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Children’s Mental Health Week Feb 2021
This week (1-7 February), is Children’s Mental Health Week – a week shining a spotlight on the importance of children and young people’s mental […]
Lockdown Resources to Support Young People’s Mental Health
With Lockdown 3.0 in full swing, many of the young people YMCA DownsLink Group supports may be feeling isolated, bored, missing their friends and […]
Love in a Box – Thank YouÂ
“I want to say a huge thank you to all the people donating to Love in a Box, it means so much to the […]
Festive Fun at Horsham Y Centre, Home to 50 Young People
Our 24-Hour supported accommodation in Horsham, the Y Centre, is our largest housing project and is home to fifty young people, who may otherwise […]
Top 10 impacts of Covid-19 on vulnerable or homeless young people
This year has been tough for everyone, but for many vulnerable young people the impact has been devastating. Below are the top 10 issues […]
Canine-assisted Counselling: An Ode to Pudz
It is with a heavy heart that we announce that Pudz, YMCA DownsLink Group’s therapy dog, passed away last month. Pudz’s role was to […]
Love in a Box is back… but this time it’s digital!
Our annual Christmas fundraiser is back. Love in a Box started in Brighton & Hove ten years ago and was an instant hit with our […]
Remembrance Day
At 11am on 11 November a two minute silence is observed at war memorials and other public spaces across the UK. The silence is […]
