Supported Housing

YMCA Norfolk has two large accommodation facilities in Norwich and provides supported housing and lodgings in different parts of the county including Norwich, King's Lynn and Great Yarmouth.

The YMCA hostel on St Giles in Norwich provides accommodation for 90 people in single study bedrooms and serves 63,000 meals a year for residents, members and guests. It offers all residents an intensive life and social skills programme to include employment advice and pastoral guidance.

The Central Norwich YMCA, near the city centre bus station, opened in January 2009 and provides 34 en-suite accommodation units for both men and women.

A futher development within greater Norwich, with 40 self-contained accommodation units for young people at risk, is planned for the near future.

King's Lynn   REAL LIFE: Danny had to grow up fast Danny is a 17-year old from King's Lynn who has grown up fast over the past few months since his mum kicked him out. More ... OUR WORK: Just like a family home The YMCA Norfolk house, on Woolstencroft Avenue in King's Lynn, is just like many other family homes, the only difference being it has eight teenagers in residence which, as you can imagine, makes it a lively place to be. More ... REAL LIFE: Street-wise Karla Karla may be just 19, but she is pretty street-wise. She knows how to look after herself, because she has had to. Karla left school at 15 and ended up homeless and sofa-surfing with friends. More ...

Great Yarmouth   REAL LIFE: Kevin cares for the confused Kevin retired to his holiday home in Great Yarmouth after a career in the bar and club industry, and has been a supported lodgings provider for the YMCA for five years. More ... REAL LIFE: Sarah re-started with a blank page Sarah had lived in South Africa and Holland, before arriving in Norfolk with her mum, dad, and older brother and sister. Her parents were British-born, but this was her first experience of the UK, and it wasn't a good one. More ...

Norwich   YMCA rescues Chelsea from streets of Norwich REAL LIFE: A Norwich teenager has told the Norwich Evening News of her horror at living on the streets and how she has been saved from a life of homelessness by YMCA Norfolk. More ... REAL LIFE: Charlene can trust again Charlene is slowly healing from the traumatic experiences of the last year, with help from the YMCA Norfolk team at Throckmorton Yard in Norwich. More ... REAL LIFE: The best day of Sam's life I can't thank these guys enough for giving me a second chance, says 28-year-old Sam, talking about the YMCA Norfolk team in Norwich. More ... REAL LIFE: Building sandcastles in the lounge Fifteen years ago, Gus Hawes was a trained preacher, before his financial situation forced him to take stock and rethink what God was calling him to. Now he has discovered a new ministry as a support worker to homeless young men in Norwich. More ... REAL LIFE: Lewis is waiting for the gas man Lewis, 35, has made an incredible journey, from growing up on one of the most troubled estates of north London and a life of crime and drugs to, within two years, complete rehabilitation and a new career as a drugs counsellor. More ... REAL LIFE: Simon’s long and winding road Simon is a 35-year-old Norwich-born man living at YMCA's Norwich hostel for homeless young men. When he arrived, 14 months ago, he was, in his own words, "a raving smack head." More ... REAL LIFE: The day John's life turned around John, a 33-year-old man with an eight-year addiction to heroin, is on a different kind of high today; a high that stems from new roots of stability in his life. More ...