Social work:

At YMCA our Field Generalist Team works with a huge variety of different cases. Clients that each have their own individual story and life experience. We deal with issues ranging from: Homelessness, Poverty, Domestic Violence, Addictions, Usury, Mental Health, Child Abuse, Unemployment, Education, Forensic, Legal, Immigration, Housing and so on.Our main aim is to help the individual to reach their often hidden potential and to help the client to help themselves. Without this type of approach we would be only plugging holes and not helping the person to challenge the very pattern that is keeping them stuck. We work mostly towards "teaching people to fish for themselves" even though we occasionally give them the "fish" ourselves.Our work varies from individual sessions with the clients, phone calls or visits to other agencies or organisations, writing of letters on behalf of our clients and liasing with different professionals for the improvement of the client''s situation. We also assist in the running of Children''s sessions where children come and have fun in a creative way. Sessions are held weekly and include mostly Arts and Crafts and Games.

EU Food programme:

From surplus stocks to emergency food supplies
It all started as a way use surplus farm stocks in the European Union. The idea was to distribute these stocks around the EU to the least fortunate people. For a while, it worked. But bit by bit, there were less surplus stocks and the number of people needing emergency food supplies was growing. The EU decided to expand the programme so that now other supplies can be bought in the market, such as rice, pasta, sugar. It is estimated that currently some 43 million people in member states cannot put a daily healthy meal on the table, which would include meat, chicken or fish. The EU allocated €500,000,000 to the programme, which has so far reached 13 million people.

Furniture and clothing support scheme

YMCA also helps people in difficult situations and don''t have enough money to furnish their home with the basic furnishing. Furniture Donors call YMCA and YMCA tries to help the donors meet with the people in need thus ensuring these people get the furniture they need and we are promoting recycling through reuse of furniture which would otherwise end up in a rubbish dump. YMCA also occasionally collects clothing for clients in need. The collections depend on the present clients'' needs. YMCA also collects toys and other educational things such as books and puzzles to distribute to children in families where financially they cannot afford such things.