As a volunteer at this shop, I'd like to add some balance to Nigel's review. I started here on a Mandatory work placement of 26 weeks in 2015 and when my placement ended, I stayed. I've never worked anywhere in my life where you are appreciated and treated as part of a 'family' like you are here. I've trained on the till, meaning I can apply for many more jobs than I could before. Great staff, all of whom I would consider not just workmates, but friends. Unless you've actually experienced it, don't knock it.... read more

Stay away as long as the YMCA uses Workfare slave-labour. It is disgusting that a so-called Christian organisation abets the government in abusing the unemployed, sick and disabled. read more