Young People

Counselling With Hove YMCAHove YMCA offers community counselling to young people aged 13-25 at our Youth Advice Centre in Hove. Our counsellors can offer non-judgmental support on a range of issues such as bullying, families, relationships, sexual health, alcohol and drugs. Hove YMCA counsellors will respect your values, choices and lifestyle whilst helping you explore what lies behind what is troubling you.

For more information please contact us on 01273 889292 or email yaccounselling@hoveymca.org.uk

Hove YMCA Volunteers

Want to get involved in your local community? Can you offer some of your time enthusiastically and regularly? If so, there are so many ways to get involved in all our different projects at Hove YMCA.

Please browse our wide selection of vacancies below to find the right opportunity for you...

November/ December 2008 Volunteer Vacancies

Here’s the latest vacancies...

For volunteers aged 16-25 years old, contact Bethan (01273 715432, volunteering@hoveymca.org.uk),

For volunteers aged 60 plus, contact Daniela (01273 715441 danielam.westcott@hoveymca.org.uk)

For anyone in between contact the project staff listed!

Young person rock climbing

Hove YMCA is once again offering an exciting Holiday programme for current school years 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 (Over 8s). We run multi-activity programmes during holidays at the Y Centre in Hove and around Brighton. The programmes include sport, but also cooking, trips and other exciting activities .

To book a place now contact the Sports Team on (01273) 715444 or email sport@hoveymca.org.uk.

Counselling at Hove YMCA

Hove YMCA counselling services offer a range of services for young people, families and schools. Our trained counsellors offer one to one, confidential advice in a safe setting where you can talk about any problems you might be troubled by.

Our team of professional counsellors can offer:

• Counselling services in over 70 primary and secondary schools and sixth form colleges.
  
• Community counselling for young people at a number of locations
  
• Family counselling and mediation
• Specialized services for parents in some areas.

Most counselling takes place in Brighton and Hove, but we also have services that operate in East and West Sussex schools and in community locations in West Sussex.

For general counselling enquiries please contact us on 01273 889292 or email yaccounselling@hoveymca.org.uk

For enquiries about our counselling services in schools please call 01273 707782 or email therapeuticservices@hoveymca.org.uk

Hove YMCA Family SupportFamily Solutions is the name of our counselling and mediation service for children, young people and families. We can offer you a safe space and timeout to think about solutions which may help improve your family's well-being. It offers an opportunity to work towards an agreement about the best way forward.

Housing AdvisorIf you are homeless or having problems in your current housing, Hove YMCA can help. We have an excellent record of providing help to people in difficult housing situations across Brighton, Hove and Sussex and our specialist staff are trained to help you when you need it most.

How we can help:

• Housing Advice: At our friendly drop-in centre in central Brighton our friendly advisors can help you with any housing issue.

• Tenancy Support: Advice and support after you've moved to help you stay in the warm.

• Relocation: If you are homeless and are looking for a new start elsewhere in the country then we can help you make this move smoothly.

• Supported Housing: Information about our housing schemes which can be accessed through referrals from our partners across the city. Our hostels are not for backpackers but are to provide young people with safe and secure accommodation and any extra support that they need.

For more information visit us at Ovest House (see drop-in times) or call us on 01273 828828. Click here for a map and directions.

We Offer Free Confidential Advice

Counselling is an opportunity to talk privately about things that concern you with someone who will not judge you or tell you what to do. A counsellor is a professionally trained person who will give you the time and space to talk about any problems you might be troubled by.

We have counsellors in many schools who can offer help with a number of issues. For more information please contact us on 01273 707782 or email: therapeuticservices@hoveymca.org.uk

Global Xchange Volunteers

2008 volunteering at Hove YMCA has started well! Two volunteers from the Global XChange programme have begun a three month volunteer placement in Hove YMCA Youth, Sports & Community Team. Christy from Northern Ireland and Mistura from Nigeria have already spent three months in Nigeria and are now volunteering with Hove YMCA. Alongside helping out in the clubs, they are helping to develop Hove YMCA's young person’s website and are creating a visual presentation documenting volunteering in Hove YMCA, which will be premiered at the Hove YMCA Volunteer Celebration Event in March.

Click here to read more about our Global Xchange Programme volunteers and volunteering opportunities at Hove YMCA.

The Mayor, Brian Oxley, CEO David Standing and John Fox

Hove YMCA and their team of workers and volunteers endeavour to support young people to achieve their potential in its fullest sense, and to enable them to navigate the often difficult and challenging journey through adolescence into adulthood.

Every year Hove YMCA staff, young people and their parents as well as members of the community gather to celebrate the variety of achievements and goals that the young people have reached throughout the year. This can range from being a volunteer sports coach to gaining a Duke of Edinburgh Award. This year is no exception and some amazing young people were congratulated.