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A home for homeless youth hired professional staff to take care of the intellectual aptitude of the clients in their lives.
The YMCA of Milton Keynes said it has reduced emergency calls to 999 facilities by 23% since staff became available to assist citizens in crisis.
Approximately two hundred adults between the ages of 18 and 35 live in YMCA-assisted housing.
TJay Thomas, who was taken in by the YMCA in February, 23, said his intellectual aptitude saved his life.
I used to spend nights in Northampton nightclubs or surf on couches, and then take the bus to go paint in Milton Keynes.
The drug-addicted and alcoholic father of three became homeless for the fourth time when he arrived at the YMCA.
“My intellectual health, I would say, is at an all-time low,” he said.
“I’ve always suffered with mental health and anxiety, mainly.
“To be honest, I felt worthless, and you start blaming yourself, and then you get deeper and deeper until you hate yourself. “
With intellectual fitness support, she has been able to use alcohol and drugs for the past 4 months.
“My life has completely changed, and it may sound cliché, but I would say it’s because of the YMCA,” he said.
Kat Newman, from the YMCA of Milton Keynes and Northamptonshire, said: “Mental fitness issues can have a lot of effects on our young people.
“It can prevent them from having relationships, it can prevent them from accessing education and employment, it can help them see themselves in a negative light. “
He said the YMCA “has a lot of work to do to replace that,” but he hopes a new assignment from Mental Wealth will help.
The task will see professionals provide intellectual aptitude within the YMCA itself.
These will include walk-in sessions and one-on-one assistance from psychologists. The heads of the shelter have also replaced the night security staff with staff.
The task is funded through the National Lottery, which has awarded him £500,000 over 4 years.
Jane Lambert, chief executive of Madewell, a personal fitness company guilty of running the YMCA’s intellectual fitness service, said: “She said, ‘This will provide you with trained doctors, but quickly.
“We know that if other people are referred to the NHS, the demand is huge.
“Waiting two years to get noticed will have a huge negative impact.
“Whereas if we can get really experienced doctors into the residency, a few weeks after they need them, then we can prevent things from getting worse for them. “
A report by the University of Northampton states that seven out of ten young adults living at the YMCA of Milton Keynes had intellectual fitness problems.
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