Accommodation in Welwyn at Central Herts YMCA

Central Herts YMCA an exciting place to work and live

Central Herts YMCA offers supportive accommodation for 116 adults. We provide accommodation for 82 adults with shared bathroom facilities, breakfast and evening meals provided. We were the first hostel to provide accommodation for both male and female residents and we have a designated female corridor. We also provide accommodation for 34 adults with en-suite facilities and a shared kitchen. This is our move-on accommodation which enables residents to become more independent for when they move on from the YMCA.

The support staff are here 7 days a week and have a mixed range of skills which enables the team to be able to provide support for all needs. Being such a large hostel we are able to accommodate people that are addressing drug and alcohol dependencies, mental health problems, those that have fallen upon difficult times, homeless people and asylum seekers, but we also house many people whom work in our local community. The diversity of residents makes Central Herts YMCA an exciting place to work and live.

With the help of our Supporting People grant, we are able to offer a wide range of services and activities which are available to all residents. These include Basic Christianity courses, Personal Development Programmes (PDP), training kitchen and bike hire scheme, daily outings and we have weekly visits from Herts Young Homeless counsellors and a Chrysalis drug counsellor. Our IT suite is open 7 days a week and runs a wide range of courses which are also accessible to the local community. Also part of our work includes trips away. We feel it is essential to life’s experiences and the development of a person’s well being to be able to visit places that can enlighten their outlook and perspective of their own and other lives.

Recently staff and residents have been on weekend PDPs where they do activities such as white water rafting and camping. A group went to Edinburgh to take part in the Make Poverty History March through YCare International, plus a couple of canal boat weekends. We were also very fortunate through lots of fund raising to enable 5 staff, 5 residents and 2 trustees to spend 10 days in Africa staying at the YMCAs in Kenya, where we have now built strong links and are continuing to support the work in Kenya.

Coming up through the rest of the year Central Herts YMCA are participating in sport events, further day and residential PDPs, a weeks trip to Italy, the Greenbelt festival, residential trip to Scotland and many more.

: 01707 351400
: support@centralhertsymca.org.uk