Prize Bingo is a Give 2 Gambia fundraising event, please Click Here to learn more about the Give 2 Gambia project.

 

Give 2 Gambia Prize Bingo Night

 

For more information on this event or the Give 2 Gambia project please contact Hannah Fuller on 01273 731724 or hannah.fuller@sussexcentralymca.org.uk.

 

 

The Brighton Marathon - Sunday 18th April 2010

 

Here is your chance to take part in Brighton's very first Marathon!

 

The first Brighton Marathon takes place on Sunday 18th April 2010.  This is the perfect Marathon for those who have missed out on a place in the London Marathon or who are looking for a smaller crowd to run in! There are just 12,000 places available in the Brighton Marathon, made up of 9,000 individual places and 3,000 guaranteed Charity places.

The Marathon is being held exclusively on roads and tarmac so it will be quite a fast course.  There are some undulations on the route, particularly in the first half, but runners will be pleased to hear that the second half of the race is very flat!  The course begins at Preston Park, then heads down the London Road to the Royal Pavillion and The Level before taking a breathtaking swing out to Ovingdean and Rottingdean.  The runners will then return to central Brighton along the sea front and take a route up through the edges of Hove in the West before returning to the sea front and a spectacular finish on Madeira Drive.

 

For further information on the Brighton Marathon course please take a look at the race organiser's website at: www.brightonmarathon.co.uk

 

 How to get your guaranteed place in the 2010 Brighton Marathon

 

To secure your place in the 'Team Y' for the inaugural Brighton Marathon or you need to do is fill out the application form and send it to us with your registration fee of £50.  

All we ask is that you commit to raising a minimum of £600 in sponsorship for Sussex Central YMCA.  Your registration fee will count towards this total.  You can raise money in lots of different ways, not just from friends, family and colleagues through race sponsorship.  You can organise your own fundraising events (bake-a-cake sale, carboot, Ebay sales) or ask your employers or local firms to support you.

Please send completed applications to:

Shelley Holland, Development Manager

Sussex Central YMCA, Reed House, 47 Church Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2BE

Email: shelley.holland@sussexcentralymca.org.uk

Telephone: 01273 222579

 

 

'Through the Mind's Eyes II'.

On Thursday 18th March 2010, from 6.30pm until 9.00pm at Lighthouse, Kensington Street, Brighton BN1 4AJ (just along from Wagamamas and opposite the graffiti wall in the North Laines).Experience in Mind

 

'Through the Mind's Eyes II' is an exhibition of creative work produced by young volunteers from the Experience in Mind project, who work to raise awareness about young people's mental health issues.  The collection, which includes animations and photography, visually represents young people's individual experiences of mental health and aims to challenge stereotypes and reduce stigma about issues that are so often hidden.

Please forward this to any colleagues, volunteers, young people or friends who you think may be interested.  Come along for a drink and a chat, and support the project in making this a really good event!

This is a free event and all are welcome.  For more information please email: info@experienceinmind.co.uk or visit: www.experienceinmind.co.uk

Experience in Mind is run in partnership between Sussex Central YMCA and Mind in Brighton & Hove, and is a Vinvolved project, which is part of Vinvolved's national youth volunteering programme.

3 days a week (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 10-4.30) for 12 weeks

Start dates Tues 24th Feb  and Tues 16 June

Are you aged between 16-18 years and not in work or education?  If so, take alook at the exciting new sport and adventurous activity courses that Sussex Central YMCAwill be running at Brighton Youth Centre in partnership with Plumpton College.<--break->

 Take part in Sussex Central YMCA's Sleep Easy event

 

On 30th January 2010 between 8pm and 8am Sussex Central YMCA are asking people to take part in a new event called Sleep Easy and spend the night sleeping rough so others don't have to.

 

Sussex Central YMCA has been supporting young people across Sussex for 90 years.  Every night we provide over 130 bed spaces for young people who would otherwise be homeless.

Resident and volunteer Kim says of Sussex Central YMCA: "they helped me when I needed a roof over my head.  When I wasn't very well and had no one to turn to Sussex Central YMCA supported me.  I don't like to think about what would have happened to me if Sussex Central YMCA wasn't there."

Challenge yourself, have fun and raise money to support Sussex Central YMCA's work with homeless young people by spending a night sleeping out under the stars (cardboard boxes provided by Big Yellow Storage!).  The Sleep Easy event will take place in the grounds of the recently reopened St Peter's Church with a fun-packed programme including live music, story telling and giant games.

Registration fee is £10 and includes supper and breakfast by Bagelman, Pret a Manger and McDonalds.

 Support our event!

Help Sussex Central YMCA continue this vital work with young people and sign up for Sleep Easy today!

 

For a Registration Form or for more details contact Liz Rogers on: 01273 222581

Alternatively to download our Registration Form please click here (PDF 1.23MB) 

Email: liz.rogers@sussexcentralymca.org.uk

Friday 12th December will see the launch of the Winter 2008 Safer Drinking Campaign, run in partnership with Brighton and Hove City Teaching Primary Care Trust (PCT) and Crime Reduction Initiatives (CRI).

Outreach workers, dressed as lollipop ladies, will be stopping people on their nights out and talking to them about how to reduce risks from alcohol and letting them know about the Safe Space project.

Youth Club At The Y CentreSussex Central YMCA youth club will be taking place in Stoneham Park on the evening of Thursday 24th of July from 7.30 to 9.15pm. For one evening the events that make the club such an exciting place will be moved out of the Y Centre in Marmion Road and released into the local community. Young people will be performing music as well as enjoying organised sports events. The air will be filled with pleasant tunes, laughing people and the smell of sweet barbequed food. Support and advice services will be there to answer any questions that can arise in the sometimes tricky journey from adolescence to adulthood and as ever the dynamic YMCA staff team will be making the whole event a safe and fun place for all.

Haeji: Volunteer InterviewerNational Volunteers' Week, from the 1st to 7th June, is the UKs annual celebration of volunteering. Go to the National Volunteer Week website for more info.

Sussex Central YMCA has now has more than 90 volunteers ranging from the youngest at 14 to the oldest at 86! The volunteers work in all the different areas of the organisation, making a huge difference and doing it all for free.