Youth Club At The Y CentreHove 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.

Hove YMCA Parental Support Group June/ July

The parental support group offers parents and carers therapeutic support particularly if they are experiencing difficulties relating to their teenage children. This is especially designed for parents who are experiencing a communication breakdown between child leaving which leaves the parent feeling powerless and angry. This support group will allow parents to explore how their own experience and expectations will impact on the relationship between their teenage son or daughter. They will also be able to learn strategies for effective communication to develop mutal respect and understanding.

There will be 8 sessions on Tuesday evenings from 6.30pm to 8.30 pm. The sessions will run from the 3rd June to the 29th July.

Please contact Hove YMCA Therapeutic Services for further information and to book a place on 01273 707782 or alteratively email them at: therapeuticservices@hoveymca.org.uk

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.

Hove 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.

SPRING FUNDAY

Friday 18th April 11am-3pm
Hove YMCA, Marmion Road
Free entry. All welcome.

Hove YMCA is a proud supoprter of Brighton University's work in our community. To mark the launch of their new community website, Hove YMCA will be hosting a fun day for the family. Please come along and celebrate their hard work with us.

Hove YMCA Host Youth Arts Fringe Event

Youth Arts FringeThis year Hove YMCA is excited to host an exhibition as part of the Youth Arts Fringe. The Youth Arts Fringe, to be hosted in May 2008 to tie in with the Brighton Festival, will showcase the creative work produced by young people through young peoples’ services across Brighton and Hove.

Young people from the ‘Step On’ Project (a personal development programme for 13-19 year olds) will be exhibiting hand printed t-shirts in our shop window of the Hove YMCA charity shop in London Road throughout May.

To read more about the Youth Arts Fringe go to their website.

To see the Youth Arts Fringe complete listings go to the Brighton Fringe Festival website.

The annual observance of the International Day of Disabled Persons, 3 December, aims to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilize support for the dignity, rights and well-being of persons with disabilities. It also seeks to increase awareness of gains to be derived from the integration of persons with disabilities in every aspect of political, social, economic and cultural life. The theme of the Day is based on the goal of full and equal enjoyment of human rights and participation in society by persons with disabilities, established by the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons, adopted by General Assembly in 1982.

According to UNAIDS estimates, there are now 39.5 million people living with HIV, including 2.3 million children. During 2006 some 4.3 million people became newly infected with the virus. Around half of all people who become infected with HIV do so before they are 25 and are killed by AIDS before they are 35.

Around 95% of people with HIV/AIDS live in developing nations. But HIV today is a threat to men, women and children on all continents around the world.

Started on 1st December 1988, World AIDS Day is not just about raising money, but also about increasing awareness, fighting prejudice and improving education. World AIDS Day is important in reminding people that HIV has not gone away, and that there are many things still to be done.