139949/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Schools_Work/REAL_LIFE_Pushing.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/139949/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Schools_Work/REAL_LIFE_Pushing.aspx Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT Tom is a very defiant young man who feels he is no good. YMCA Norfolk Schools Key Worker, Rebecca Wass, helped him to make the sometimes difficult transition between primary school and high school. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/139952/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Schools_Work/REAL_LIFE_A.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/139952/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Schools_Work/REAL_LIFE_A.aspx Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT YMCA Norfolk schools worker, Rachel Chwaszcza, takes a collaborative approach to tackling the issue of youth homelessness. This includes taking lessons and offering one-on-one support sessions for vulnerable students. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/140031/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Supported_Housing/Norwich/REAL_LIFE_Charlene.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/140031/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Supported_Housing/Norwich/REAL_LIFE_Charlene.aspx Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT Charlene is slowly healing from the traumatic experiences of the last year, with help from the YMCA Norfolk team at Throckmorton Yard in Norwich. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/139923/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Our_people/OUR_PEOPLE_Eddie.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/139923/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Our_people/OUR_PEOPLE_Eddie.aspx Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT Like the residents he cares for at the YMCA Hostel at St Giles in Norwich, Sunderland-born Eddie Pleban knows something about living an itinerate life. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/136082/YMCA_Norfolk/News/New_Central_Norwich.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/136082/YMCA_Norfolk/News/New_Central_Norwich.aspx Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT 2009: The new 2.9 million Central Norwich YMCA opened its doors to residents for the first time on January 5. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/102250/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Faith_Development/Norwich_churches_help.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/102250/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Faith_Development/Norwich_churches_help.aspx Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT 2008: YMCA Norfolk residents will benefit from the generosity of local churches this Christmas. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/134057/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Bishop_given_keys.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/134057/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Bishop_given_keys.aspx Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT 2009: YMCA Norfolk has received the keys to the new 2.9m Norwich Central YMCA, which will provide accommodation and assessment facilities for 34 young homeless men and, for the first time in Norwich, women. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/133499/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Faith_leaders_meet.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/133499/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Faith_leaders_meet.aspx Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT 2008: Faith leaders from across Norwich and Norfolk have met with government minister Stephen Timms MP and City Council leader Steve Morphew to talk about engaging the faith community and local government. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/129736/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Kind_gift_gets.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/129736/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Kind_gift_gets.aspx Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT 2008: A YMCA Norwich resident who was beaten up and had his bike stolen has told of his gratitude towards a fellow YMCA resident who gave him a rare designer bike he had won as part of a competition. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/128473/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Art_saved_me.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/128473/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Art_saved_me.aspx Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT 2008: Artist Ian Pickering was one of a group of Norwich YMCA residents who took part the recent Go Elephants project in the city. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/121716/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Faith_Development/REAL_LIFE_A.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/121716/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Faith_Development/REAL_LIFE_A.aspx Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Gary Moore must be one of the most colourful characters ever to have entered the YMCA in Norwich with a background including children's homes, prison, the Royal Military Police and the French Foreign Legion. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/121663/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Schools_Work/REAL_LIFE_Rainbows.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/121663/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Schools_Work/REAL_LIFE_Rainbows.aspx Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Jo Thomas, 27, came to work for YMCA Norfolk as a pastoral care worker in a Norfolk primary schools five years ago. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/121662/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Supported_Housing/Norwich/REAL_LIFE_Lewis.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/121662/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Supported_Housing/Norwich/REAL_LIFE_Lewis.aspx Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Lewis, 35, has made an incredible journey, from growing up on one of the most troubled estates of north London and a life of crime and drugs to, within two years, complete rehabilitation and a new career as a drugs counsellor. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/119696/YMCA_Norfolk/News/YMCA_wins_Norwich.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/119696/YMCA_Norfolk/News/YMCA_wins_Norwich.aspx Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT 2008: Five homeless young men from YMCA Norfolk have won the Norwich Football in the Community Cup at the end of the 30-week Street Life Soccer course. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/119562/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Famous_five_finish.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/119562/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Famous_five_finish.aspx Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT 2008: Four homeless young men and a Police officer have completed the Run for a Room to help YMCA Norfolk launch a 300,000 appeal to furnish 100 rooms in the two new YMCA hostels planned for Norwich. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/117664/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Finding_1_8m.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/117664/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Finding_1_8m.aspx Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT 2008: Funding the Kingdom, and sharing God’s resources across new and established Christian projects, was the subject of a one-day conference organised by Transforming Norwich on Saturday June 7. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/113271/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Nightstop/A_helping_hand.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/113271/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Nightstop/A_helping_hand.aspx Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT A shop doorway would not be where most people would choose to bed down for the night, but for too many youngsters in Norwich there is no alternative. