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December 21, 2013
December 11, 2013
The feedback from local families has been heavy to process while I spend my days tracking down council members who refused to return my calls. It is exhausting to fight for resources when the people in charge look the other way but I am staying here until someone finally gives us an answer.
Reached 100 supporters
December 5, 2013
128 Comments
it would be unfair to the disadvantaged and homeless to close a place intended for them, I know Worcester has st pauls hostel but the ymca standards are far better I have been told an staff are more helpfull with disadvantaged youths.
If we don't show enough evidence of the work that homeless services do, then I would like to ask the decision makers to spend 24 hours at YMCA, St Paul's and Maggs and meet and work with our clients.
We know there is not enough money in the pot to fund as we have done before but why do the most vulnerable suffer the most with each funding cut. This is a priority funding stream ...its not only a false economy its just wrong.
I know the Council is having to cut costs radically, but this area should simply not be up for discussion. Young people wouldn't become homeless without very good reason, and you can't throw young lives away before they've barely begun and still call yourself civilised.
worcester ymca as done a lot for me over the year, with out they support and the right staff i dont think i be where i am today, the ymca in worcester is one of the best services around ,
A very important service that I relied on for a period of 18 months until something more permanent came along. Cameron and his cronies have made rough sleeping illegal as well as finding shelter and also closing night shelters and now putting in jeopardy services to help homeless people. I guess the tories want a laeger prsion population costing more to the tax payer than pumping money in to preventing homelessness...
keep the YM open, badly needed do not close it!
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Reached 250 supporters
December 21, 2013
December 11, 2013
The feedback from local families has been heavy to process while I spend my days tracking down council members who refused to return my calls. It is exhausting to fight for resources when the people in charge look the other way but I am staying here until someone finally gives us an answer.
Reached 100 supporters
December 5, 2013
128 Comments
I lived there the help and friends I made will never forgotten.I've to two kids a house and that's all because the help I got, they must keep the YMCA open for the young
it would be unfair to the disadvantaged and homeless to close a place intended for them, I know Worcester has st pauls hostel but the ymca standards are far better I have been told an staff are more helpfull with disadvantaged youths.
If we don't show enough evidence of the work that homeless services do, then I would like to ask the decision makers to spend 24 hours at YMCA, St Paul's and Maggs and meet and work with our clients.
We know there is not enough money in the pot to fund as we have done before but why do the most vulnerable suffer the most with each funding cut. This is a priority funding stream ...its not only a false economy its just wrong.
I know the Council is having to cut costs radically, but this area should simply not be up for discussion. Young people wouldn't become homeless without very good reason, and you can't throw young lives away before they've barely begun and still call yourself civilised.
worcester ymca as done a lot for me over the year, with out they support and the right staff i dont think i be where i am today, the ymca in worcester is one of the best services around ,
A very important service that I relied on for a period of 18 months until something more permanent came along. Cameron and his cronies have made rough sleeping illegal as well as finding shelter and also closing night shelters and now putting in jeopardy services to help homeless people. I guess the tories want a laeger prsion population costing more to the tax payer than pumping money in to preventing homelessness...
keep the YM open, badly needed do not close it!
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I lived there the help and friends I made will never forgotten.I've to two kids a house and that's all because the help I got, they must keep the YMCA open for the young