Bims Alalade, the charity’s director of HR, has said she was inspired by the positive approach of YMCA’s frontline workers after spending two weeks pretending to be a youth worker as part of Channel 4’s Undercover Boss series.
During the past year, YMCAs across the country have fallen victim to budget cuts of up to 80 per cent, putting staff and volunteers under pressure to provide high-quality support for young people with very limited resources.
Alalade, who has worked for YMCA England since 2009, said she wanted to go undercover to see how YMCAs are dealing with the cuts and was impressed with what she saw.
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