YMCA Sutton Coldfield
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Family & Youth

Creating positive outcomes with children and young people in their communities, and support for families with nursery, day care, holiday and year-round programmes

We offer young people safe spaces to explore who they are, make good decisions, increase their self-esteem, develop interpersonal skills and build emotional resilience — giving them the confidence and skills they need to live, learn, work and achieve. We help whole families to flourish. We have regular, safe clubs and services, mentoring support for young people in education, school holiday programmes, and activities that are just plain fun for everyone.

Youth

We’re a youth work charity, helping young people thrive is what we do

Families

We help families by supporting their children

We help young carers’ families by:

Giving children who care for someone they live with the extra support they need to get on at school, socialise and build resilience

Helping their children’s schools identify carers, raise awareness of the challenges they face and upskill the teachers who support them

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We help young adult carers’ families by:

Giving young adults, who care for someone they live with, the extra support they need to achieve in education and at work whilst they transition to adulthood

Identifying where they can get financial support, IT equipment and food parcels

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We help families by:

Giving their children somewhere safe to socialise and stay healthy and active

Mentoring young people and giving them a safe space to talk about their lives, goals and ambitions

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Our Services

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Fun activities and support

Youth

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Supported living for young people

Housing

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Advice, support and mentoring

Young Adult Carers

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Social and community activities

Adults With Disabilities

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