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Southend YMCA, as the Managing Agent of YMCA England’s housing scheme, welcomes applications for supported housing from people from all backgrounds.
Local Profile
The Southend YMCA Newlands site combines 30 self contained residential units with training and recreational space. This safe, supported environment has a broad vision and extended reach which is designed to optimise opportunities for residents as well as other young adults in the locality.
Facilities include: an IT suite; teaching kitchen; group work rooms; a multi media/music studio and social enterprise café.
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Where we are
Newlands
85 Ambleside Drive
Southend-on-Sea
Essex
SS1 2FY
01702 301301
Southend YMCA is a vibrant organisation, proactively engaged in helping vulnerable and hard to reach young people to build their future. Southend YMCA offers a multitude of vocational and recreational programmes which enable Young people to achieve nationally recognised qualifications and awards.
Entry to Employment and Foundation Learning (Pre-apprenticeship) Programmes
Switch Media - Offers multi- media activity - music making, music technology, film making and visual arts as a culturally relevant front door to learning.
Food 4 Thought – Offers practical food studies - how to cook on a budget and pursue a healthy lifestyle as the front door.
Volunteering
Southend YMCA is currently delivering one off, part and full volunteering opportunities for young people aged 16-25, through ‘V’ and the Princes Trust Team Programme.
Homelessness Services Available at Southend YMCA
Southend YMCA offers personalised support, tailor made to the needs of each young person – thereby enabling their transition to independence. Interventions are flexibly comprised from the following:- Help in setting up and maintaining tenancy
- Developing life skills
- Social skills/behaviour management
- Action planning
- Help in management finances and benefit claims
- Emotional support, counselling and advice
- Help in gaining access to specialist services
- Help in establishing social contacts and activities
- Help in establishing personal safety and security
- Supervision and monitoring of health and well being
- Peer support and befriending
- Help with move on
Summary of Accommodation Details
| Age range accepted | 16-30 |
| Core Rent | £73.67 |
| Service Charge Eligible for Housing Benefit | £22.53 |
| Service Charge – Personal Charge | £1.57 |
| Total Rent Charge Payable | £97.77 |
| How many units of accommodation | 30 |
| Catchment area (if restricted) | |
| Type of accommodation available | Self-contained flats comprised of kitchen, bathroom lounge/bedroom |
| Furnished |
Yes |
| Laundry facilities available | Yes |
| Cost of Wash tokens | £1 |
| Cost of Dryer tokens | £1 |
Exclusions: Serious offenders, Couples, offspring, Under 16 Years and pets