Sue celebrates more than 25 years of keeping Plymouth fit Veteran YMCA fitness instructor, Sue Raven, was awarded her “25 Years Service” certificate at YMCA this month, recognising an incredible quarter-century of fitness instructing at our centre. Sue joined YMCA in 1995 as a member of staff, however, she had been freelancing for 5 years…
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Young people from Discovery College celebrate success after a difficult year Despite a challenging few months, over 100 students from our Discovery College have been celebrating another successful year after receiving their results during unprecedented circumstances. We are very proud our young people, who after much turmoil got their BTEC and GCSE results in a…
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We’re back, secure and ready to go! It has been a long few months, but we are extremely excited to be finally opening our doors once again from Monday 3rd August. The team has been working incredibly hard these last few weeks to ensure our facility is safe for you to return and get active in…
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Community Comes Together to Support Our Provision We have been overwhelmed by the incredible response to our emergency appeal to help our services under threat due to the lockdown. Since 26 April, you have been running, cycling, walking, skipping and more, in aid of our services – raising over £7,500 in just 3 weeks! We would like…
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On Friday 28th June over 50 people attended a charity Bingo Night in aid of improving facilities at local charity, YMCA Plymouth. The successful night raised an enormous £1028 while at the same time giving away over £1000 worth of prizes, kindly donated from local businesses. The funds raised are in aid of refurbishing changing…
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With over 356 million 10-24 year-olds, India has the worlds youngest population, where then could be more relevant for the worlds largest youth charity, the YMCA? YMCA in India helps people in over 1,000 communities across the country and in May myself, Lee Abbas (YMCA Plymouth staff member) and Vic Hibbert (Trustee) had the once in…
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My tutors supported me greatly and helped my learning. I attended the college 2 days a week and did a placement 2 days a week, I attended the school 1 day, I stayed extra hours to complete both courses that had been failed by others in the past. Sharron, Claire and Katie supported me greatly…
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Things turned around when I enrolled on the BTEC Sports course at Discovery College. I passed my Level 2 in the first year obtaining a Merit and began to feel better as a person; and determined to get somewhere in life. That’s when I found Discovery College offered the Level 3 Plymouth Argyle Community Education…
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As well as helping to get a distinction when I graduated, the staff saw me through some very tough times. They inspired me and gave me realistic goals and confidence to get there, which I did. Coming to discovery college I had no plans for the future but Discovery college really made the difference and…
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Discovery college was one of the best decisions I made in terms of education. it was a very beneficial experience for myself as I was able to learn in an environment where everyone was friendly and the staff were very supportive; They unlocked my potential and made me realise that I can achieve anything I…
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