On the eve of National Suicide Day, here at Winchester Youth Counselling (WYC) we are proud to be working to prevent suicide amongst children and young people.
Through our work we see every day how ac…
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Winchester Youth Counselling has announced today that Jules Gillard commences today as Interim CEO. Erin Tollefsen, the charity’s current CEO takes maternity leave.
Sian Searles, Chair of the Board o…
We are ecstatic to announce that WYC patron, Chris Packham will be back in Winchester this September to provide a personal insight into how local nature and wildlife continue to support his mental hea…
On the 1st December at the University of Winchester, naturalist, TV presenter, photographer, and author Chris Packham will give his first talk as patron of Winchester Youth Counselling.
Chris is best …
This year, WYC is participating in The Big Give Christmas Challenge which is the UK’s biggest match funding campaign. Donations made during the event are doubled by matching them with monies alr…
We are very proud to announce that WYC has won Charity of the Year at the Winchester Business Excellence Awards 2022!
The awards ceremony took place on the 9th June at the University of Winchester.
In…
In 2023, Winchester Youth Counselling will celebrate its 20-year anniversary, but where did it all start? In 2001 Jill Guppy & Stuart Gemmell put forward the idea to start a counselling service th…
We’re excited to announce that Winchester Youth Counselling (WYC) has been shortlisted for the Winchester Business Awards in the Charity & Social Enterprise category!
The Winchester Business…
We are hugely excited to announce that Chris Packham has agreed to become a patron of Winchester Youth Counselling!
In July 2021, the BBC first aired Chris Packham: The Walk that Made Me on BBC One. T…
It has been a time of change for Winchester Youth Counselling. Under the leadership of our CEO, Erin McMurtry, we have rebranded, moved office, taken on new staff and now, we have a new website.
We wi…
Also at the event, were Winchester Youth Counselling Ambassadors, Ronni Davies, Marion Carr and Sonia Carver, who manned water stations to raise money for WYC. Our Chair of Trustees, Nick Bell followi…
A big thank you to everyone who took part on Sunday, 15th August.
Cllr Vivian Achwal was appointed as the 822nd Mayor of Winchester on 18th May 2021.
Cllr Achwal is supporting Winchester Youth Counsel…