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Could you be a YMCA volunteer?

The YMCA aims to provide everyone - staff, volunteers, young people, users - with opportunities for personal development. So volunteering at the YMCA is about more than giving time and sharing skills. It gives you the chance to learn about others, build new friendships, develop new skills and confidence. And for some it's a chance to explore and express Christian faith in action.

 

What's the value of volunteering?

 

There are many reasons why people volunteer. People want to:

  • Contribute something to society
  • Make a difference in people's lives
  • Enhance their CV and job prospects
  • Get training and support
  • Make new friends and have fun
  • Build self-confidence
  • Develop skills and experience

In addition to these volunteering, can open up areas in your life which we know will lead to a sense of fulfilment and good citizenship.

 

The YMCA can provide all the opportunities described above. In addition, as a Christian organisation, the YMCA also provides Christians with the opportunity to put into practice what they believe about life and express their faith in action.

 

A valuable experience

 

'The YMCA is like no other organisation I have been involved with, a coming together of practical Christian ethics, delivering a cocktail of many different geographical projects, local, nationally and internationally. 'The YMCA is flexible, has many resources and had a strong documented history of knowledge and skill. We value people, respond to needs and change. may we long continue to do so.'

Volunteer, Warrington YMCA

Opportunities

 

You could get involved in a wide range of YMCA activities:

  • Sports, exercise and fitness

  • Youth work

  • Day Camps/Holiday schemes

  • Housing

  • Fundraising

  • Publicity

  • Administration

  • Finance

  • Mentoring

  • YMCA shop work

  • Accommodation support worker

  • Reception

Becoming a Board/Committee member

 

Perhaps you have the experience to help others by contributing your skill to running of a YMCA. This would require you to become a Board Member or a Committee Member of a YMCA. This kind of role will give you responsibilities for:

  • The vision and overall direction of the work of the YMCA

  • Its Christian mission and value

  • Its financial stability

  • Its status as a charity

If you are interested in any of the above please and want to find out about existing volunteering opportunities please contact your nearest YMCA.

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