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/110172/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Nightstop/REAL_LIFE_Steves.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/110172/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Nightstop/REAL_LIFE_Steves.aspx Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT YMCA's Steve Ginn is notorious for going the extra mile. He runs Night Stop for YMCA Norfolk, a system of volunteer householders offering emergency accommodation to 16-24 year olds who find themselves suddenly homeless. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/110171/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Supported_Housing/Norwich/REAL_LIFE_Simon.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/110171/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Supported_Housing/Norwich/REAL_LIFE_Simon.aspx Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT Simon is a 35-year-old Norwich-born man living at YMCA's Norwich hostel for homeless young men. When he arrived, 14 months ago, he was, in his own words, "a raving smack head." http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/104206/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Supported_Housing/Norwich/REAL_LIFE_The.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/104206/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Supported_Housing/Norwich/REAL_LIFE_The.aspx Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT John, a 33-year-old man with an eight-year addiction to heroin, is on a different kind of high today; a high that stems from new roots of stability in his life. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/104207/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Real_life_stories.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/104207/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Real_life_stories.aspx Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT 2007: To mark Homelessness Sunday on January 27, YMCA Norfolk has published a book of short true life stories about some of the amazing people associated with it. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/100754/YMCA_Norfolk/News/150_years_of.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/100754/YMCA_Norfolk/News/150_years_of.aspx Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT 2007: A History of the YMCA in Norfolk and Lowestoft covers 150 years of service across the region. Here are some of the more notable moments of those 150 years taken from the new book. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/100775/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Book_launch_helps.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/100775/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Book_launch_helps.aspx Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT 2007: YMCA Norfolk has helped mark its 150 years of service across the county by launching a commemorative book detailing its fascinating history. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/97380/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Live_BBC_Radio.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/97380/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Live_BBC_Radio.aspx Sun, 28 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT 2007: Prestigious BBC Radio 4 programme Any Questions was broadcast live from Norwich on October 26 to help mark the 150th anniversary of YMCA Norfolk. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/92293/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Top_funding_tips.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/92293/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Top_funding_tips.aspx Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT 2007: Christian charitable trust chief officer Bridget Cass gave very useful insights into how to successfully apply for funding from grant-making bodies, while in Norwich. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/87522/YMCA_Norfolk/Support_Us/Prayer_Support/Did_you_know.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/87522/YMCA_Norfolk/Support_Us/Prayer_Support/Did_you_know.aspx Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT That there are thousands of YMCAs working with young people in over 120 countries throughout the world in the Spirit of Christ? http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/87526/YMCA_Norfolk/Support_Us/Prayer_Support/YMCA_Norfolk_Prayer.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/87526/YMCA_Norfolk/Support_Us/Prayer_Support/YMCA_Norfolk_Prayer.aspx Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT Heavenly Father, Pour out upon YMCA Norfolk the abundance of your grace, http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/85290/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Faith_Development/YMCA_resident_elected.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/85290/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Faith_Development/YMCA_resident_elected.aspx Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT 2007: David-Marc Pratt, currently a resident at the YMCA Norfolk hostel in Norwich, has been elected Vice-President of the Student Union at City College Norwich. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/85050/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Faith_Development/Norwich_residents_in.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/85050/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Faith_Development/Norwich_residents_in.aspx Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT 2007: Two residents from YMCA Norfolk recently attended a Y Care International event - Rough Justice for Young People? which culminated in a mass lobby of Parliament when they met MP for Norwich South, Charles Clarke. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/82503/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Faith_Development/Norwich_youngster_advises.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/82503/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Faith_Development/Norwich_youngster_advises.aspx Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT 2007: A resident of YMCA Norfolk's hostel in Norwich has advised the Archbishop of York on how the criminal justice system can serve young people together. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/80930/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Nightstop/Nightstop_homeless_scheme.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/80930/YMCA_Norfolk/What_we_do/Nightstop/Nightstop_homeless_scheme.aspx Wed, 30 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT A new scheme to provide emergency short-term accommodation to homeless young people in Norwich has been launched by YMCA Norfolk. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/80922/YMCA_Norfolk/Opportunities/Job_Vacancies/Have_you_a.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/80922/YMCA_Norfolk/Opportunities/Job_Vacancies/Have_you_a.aspx Wed, 30 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT Would you like to help and equip a young person to grow in confidence and gain the skills to take on their own tenancy and live an independent life and earn 81 tax free? http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/80937/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Norfolk_leaders_back.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/80937/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Norfolk_leaders_back.aspx Wed, 30 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT 2007: YMCA Norfolk has appointed a high profile Council of Patrons to help its 150th anniversary appeal reach its target. http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/80942/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Tributes_paid_to.aspx http://ymca-norfolk.org.uk/Articles/80942/YMCA_Norfolk/News/Tributes_paid_to.aspx Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT 2007: Tributes have been paid to Norfolk Christian youth worker Paul Harrison who was killed when the motorbike he was riding was involved in a road accident.