Project - Sunderland YMCA Foyer Project

Address of Organisation:
Sunderland YMCA
2 Toward Road
Sunderland
SR1 2QF

Telephone No: 0191 5676160

Fax No: 0191 5676595

Email Address:

training@sunderlandymca.co.uk
David.McCreedy@sunderlandymca.co.uk
leesa.lee@sunderlandymca.co.uk

Website Address:

N/A

Name of Manager :
Leesa Lee

Name of workers responsible for work with Young People:
Dave McCreedy
Leesa Lee

Status of Organisation:

Registered Charity No: 1059470

Year organisation was established:

1998

Areas of Sunderland  you work in:

City-wide projects

No. F/T employees

No. P/T employees

No. Volunteers

Funding  sources:

• Supporting People,
• LSC,
• Awards for All
• Sunderland City Council
• YOF/YCF

Key partners:

• Children’s Services
• Sunderland Voluntary Sector Youth Forum
• Community Addictions Team
• Gentoo
• Probation Service
• Leaving Care Service
• North East Council on Addictions
• Supporting People
• Foyer Federation
• YMCA England
• Sunderland City Council

Mechanisms for Quality Assurance:

Involvement in  local / city networks:

• Sunderland Voluntary Sector Youth Forum
• East Area Forum
• Practitioners Group Forum

Nature of work with Young People

Age range of young people  engaged:

Specific target groups:

16 – 24 year olds who are homeless, vulnerable and in need of support. This includes young people who are/have:

• Offenders Leaving Care
• Street homeless
• Alcohol and drug issues
• Mental Health issues

Project venues / locations:

Average no. of young people using the project/week:

Core work programme: 
City of Sunderland YMCA Foyer provides supported accommodation for 16 – 24 year olds who are homeless, vulnerable and in need of support, in the form of 24 self contained flats. We provide 24-hour individual support within one main building that is a safe environment for young people. The main aim of our work is to move young people from dependence to independence through support planning. For specialist advice on issues we refer young people to external agencies.

When young people are ready to leave the YMCA they are referred to our Outreach Worker. The Outreach Workers role is to help the young person identify and apply for suitable accommodation. Once accommodation is secured the Outreach Worker will aid the young person in moving in, helping with benefit applications, connecting the necessary utilities and acquiring furniture. The Outreach Worker then supports young people for a period of 6 months but they are able to return to the service if needed for a further 18 months.

City of Sunderland YMCA Foyer has an in house training department that provides life skills and e2e training courses. Young people must commit to some form of training, education or work whilst living at the Foyer. The training department is also open to non-residents.

We also provide other projects including:

• Mad House Café
• Peer education – MAD-4U
• Foyer Media Sunderland
• The YMCA provides a variety of support/advice including the following: Budget plans, Emotional support, Form filling, Benefit advice, Jobs/training , Advice and guidance,• Family and agency mediation,• Individual support plans,• Minimum of weekly contact with all service users• Basic living skills i.e. cooking, personal hygiene, Sexual health/teenage pregnancy,Drug and alcohol, Accompanied appointments, Relationship advice - parents, children, partners, Supervised spends, Support to Court appearances Liaise with outside agencies on behalf of service users
  

Accredited outcomes offered:

• ASDAN Short Courses
• City and Guilds
• Foundation Learning