Transcript 40 YEARS CELEBRATION

40 YEARS CELEBRATION
Friday 3rd November 2000
 Cumbernauld
YMCA-YWCA first
Community Centre in the Town.
 Jean
Briton.
First General
Secretary in
1960.
 Easter
Bonnets
 Early
drama
group
members.
 The
extension
hall, finished
and opened:
1965
 1965
 Eddie
Alexander
 Cumbernauld
News
announces Stewart’s
arrival.
 Youth
Club Members
 Tommy
Barrett and
Maureen Thomson
representing the Y,
at Holyrood Palace
- 1975.
 Disco
Dine
 Youth
Club Members
 Y’s
Football Team
Kildrum Thistle.
 Demand
for childcare increases
 Eleanor
joins ‘Y’
Team - October
1975
 every
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morning & afternoon
 5 days a week
 144 playgroup places
40 toddler places
 Jumble
Sale
Y
TEAM - win
bed-race trophy
4 years in a row
 Provides
equipment for
every playgroup
in the town
 Inter-pop
quiz 1978
 Weekend
Discos,
regularly attended by
80-100 local youths,
each week.
 Disco’s
held
at Westfield
Community
Room / St
Maurice’s
High School
 1000
different young people
were involved in these
activities
 Awarded
1987.
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Organise wide range of activities - fancy
dress discos, self defence, assertiveness
training and much more
 2500
young people benefit
 Kildrum,
Village, Seafar,
Westfield, Condorrat and
Eastfield.
 1987
 The
doors
open at
Kildrum
House
 Emergency
 High
Support
 Move On
 Mother & Baby
 2,500
assisted
 1000
accommodated
 New
developments
required

Peace of Mind for Parents Project
opens 1989.
 POMP
logo
designed
by
children
 POMP
expands to:
Abronhill, Croy, Kilsyth,
Moodiesburn, Condorrat,
Chryston, Lenzie and
Seafar
 First
Foyer Project in
Scotland.
 Opens on 3rd November
1995.
 First
Foyer Flats
come on-line, as
‘Y’ purchase three
properties.
 Raleigh
International
 BS5750
 Scottish
Quality
Management
Standard
 Pomp
Staff receive their
SVQ in play-work
 COSCA
Counselling
Skills
Certificate
 Housing
Staff - gain HNC in
Social Care
 European
Conference
- Social
Inclusion
 Dominic
from
Bangladesh
 Giani
from Italy
 David
and
Alison visit
from the
USA
 Eleanor
Campbell.
USA-1989
 Jacqui
Mitchell Bangladesh
exchange
 One
of the first YMCA’s In Scotland
on-line: 1997
 Web
Site - around 800 hits per
week
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From: Tommy Barrett in Australia
Member and leader in 1970’s
Hi, Stewart
It took you long enough to
update the web site, it looks great. I have
been checking the site for months looking for
news on the good old Y at Cumbernauld. I
notice by the picture that the building has not
changed much. It is very late here in Australia
so I will send you another e-mail in a few days
with a few questions about how you are etc.
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From: Jeanette Bennett in Australia
Youth Club member and first netball leader

Hi, Stewart
Came across your web page,
great to see the netball is still doing well.
Wish you all well.
 Contact
from
residents