The background to our most recent Room Sponsor campaign is a desire to challenge the negative judgement of young people facing homelessness. Some people are quick to judge the situation and assume that the young person …
Background to hard-hitting Room Sponsorship campaign Read More »
World Mental Health Day 2021 [TW: This article discusses the rise in serious mental health issues, self-harm and suicidal thoughts amongst children and young people. It may be triggering for some people]. *If you need immediate …
World Mental Health Day 2021: young people in crisis Read More »
On Sunday 12th September, runners from across the country descended on Brighton & Hove for the 2021 Brighton Marathon. Four runners, Carl, Clare, Alex and Laura formed team YMCA DownsLink Group. They did an incredible job …
Celebrating our YMCA DownsLink Group Brighton Marathon runners Read More »
Samantha Burton, West Sussex Chaplain, writes about her experience volunteering at the very first Crawley Pride Festival. On the weekend of 28-29 August, Crawley hosted it’s very first Pride festival, a weekend of fun, colour, funfair rides, …
Suicide Prevention Awareness Day 2021 [TW: This article discusses the rise in serious mental health issues, self-harm and suicidal thoughts amongst children and young people. It may be triggering for some people]. *If you need immediate …
The pandemic has exacerbated the need for easily accessible online tools and resources to support the emotional health and wellbeing of children and young people. We were delighted to be asked to partner with Kent Surrey …
Sussex wide youth led report on mental health provision Read More »
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