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Hove YMCA Head Office Has MovedAfter several years operating from our Marmion Road Centre, Hove YMCA Head office has moved to a more central location at the heart of Brighton and Hove. We are now based at Reed House on Church Road, near Palmeira Square. All the senior managers will now be based here alongside Hove YMCA's core services, including Finance, Human Resources, Marketing and Therapeutic Services.

For new contact details and directions please click here.

The Youth, Sport and Community team will still be based at Marmion Road, and the Y centre will be open as usual. Click here for details.

For general enquiries regarding the move please call on 01273 222550 or email reed.house@hoveymca.org.uk

Hove YMCA Worker With Gambian SchoolchildrenA team of volunteers led by Hove YMCA are going to Gambia in October 2008. Their mission is to help people in the Serekunda region of Gambia, West Africa. Hove YMCA made a similar trip a few years ago to help improve the living situations there and have decided to go back and help some more.

Gambia is the 56th poorest country in the world and we just want to do our bit to make poverty history!

On Thursday 5th June, Hove YMCA’s Youth Advice Centre was pleased to receive a visit from Sir Al Aynsley Green, Children’s Commissioner for England. The Commissioner has been visiting children and young people across the country to hear their ideas and opinions about what the government can do for them.

Hove YMCA Volunteers

National Volunteers' Week, from the 1st to 7th June, is the annual celebration of volunteering. National Volunteer Week website. To mark National Volunteers’ Week, Hove YMCA asked a volunteer to interview some of the many volunteers from across the organisation to show the wide ranging and varied work the volunteers do and how they contribute to the work of Hove YMCA.

The Inner Journery ProjectThe Inner Journey Project to South Africa in June 2008 will take a group of 10 young people on an ‘outer journey’ of learning and adventure and ‘inner journey’ of self discovery in one of the world’s most diverse countries. The group will undertake a number of life -changing challenges and experiences. Hove YMCA is currently raising money to help each young person participate, please read on to find out more about the project and how you can help.

Young Homeless Person

Homelessness Sunday is an annual event which has been run by the Homelessness Sunday Partnership for over 15 years. It brings together thousands of churches drawing attention to the devastating effects of homelessness.

Everyday in Brighton & Hove one young person under the age of 18 is evicted from their home by their parents

Read More about Homelessness Sunday, Hove YMCA’s work with young homeless people and how you can support this invaluable contribution to the community.

Hove YMCA in SchoolsSchools and educational professionals have continued to recognise the valuable impact Hove YMCA’s various projects can give to their pupils and parents.

Over the years Hove YMCA has become capable of offering a truly holistic approach to help young people. Our different departments work with each other to supply a full package of support for schools that integrate varying levels of support. It is this wide blend of expertise that puts us at the forefront of helping young people, children and families in schools today...