The Directory

YMCA White Rose is a not-for-profit charitable organisation that provides children, young people and families in South and West Yorkshire with a range of dedicated services. YMCA White Rose is committed to serving young people and offering innovative programmes.

It may surprise you to know that the Yorkshire Air Ambulance Charity relies on the generosity of individuals and organisations to help save lives across Yorkshire. In fact as a Charity it only receives help through secondment of paramedics from the NHS, through Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust. To keep both of Yorkshire's air ambulances in the air it needs to raise £12,000 per day. This is equivalent to £4.4 million per year. As a rapid response air emergency service the Charity serves a population of approximately 5 million people across 4 million acres. The Charity's two Air Ambulances operate from The Nostell Priory Estate near Wakefield and RAF Topcliffe near Thirsk, and together both Air Ambulances cover the whole of the region.

Yorkshire Cancer Community is a group of people who have been directly affected by cancer and those working with or within cancer services. Its aim is to enable the views and experiences of cancer patients, families and friends to be heard and used to improve the quality of cancer care in the Yorkshire and Humber area. It does this by working in a positive partnership with local health care teams and other voluntary organisations.

Yorkshire Mediation Services (YMS) is a charity based in West Yorkshire working to resolve conflict in the local community. The mediation we provide can range from neighbour disputes, workplace disputes to restorative justice, often working with complex and sensitive cases to bring these to a resolution. YMS is an accredited OCN provider and delivers training in community and workplace mediation as well as a range of short courses.

Yorkshire MESMAC is one of the oldest and largest sexual health organisations in the country. We work with LGB&T communities to tackle underlying causes of physical and mental ill health and to challenge those structures and systems that seek to exclude us from decision making. Yorkshire MESMAC is part of a group of services that include The BLAST! Project that works with young men and boys involved in or at risk of becoming involved in, sexual exploitation; and the OUR & Begin projects, social support agencies for people living with HIV, their families, friends and carers together with a number of LGB&T youth groups from across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Sport Foundation is a sport and physical activity charity with a vision to create vibrant, healthy and prosperous communities through sport. Its role is to connect, influence and provide sport and physical activity to make it an everyday part of people's lives. It wants to see more people taking part in sport and being physically active while ensuring that there is greater inclusivity in access to opportunities.

Yorkshire Visually Impaired Cricket Club provides the opportunity for blind/visually impaired boys and girls of all ages and abilities to play cricket against teams from all over England.

Yorkshire, Humberside and Lincolnshire Circles of Support and Accountability is a community response to sexual offending, working in partnership with criminal justice agencies. Its mission is to reduce the risk of future sexual offences by supporting individuals who have committed sexual offences previously, thus keeping the community safe and creating no more victims.

Young Lives Consortium is a support organisation for voluntary and community organisations in the Wakefield District providing services for children, young people and families. We are a membership organisation run by member organisations; we have over 125 member organisations. Young Lives provides member organisations with an opportunity to raise awareness of issues important to children, young people and families and develop partnerships in response. Young Lives also offers a range of support to develop your organisation and services. Please see our website or get in contact to find out more.

Young People's Empowerment Project work with young people that are Not in Education Employment or Training to develop educational and employability skills.

Zara's Foundation's mission is to: provide services to local young people; support families in crisis; open a shop and become self funding; provide fun days; improve health and well being of the local community; help build a better community and future for young people; work alongside other organisations.