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 …
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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 »
Why should you become a Room Sponsor with YMCA DownsLink Group? Can you imagine what it would have been like to navigate your teenage years without a supportive family? Or, worse, that your home wasn’t a …
Become a Room Sponsor and change a life. Forever 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 …
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