A gift in your Will is a gift that will last a lifetime
Your legacy, their future.
You could change the course of a young person’s life – bringing them out of hopelessness and despair, and giving them the chance of a better future.
With a gift in your Will, you can welcome a young person into YMCA’s family. You’ll give them a safe place to become the best version of themselves, dream big, achieve their goals, and make a difference in their communities.
How Does it Work?
1.
Decide on an Executor
Decide on executors for your Will who will ensure your wishes are respected, and name them in your Will.
2.
Value Your Estate
Calculate your estate’s value, taking into account the value of any property and investments, as well as any debts.
3.
Make a List
List the people and other contacts you would like to remember in your Will, including your family & favourite charities.
4.
Draw Up a Will
Book an appointment with a solicitor to draw up your Will. We can make some recommendations on solicitors should you wish.
5.
Keep in a Safe Place
Keep your Will in a safe place where your executors know where to find it. You can also ask your solicitor to look after it.
6.
Share Your Intentions
Please share your intentions with us. We’d like to thank you properly and to invite you to events that show you the work you support.
An extraordinary gift, an extraordinary legacy
Read about how one mans vision and generosity provided an amazing countryside getaway, as well as creating a significant annual surplus which is gifted to YMCA to underpin their work with the most vulnerable and disadvantaged young people in the North East.
“I have all the support from YMCA housing and GYM staff and I’m finally heading in the right direction. I now have a much healthier relationship with my family. YMCA is very good and without it I don’t know where I would be or what path I would have taken.”
Nick, supported by YMCA North Tyneside.
“I first encountered YMCA during the War. I will never forget the effort they made to ease the lives of young soldiers like me. I don’t know how we would have got through those difficult times without their spiritual support.”
Angus Williams, World War II veteran.
OUR HISTORY
1844
YMCA started in London. It begins to address the problems faced by young men living in cities – offering prayer and bible studies, lectures and education services to help them succeed in urban life.
1879
YMCA North Tyneside was founded -known then as The Borough of Tynemouth YMCA
1881
YMCA’s first gyms open, encouraging young people to get involved in personal fitness and wellbeing
1891
An American YMCA invents basketball!
1908
YMCA is instrumental in the setting up of the Scouting Movement
1912
YMCA’s first purpose built hostels and opened.
1914 - 1918
Throughout the Great War, YMCA supports troops with food and shelter. A YMCA worker introduces the red poppy of remembrance.
1916 - 1927
1938
YMCA opens Sir James Knott House Youth Centre in North Shields to serve the young people of North Tyneside.
1945
1960’s
YMCA opens youth clubs to support the development of young people.
1970’s
YMCA North Tyneside focuses on homelessness and unemployment amongst young people.
1984
2015 - 2020
YMCA North Tyneside opens 30 units of accommodation for vulnerable young people, as well as a Nursery for 0 – 5 year olds.
Today
Present Day
We are working hard to provide more homes for homeless young people in the North East. We’re aiming to triple our units of accommodation to 100 by 2025.
We plan to double the number of children we support in our North Shields Nursery.
And we hope to make a bigger impact on the lives of young people through local youth groups, street-based interventions and mental wellbeing support services.