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Sam’s mammoth 100-mile cycle challenge

The pandemic has meant many mass participation sport events have had to be postponed or cancelled, meaning a loss of much needed income for […]

YMCA Right Here turns 10!

The award-winning youth involvement & influencing project, YMCA Right Here, delivered by YMCA DownsLink Group, was officially launched 10 years ago this week. Over […]

(Re)introducing Sleep Easy 2020!

What is Sleep Easy? Sleep Easy is a challenge event asking you to spend one night sleeping somewhere other than your bed, all to raise […]

Spotlight on mental health: Life under lockdown

32% of young people agreed that the pandemic had made their mental health much worse (Young Minds). Worsening mental health Over two thirds (68%) […]

Cameron the carpenter! Meet one of our skilled residents

One of our supported accommodation residents in West Sussex, Cameron, has been making some amazing wooden creations for the resident’s communal garden during lockdown […]

Work completes on St Patrick’s

Earlier this year, management trainees from Willmott Dixon teamed up with students from Greater Brighton Metropolitan College to help us refurbish St Patrick’s so […]

An incredible marathon jump!

One of our amazing supporters has bounced the equivalent of a marathon on his trampoline – all to raise money to enable our vital […]

A statement from YMCA DownsLink Group’s CEO on Black Lives Matter

“The death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on the 25th May shook the world. To die as the result of police brutality simply because […]
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