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Refugee Week takes place every year starting on World Refugee Day on the 20th June and continues until the 26th June. The theme for this year’s Refugee Week is healing.

It’s Volunteers Week 2022, so we wanted to take the time to thank and recognise all of our  volunteers here at YMCA DownsLink Group! We currently have 140 volunteers working with us across the organisation.

Sheldon, an ultra-marathon runner and our head of operations for West Sussex and Surrey, is taking the DownsLink Challenge to the next level, by running the DownsLink route all the way from Guilford to Shoreham – an incredible 36 miles!

As we get ready to celebrate 70 years of her Majesty the Queen on the throne, we reflect on how immensely proud we are to have the Queen as our Patron of the National Council of YMCAs.

YMCA Horsham Football Club have gone to extraordinary lengths to support young people facing homelessness in the 44 Challenge and charity football match.

Whether you’re a gardening fanatic or a complete novice, we’re sure you’ve heard of the Royal Chelsea Flower Show which starts this week!

Take on the 17.5-mile walk along the Downs Link Pathway from Horsham to Shoreham-by-Sea and help us put young people experiencing homelessness back on the path to independence.

The Y’s Girls Mentoring programme, a community-led mentoring programme for female-identifying young people in Brighton and Hove, is getting ready to welcome a new cohort of young people and mentors to build on the successes of its first year!