"Investors in People is delighted to award Southend YMCA, We invest in people, gold accreditation.
Gold accreditation means that you’ve got the policies in place but more than that, it means everyone – from CEO to apprentice takes ownership for making them come to life.
Only 17% of our accredited organisations achieve Gold.
Paul Devoy, CEO of Investors in People, said: “We’d like to congratulate Southend YMCA. Gold accreditation is a fantastic effort for any organisation, and places [organisation name] in fine company with a host of organisations that understand the value of people.”
We believe that the success of your organisation begins and ends with people. If we make work better for everyone, we make work better for every organisation. And if we do that… we make society stronger, healthier and happier.
The organisation has developed a culture that ensures success …managers deliver services in the top 25% of performance…the method is a co-creation approach, which allows teams to test ideas and shape the service from the bottom up"