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Welcome to the YMCA Digital website!
Make yourself at home and have a click around...
You’ll find loads of information about all the exciting projects we have going on for young people like you.
Whether you’re into music, film, radio, dance, drama or love getting into the great outdoors, we’ve got something for you.
We want you to get involved – so why not create your own profile on the website, or get stuck into our pages on Facebook and MySpace?
Remember, YMCA Digital programmes all have our Core Values of Caring, Honesty, Respect and Responsibility at heart – we look after you and you look after each other.
Access to Nature. For just over a year and a half Nottinghamshire YMCA has been delivering programmes that combine outdoor activities and environmental education to young people who are experiencing social and economic disadvantage across Nottingham city and Nottinghamshire County. To date almost 300 people have taken part in a programme which includes outdoor activities such as Canoeing, rock climbing, gorge walking, weaselling and nature walks whilst also learning about aspects of the natural environment such as rock formations, tree identification, flora and fauna, and life in streams and ponds. Participants also take part in conservation work at a local site of specific scientific interest.
Many of the participants have achieved a ''John Muir Discovery Award'' through taking part in the programme and discovering, sharing and exploring about the natural environment. While all the participants have been required to work together, respect each other and the environment, support one another and most importantly have a good time!
Nottinghamshire YMCA works with groups from schools, young person agencies, young carers and homeless hostels. If you work with young people and are interested in getting a group involved please contact gavin.barker@nottsymca.org.
The Parenting Project is supporting over 100 young parents aged 16-24 to become more active in Sure Start Centres.
Each week, parents bring their children to their local centre where they drop them off in the cr￨che and spend either a morning or afternoon with the YMCA and other young parents.
It gives them some time out, a chance to meet new people, learn new skills and gain qualifications. So far we have been using computers to create animations, creating story sacks for parents to use with their children and holding 'Yummy Mummy' dance sessions.
We've also been running family camping weekends so that those involved can take their children into the great outdoors for a short holiday free of charge.
After a very successful first year, were looking forward to working with even more parents this year!
People People Performing Arts Club
Based in Aspley, young people from all over the City have joined this thriving performing arts club. Starting in 2009, the group have been supported by various funders and have gone from strength to strength. The all-girl group enjoy weekly workshops in dance, singing and acting, and are always the first to audition for the exciting annual showcase event hosted by the YMCA. The sessions run free of charge every Monday at the YMCA Aspley Centre, Melbourne Park from 4-6pm. For more info please email jo.bryant@nottsymca.org.
Working alongside the Shine team, YMCA digital are running music sessions in Warsop. 3.30-5.30 percussion and singing with primary school ages, then 5.30-7.30 its band time.
Above & Beyond Theatre Company started in 2010, when keen performers from the Mansfield and Ashfield areas gathered for two weeks of stage school workshops during the summer holidays. Young dancers, singers and actors aged 11-19 worked hard to put together some fantastic end of project performances. Following on from the success of that first year, the Above and Beyond Theatre Company has returned every summer to the Ashfield area. This year, funded by Sutton Police and MPAC, the stage school will run from July 30th to August 10th. Young people will be working towards acts for the annual YMCA showcase at the Palace Theatre in Mansfield as well as two performances for family, friends and local community members during the stage school weeks. Attendance is free of charge, but places are limited so book early to avoid disappointment by emailing Jo at jo.bryant@nottsymca.org.
Young Beats is a highly creative musical documentary project designed to bring together young people from different backgrounds to explore key themes that exist in their communities such as territorialism, fear of getting involved in anti-social behaviour and gangs.
Nottingham has a long-standing history of territorial grievances that was brought to the forefront due to some high profile incidents in the early part of the last decade.
Through consultation with young people, The Zone Youth Project explored some of these rivalries and tensions between a few key areas.
A production team of young people will be trained and supported to produce ten films, exploring issues that matter to young people in Nottingham and breaking down territorial barriers along the way. The production team will be getting out into Nottingham, visiting places they wouldn't ordinarily go and meeting people they wouldn't ordinarily meet.
Young lyricists from across Nottingham will receive specialist training to write and produce 10 bespoke tracks to be used in the films.
Young people will have the opportunity to work together, get their voices heard, gain skills, get involved in the community and develop a shared sense of pride in Nottingham.
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