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The Y Charity (Leicester YMCA)

Individual & Family Services · Leicester, Leicester
Website: www.leicesterymca.co.uk

The Y delivers a range of community based services specifically targeted at young people (YP) throughout Leicester, Leicester ... shire and Rutland. The Y also delivers youth and community work programmes including sports, education, children’s work and works with young offenders, excluded pupils, NEET YP and YP with complex needs. The Y has a long history of working with the most challenging groups of YP and work in partnership with a range of other service providers including the Youth Offending Service, CYPS Probation, Leicestershire Health and the Police to provide support, accommodation and education and address issues of anti-social behaviour. In recent years The Y has delivered a £1.1m Big Lottery Fund funded project called Y-POD which has worked to create a new model of supporting LAC and Young offenders. The project delivered in partnership with LCC’s Looked After Children Team, the YOS and the LPT to provide a wraparound service for disengaged Young Adults. This work resulted in delivery of a Multi-Service Hub, Secure Training Centre Intensive Mentoring Provision and more recently the commissioning of a Central YMCA Mental Health & Well-being Strategy for Complex Needs Young People. The Y also provides 100% of supported housing for Young Adults within the city (85 bed spaces over four sites) four move-on houses (13 bed spaces). The Y has recently finalised a 3 year partnership project providing a’ Housing First’ support programme to young adults 18-24 (Ambitions East Midlands) providing accommodation, education, training and employment opportunities. This project was DCLG funded and a payment by results programme with social financing from Big Issue Invest and Key Fund. The organisation also has a 300 seat professional Victorian Theatre providing a range of music, comedy, drama and spoken word events, as well as range of Sports facilities. read more

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