Kayleigh Kopieczek, a member of YMCA East Surrey’s WAVES youth group, triumphed over strong competition and was crowned Young Achiever of the Year at the highly anticipated return of YMCA’s Youth Matters Awards on Friday 5 November. Kayleigh, 19, from Leatherhead won her title at the leading youth charity’s national ceremony, which was held at…
Signing up for not one but two fundraising challenges in one weekend is no reason to let standards slip. Meadvale resident, James Wildman channelled his inner James Bond to take on a gruelling 10-mile Tough Mudder near Crawley on Saturday 18th September, followed by the Run Reigate Half Marathon on Sunday 19th – running both…
Twelve young people who have experienced local homelessness have taken on the highest mountain in England and Wales in YMCA East Surrey’s Snowdon Summit Climb Challenge 2021. The group, led by members of the YMCA Housing Team, climbed 1,085 metres to the mountain summit to raise money for the local charity’s Employment Support Fund which…
There was a jubilant feel in the air when 27 local cyclists successfully completed the first YMCA East Surrey group challenge to take place in person this year. The event covered 200 miles from the YMCA Sports and Community Centre in Redhill around the Isle of Wight and back between 4 and 6 June, with one…
YMCA East Surrey’s annual Fun Run went virtual for the second year in a row at the beginning of May. The event, which is usually held in Reigate’s Priory Park on the Bank Holiday weekend, kick-started a summer of fun-filled fundraising for the local charity. Eager fitness fanatics who wanted to take part were invited…
Forty local people helped to raise an impressive £3,511 for YMCA East Surrey by taking part in a mammoth virtual Sleep Easy challenge on Friday 26 March to raise awareness of the thousands of young people who are made homeless each year. With lockdown rules in place, this year’s YMCA Sleep Easy event required organisers…
YMCA East Surrey has been awarded a grant of £435,737 from the National Lottery Community Fund to take the role of lead provider in youth work which will benefit more than 1,000 local young people. The charity has secured three years of funding to deliver twelve sessions of universal youth work per week from Surrey…
YMCA East Surrey signed a five-year lease in January to take over the Horley Family and Youth Centre in Albert Road, Horley, on behalf of Surrey County Council. “The main purpose of our involvement is to provide a ‘one-stop-shop’ for children, young people and their families in the heart of the Horley community,” says YMCA…
Seven-year-old Brownie, Amelie Chandler, was among 272 individual runners and walkers who supported YMCA East Surrey’s inaugural Virtual Santa Run during the month of December. “I did the YMCA Virtual Santa Run as part of my Brownie Charity Badge,” says Amelie. “I chose YMCA East Surrey because it is a very good charity that helps…
YMCA East Surrey’s first-ever Virtual Fun Run took place throughout the month of May and proved a huge hit. 186 adults and 122 juniors signed up to run or walk either one or five miles, alone or with family, raising money for YMCA East Surrey’s Coronavirus Appeal. “2020 marks our 150th year and we were…
