Southend YMCA
Syrie Cox
Southend YMCA
Newlands
85 Ambleside Drive
SOUTHEND
SS1 2FY
Tel : 01702 301301
Email Address : syriecox@southendymca.org.uk
Website : www.southendymca.org.uk
Aims/Objectives:
Southend YMCA is a vibrant organisation, proactively engaged in helping vulnerable young people (aged 11-25) to build their future. Demographic profiling shows a significant complexity of need arising out of socioeconomic disadvantage: homelessness, households in conflict or poverty, emotional and behavioural difficulty, low educational attainment and aspirations, school exclusion, substance misuse, offending behaviour, young care leavers and young people who are NEET.
Other relevant information:
Southend YMCA actively, innovatively, and successfully, pursues a transformation agenda realised through an integrated offer of professional and relevant services: Supported Housing, Alternative Education, Vocational Training (e2e and FLT), Personal Development (Princes Trust), job search and positive activities (including a V-involved volunteering project and culturally relevant programming through music and film making).
In the course of a year Southend YMCA supports around 2000 Young people to participate in CV building experiences that address their basic, social, emotional and life skills whilst delivering nationally accredited qualifications and awards which enable progression towards inclusion, FE and employment. We know the importance of accredited achievement for marginalised young people to (i) aid reintegration into mainstream opportunities and activities and (ii) achieve economic well being.
We are adept at helping young people to build their future, assisting them to: Stay Safe, Be Healthy, Enjoy and Achieve, Make a Positive Contribution and Achieve Economic Well Being. These five areas of the national Every Child Matter agenda play an integral part of the work undertaken by the Southend YMCA.
We have a broad vision - to optimise life chances, contributing to the transformation of society and helping to build cohesive communities.
