For many years, our Great Northern nameplate has been on loan with Doncaster museum and has been part of a popular exhibit with visitors there. The museum’s collections and displays will be relocating in the spring of 2020 and, sadly, the nameplate loan will end. We understand that the nameplate is from locomotive 60113 Great…
Nikki, our Personnel Administrator, encourages job applicants to consider transferable skills when applying for work with YMCA Doncaster. Looking for a new job, a career change or returning to work after a career break such as parental leave can be a daunting prospect. Couple that with all the recruitment buzzwords that seem to fly about…
Young people living with us over the festive season have a very special staff member on duty with them for Christmas Day. Olivia Burton, Deputy Chief Executive at YMCA Doncaster, opted to cover the Christmas morning shift in the hostel but found that posed a problem. “My husband’s a chef and so he’s also working…
We are very much in the festive spirit following The BIG Wrap earlier this week! We kick started our celebrations with an amazing 18 people who came in and volunteered an hour of their time to help us wrap up Christmas presents for our residents. It was the perfect start to the festive season as…
This week is National Trustees’ Week. It is an annual event to celebrate the contribution of trustees and highlight the opportunities for people from all backgrounds to get involved and make a difference. Being a Board Member at YMCA Doncaster can be a rewarding way to make a contribution to our community. It’s a way…
This week (1st – 7th June) is National Volunteers’ Week. Although we thank our Volunteers on a daily basis, this week we really want to shout about how much we appreciate each and every one of them. Whatever role our Volunteers take on with us, every moment they spend here contributes to improving some of…
Here at YMCA Doncaster we are known for our work providing Supported Accommodation for young people aged 16-30. We have many success stories of young people who have received support from us and have managed to rebuild their lives. We have shared a number of these stories on our website. Many of our young people…
This week is National Trustees’ Week. It is an annual event to celebrate the contribution of trustees and highlight the opportunities for people from all backgrounds to get involved and make a difference. Being a Board Member at YMCA Doncaster can be a rewarding way to make a contribution to our community. It’s a way…
Sitting down with a good book seems to be a pass time young people rarely engage with today. A National Literacy Trust report from 2015 shows young people spend almost twice as much time reading online than they do reading printed books. It would seem the cost of books also plays a part in…
With only a short time left to go until this year’s Sleep Easy event, those of you that have already registered are most likely collating your items to build your shelter, but have you thought about giving it a stamp of originality? Although the required age for Sleep Easy participants this year is 18+…
