YMCA Hurst Hill Day Nursery

May your heart be lifted in praise this Christmas for the wonderful gift of Jesus and the joy He brings to our lives during both the good and challenging times. Merry Christmas from everyone here at YMCA Black Country Group.

Merry Christmas from everyone at YMCA Black Country Group.
From our YMCA family to yours, we wish you a truly magical, marvellous, and happy holiday season—joy and blessings this Christmas and always.

Are you who we're looking for?
We're recruiting inspiring people to help us develop the next generation of young minds.
We have a range of educator roles available across our nurseries, located across the Black Country .
To apply visit: ymcabc.org.uk/jobs

Join us at City Gateway this WEDNESDAY 7TH DECEMBER for our Job Fair .

Our YMCA Skills & Community team will be hosting a CV workshop from 10am - 12pm followed by the chance to discuss job opportunities with range of local employers including our nursery, from 12pm - 4pm.

If you'd like a career in childcare, come down and chat to us. For more information call 01902 371 550 or email [email protected]

Join us next WEDNESDAY 7TH DECEMBER for our Job Fair at City Gateway, Wolverhampton.

Our YMCA Skills & Community team will be hosting a CV workshop from 10am - 12pm followed by the chance to discuss job opportunities with range of local employers including our nursery, from 12pm - 4pm.

If you'd like a career in childcare, come down and chat to us. For more information call 01902 371 550 or email [email protected]

Today is , a day that encourages people to do good.

There are so many ways you can support your local YMCA:

🕝 Give time - Could you spare time to volunteer? We have many projects who rely on the support of dedicated volunteers to provide essential services in our communities.

💰Give money - Registration is now open for our annual fundraising challenge Sleep Easy, why not commit to raising a target amount? Or if you're in a position to give, could you become a monthly donor?

🛒 Give goods - our residents are always in need of essential items like toiletries, kitchenware and cleaning materials. You put together a care package to help a homeless young person start out, or donate your unwanted items to our charity shop in Wednesfield.

🙏 Give prayers - The cost of living crisis is affecting everyone and the most vulnerable amongst us will be hit the hardest; keep these people in your thoughts and prayers to help them get the support they need.

📢 Give reviews - Word of mouth is still so important, if you've had a great experience with YMCA and want to share your story, please leave us a review on our pages or google sites.

To find out more on how to get involved with YMCA Black Country Group please visit https://www.ymcabc.org.uk/get-involved

We're searching for inspiring people to educate our next generation of young minds. We have a range of opportunities available across our Black Country nurseries, from apprenticeships to management roles.

Please visit ymcabc.org.uk/jobs for more details

Through our dedicated Nursery services at YMCA Black Country Group, we help families to belong, contribute and thrive with safe and trusted early years care.

As tomorrow is !
Here are a few daily tips to spread a little kindness to the lives of others.

YMCA Hurst Hill Day Nursery updated their website address.

YMCA Hurst Hill Day Nursery updated their website address.

Today we celebrated "National Practitioners Day"

All of our staff are there everyday to ensure the children enjoy their days at setting, so we wanted to show our appreciation for all of their hard work and dedication!

A treat for all and extra break time. ❤
Happy Practitioners day 😊

The children have been exploring "Who am I"

We have been looking at our reflections, talking about similarities and differences.
With this in mind we extended their learning and encouraged the children to create self portraits.
They used lots of different tools to create their masterpieces and we had lots of fun discussing what we could see.
This inspired lots of conversations with the children and staff which helps develope relationships within the setting.

The children have been exploring "Who am I"

We have been looking at our reflections, talking about similarities and differences.
With this in mind we extended their learning and encouraged the children to create self portraits.
They used lots of different tools to create their masterpieces and we had lots of fun discussing what we could see.
This inspired lots of conversations with the children and staff which helps develope relationships within the setting.

😃 What's one thing that's made you smile today? 😃

We are looking for reliable bank staff to join our busy nurseries across the YMCA Black Country.

We offer flexible working hours and opportunities to work across all age ranges to further develop your experience in childcare.

If you are interested please contact Jodie

📞 01902 920228
📧 [email protected]

YMCA offers more than just childcare. Every day that a child attends our settings, they are receiving vital early education that
will support their learning and development for years to come.

YMCA will become a global voice in the fight against systemic discrimination, inequity, injustice and racism in all its forms, amplifying the voices of young people and communities where it is active to ensure everyone’s voice is heard.

We are looking for reliable bank staff to join our busy nurseries across the YMCA Black Country.

We offer flexible working hours and opportunities to work across all age ranges to further develop your experience in childcare.

If you are interested please contact Jodie

📞 01902 920228
📧 [email protected]

We are proud to celebrate National Inclusion Week by celebrating our young people, staff, volunteers and supporters.
Everyone should have a fair chance to discover who they are and what they can become.

