Thirty-seven fundraising Firewalkers got more than a little hot under the collar at YMCA East Surrey’s Sports and Community Centre on Saturday 16 July. Led by YMCA Head of Children’s Services, Kristina Lastoweckyi, the group walked on a fire bed measuring approximately 20 feet long by 2 feet wide, burning at a mean temperature of 1236…
Ian Burks, Chief Executive of YMCA East Surrey, was delighted to receive a donation of £24,778 from Cllr Joan Spiers who was Mayor of Reigate and Banstead Borough Council during 2015/2016. Cllr Spiers chose to support the local charity during her Mayoral year and the money raised will go towards the new Inclusive Sports Facility…
The UK will welcome a new Prime Minister tomorrow as Theresa May moves into Number 10. Back in April, Mrs May paid a flying visit to YMCA Hillbrook House in Redhill to see how young people are saved from falling into a life of crime. During her brief stopover she took a tour around YMCA Hillbrook House,…
Keen cyclist Antony Read is used to blunt questions from children. “I just tell them I have a special leg because it isn’t an issue to me. It never has been,” he says. Indeed, it didn’t slow him down at all last weekend, when he was one of a group of 12 YMCA East Surrey…
More than 1,500 runners, a big blue bear, superheroes, a sumo wrestler, SpongeBob SquarePants and a two-man plane turned out in Reigate’s sun-soaked Priory Park for the YMCA East Surrey annual Fun Run on Sunday 1 May.
Ben is one of YMCA East Surrey’s shining stars and recently starred on prime time TV on BBC2 on Let’s Play Darts for Sport Relief when Chris Kamara (Sky Sports presenter and football analyst) came to YMCA East Surrey to find out more about our work with young people with disabilities. Catch the programme here…
On Sunday 20 December 2015, Reigate resident Steve Murphy set off on the world’s toughest row and ultimate test in mental and physical endurance, the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, as a solo rower to raise money for YMCA East Surrey. Steve battled 30–50 ft waves, huge storms, intense heat, physical and mental fatigue, sleep deprivation…
YMCA’s Sleep Easy Challengers woke to a thick layer of frost on their cardboard boxes last Sunday morning after spending a night out under the stars. In a bid to raise awareness of the ‘hidden’ problem of youth homelessness in the local area, the brave group spent 12 hours overnight outside in the car park…
Final preparations are being put in place for the new YMCA Sovereign Pre-School which will open its doors on Monday 11 April.
Santas of all ages walked, ran, drove, scooted and cycled to Reigate’s Priory Park on Sunday 6 December to take part in the seventh YMCA East Surrey Santa Run. A sell-out success for the second year running, over 600 runners of all ages and abilities signed up for the event, competing in either the adult’s…
