Author: Kirsty Skutela

YPCS Firewalk A Roaring Success!

The YPCS firewalk proved to be a roaring success, raising vital funds for child and young people’s mental health.

We would like to give a huge YPCS thank you to everyone who attended, donated and contributed to our firewalk event! 
 
Thank you to our wonderful hosts Peterborough Rugby Club for helping us make this event possible.
 
It was an absolutely fantastic night of fun, facing fears and fundraising. All your support means so much to not only the YPCS team but to all the young people and families who are in need of our services.
 
If you would still like to donate, you can do so here.
 
Let’s see what the next YPCS fundraising challenge will be!

YPCS, Peterborough Students and Street Arts Hire Create Art Piece

YPCS, Street Arts Hire and students across Peterborough have collaborated to create a fantastic street art piece.

The team at YPCS and Nathan ‘Nyces’ Murdoch of Street Arts Hire worked in collaboration with students from various schools in Peterborough to create a stunning piece of artwork about Covid-19.

This piece explores the feelings and experiences of young people during lockdown. Their ideas and sketches have been used to tell their story, translated beautifully and brilliantly by Nathan. 

We are so proud to be part of sharing the voices of young people and them finding self-expression through creativity.

The piece is located in the Fair Meadow car park subway in Central Peterborough.

Face The Flames For YPCS

We’re after brave souls to walk the coals, raise money for mental health support across Peterborough – and maybe learn something about yourself in the process!

When was the last time you did something new?
Faced a fear?
Tackled a fresh challenge?

Well, we might have just the thing for you… Face the flames!
We’re after brave souls to walk the coals, raise money for mental health support across Peterborough – and maybe learn something about yourself in the process!

Come along to enjoy a fun family evening of live entertainment, food and games. We will be featuring face painting, a raffle and a hog roast for all our guests to enjoy.

Registration is easy. Just follow the link below, create your Just Giving page, and pay the £25 registration fee on to your personal page.
Need a sponsorship form for offline donations? Download ours here!
 

Date: 06 October 2023
Time: 6:30p.m
Location: Peterborough Rugby Club, 33 Second Drive, Fengate, Peterborough, PE1 5XA
Registration Fee: £25 – includes your firewalk, food and fundraising (additional £100 sponsorship to be raised)

Please contact events@ypcs.uk or 07842227392 for further details.

We look forward to seeing you there! 

Listen to ‘Fragile State of Mind’ Now

We are delighted to announce that musician Purple Rhapsody has chosen to donate proceeds from his new album to YPCS.

We are delighted to announce that musician Purple Rhapsody has chosen to donate proceeds from his new album ‘A Fragile State of Mind’ to YPCS.
 
‘A Fragile State of Mind’ is a seven part journey of tracks designed to musically travel through different states of mental health.
 
Find ‘A Fragile State of Mind’ on Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube.
 
 

YPCS Visits the Prince’s Trust

We had a fantastic time visiting with Prince’s Trust Peterborough to talk about the work we do.

We had a fantastic time visiting with Prince’s Trust Peterborough to talk about YPCS and the work we do. It opened up some great discussion around mental health and the benefits of volunteering.
 
Thank you to all the young people who took part, and we hope you enjoy your goodie bags!
 
If you would like YPCS to visit your school, group or organisation to discuss mental health and available support, please email samantha.ronnay@ypcs.uk.

Donate a Book. Change a Life.

YPCS will be at Tesco Extra Serpentine Green on Saturday 3rd June to raise awareness of mental health and the work we do.

YPCS will be at Tesco Extra Serpentine Green on Saturday 3rd June to raise awareness of mental health and the work we do.
 
We are asking our supporters if they could donate books or jigsaws to help us raise funds for our free counselling service.
 
If you are able to spare a few hours of your time to support young people, we are also looking for volunteers to come along and spread the word about the vital service YPCS offers.
 
If you would like to help, please contact samantha.ronnay@ypcs.uk
We look forward to seeing you on 3rd June!

YPCS Seeking New Trustees

Could you use your skills to support young people?

Do you have a passion for mental health and supporting young people?

YPCS is looking for enthusiastic new trustees with a range of skills, experiences and perspectives to strengthen and enhance the existing team. As a Trustee you will be providing guidance, overseeing strategy, and assisting in the development of YPCS.

To find out more or express an interest please email admin@ypcs.uk and the YPCS team will be in touch.

YPCS Visited by the Hudson Foundation

YPCS received a visit from David Ball of the Hudson Foundation.

We were delighted to be visited by David Ball of the Hudson Foundation. We were fortunate to receive funding from the Hudson Foundation to furnish our Annabelle Davis Centre in Wisbech.

Our community room is named ‘The Hudson Room’ in honour of Alan and Majorie Hudson, and the kind donation that has helped us create an inviting space for those we support.

YPCS Gifted Reading Well Books

YPCS have been gifted a selection of books to help support young people’s mental health.

Take a look at a selection of the brilliant Reading Well books gifted to us by Wisbech Library and Cambridgeshire Libraries!


The Reading Well collections provide quality-assured information, stories and advice to support mental health and wellbeing. Books have been chosen and recommended by leading health professionals and co-produced with young people and families.

We are so pleased to be able to add these beautiful stories and guides to our Annabelle Davis Centre locations. Thank you to the wonderful library teams for your support.

Mayor of St Neots Olympic Triathlon Fundraiser

Mayor of St Neots, Ben Pitt, and Deputy Mayor of St Neots, Richard Slade, are going to take part in an Olympic Triathlon fundraiser on Sunday 16th October!

The Mayor of St Neots, Ben Pitt, has chosen YPCS as one of his Mayor’s Charities.
 
In support of this, he and the Deputy Mayor of St Neots, Richard Slade, are going to take part in an Olympic Triathlon on Sunday 16th October!
 
This event consists of 1500m open water swim, 40km cycle across Huntingdonshire and a 10km run through St Neots.
 
We wish Ben and Richard the best of luck with this amazing feat, and thank them for their support.