A great interview with Mel Braden, Head of Nurseries sharing the impact of our brand new curriculum and the role our nursery teams play in children's development.

https://bit.ly/3r8Zhzr

Timeline photos

With great sadness, the YMCA family acknowledge the passing of Her Majesty The Queen.

The nation's love and admiration for their longest-reigning monarch will live on, and YMCA will join the nation and its people in mourning for our beloved Queen.

https://www.ymca.org.uk/latest-news/ymca-statement-hm-queen-elizabeth-ii

Early Years Alliance has launched the campaign: a positive, empowering campaign that aims to help those working in the early years highlight the unique importance of the early years, and the role that our fantastic workforce plays in shaping children’s lives.

Apply for YMCA Black Country Nursery Jobs

Are you who we're looking for?
We're recruiting inspiring people to help us develop the next generation of young minds.
In readiness for the new term, we've got a range of educator roles available across our nurseries.
For more information or to apply for any of these roles, please visit ymcabc.org.uk/nurseryjobs

Apply for YMCA Black Country Nursery Jobs We have a range of nursery jobs on offer across the Black Country in all of our 9 sites, from entry level nursery practitioner roles to nursery manager. Find out more and apply today.

Today's the day. Any miles you walk, run or cycle will now be counted in our 50 mile virtual fundraiser.
Make sure you track your progress and share your sponsorship page with friends, family and colleagues.
Keep an eye on our leaderboard to see where you place.

If you've left it to the last minute, you can still sign up here: https://bit.ly/3OLfwgo

Please support YMCA Black Country Group on this year, you can raise FREE donations when you shop online with over 6,000 retailers. It's simple and only takes 2 minutes to sign up! This will make a BIG difference to us. Sign up here:

https://bit.ly/3AeBy58

This will help is reach our goals with our Emergency Fuel Fund Campaign, With food costs increasing and the next round of energy price increases imminent in the Autumn, YMCA are looking to raise money to assist young people manage the cost of living crisis.

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WE'RE RECRUITING

We're on the lookout for two Social Media Apprentices. This is an exciting opportunity for a savvy young social media guru in the making, to join our team and work across our Black Country based Health & Wellbeing projects.

Working mainly from our Western Gateway site in West Bromwich, this creative role will include:
- Creating branded digital assets for web and social media in line with YMCA guidelines
- Producing creative video content
- Scheduling social posts and campaigns
- Assisting with campaign ideas for social media and web content
- Completion a Level 3 Diploma – Digital Marketer with the City of Wolverhampton College

This is a full-time role, fixed-term for 12 months with the possibility of leading to a permanent contract upon completion of the diploma.

Apply now: https://bit.ly/3Ctlr6G

If you've been looking for a way to get outside or make time to see your friends more, why not encourage a friend to join our 50 Mile fundraising challenge? You could get your miles in together, or compete to see who can raise the most money. Its free to join and you get your own online fundraising page!

Sign up today: https://bit.ly/3OLfwgo

Support YMCA Black Country Group on and you'll raise FREE donations for us with your everyday shopping. Plus, register before the end of the month and we could win an extra £200 donation! Sign up now: https://bit.ly/3QozsGQ

On this , we want to say a big "thank you" to everyone who has given their time and energy to help others. The 572,000 young people we serve each year are at the core of what we do, and they are supported by almost 5,400 staff and 4,400 volunteers.

It's 📸
We believe that sharing some amazing images that demonstrate what YMCA Black Country Group is all about is simply the best way to commemorate today.

We still have spaces available for September 2022, why not come along to our open day Saturday 20th August 10-2pm a chance to take a look around our facilities meet the team and ask questions about our bespoke curriculum.

We will forward to meeting you.

If you cant make our open day please contact us to arrange a show around
T- 01902 920228
E- [email protected]

🏃‍♂️ Can our CEO, Danny, really complete this? 🏃‍♂️

Three epic challenges in aid of YMCA Black Country Group, and when he shared it with the Nursery Story Team, we're not going to lie, some of us thought he must be mad!

One of these challenges alone would be incredible, but all three!

You can sponsor Danny on the link below, but if you aren't able to sponsor him then sharing this post would be amazing, thanks!

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/ymca2022

More information on what he's going to undertake here:

🏃‍♂️ Challenge 1
Target: +£1000
When: September 3rd and 4th
Where: South Coast Challenge
What: 24hr 100k

🏔 Challenge 2
Target: +£1000
When: September 17th and 18th
Where: Ben Nevis, Scaffell Pike and Snowdon
What: Conquer them all in 24hrs

🏃 Challenge 3
Target: +£1000
When: October 3rd
Where: Loch Ness Marathon
What: 26.2 miles of stunning views around Loch Ness in under 4 hours.