About Community Lincs, part of YMCA Lincolnshire

Community Lincs merged with YMCA Lincolnshire in 2019, as a distinct service and sub-brand of YMCA Lincolnshire we are working to create a Lincolnshire where people are connected, communities thrive and opportunities exist for all. Community Lincs has offered vital services across Lincolnshire for over 90 years and maintains a clear and steady focus on the needs of Lincolnshire people.
As community experts, we pride ourselves on being a listening and learning organisation, directly responding to our communities needs. We harness the wealth of skills and experience we have developed over this time and work closely with people, communities, our local authority partners, statutory groups and funders to offer high-quality and needs-led services.
We work with people, giving them the skills, resources, connections and confidence to help them deliver a better future for themselves, the people they care about and the communities they live in. Ever mindful of embedding positive change, new opportunities and ongoing sustainability in every project we deliver, our impact is wide ranging. We deliver a variety of services which meet our strategic priorities, these include
Community Lincs is part of YMCA Lincolnshire, we take a test-and-learn approach, building on successes to design, develop and deliver solutions to support the health and well-being of our service users. This applies to our existing offer as well as through new innovations, keeping community well-being at the heart of all we do.

Read our latest annual review 2017/18

VISION, MISSION AND VALUES

Our Vision underpins all our work, informing our mission and encompassing our values.
Our vision is a Lincolnshire where people are connected, communities thrive and opportunities exist for all

Our Mission

Our mission is to:
  • Give Lincolnshire communities a voice through advocacy and support.
  • Address loneliness, isolation and wellbeing through system design and direct service delivery to individuals and communities.
  • Deliver grassroots community development work with a focus on community resilience and wellbeing.
  • Create connections for Lincolnshire people with opportunities to achieve fulfilling lives in terms of physical and mental health, social networks, education, employment, and housing.
  • Work within partnerships and alliances with other organisations to deliver all of the above, while this is in the best interests of our beneficiaries
As we work towards achieving our Mission, we will lead by example in demonstrating the same values that we wish to see in the people we work with and those we aim to influence.

Our Values

  • We act with integrity
  • We are caring
  • We are respectful
  • We are ethical
  • We are professional
  • We are accountable
  • We are committed to excellence

We are a caring organisation; as individuals we are respectful, ethical and professional at all times. We act with integrity and are fully accountable for all our actions whilst striving for and being committed to excellence.

Meet The Team

The Board

Community Lincs (CL) has been set up as a Company Limited by Guarantee since 5 May 1995 and was registered as a charity on 19 May 1995.  Prior to this CL had operated as an unincorporated association. The decision to change the legal status was made (a) to safeguard Trustees/Board Members as funding regimes moved away from grants towards contractual funding linked to Service Level Agreements, and (b) because CL purchased its own property and therefore needed to have a separate legal personality.

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The Staff

At Community Lincs professional, dedicated staff deliver a broad range of community services. A full list of our current staff members and their contact details is available from the link below.

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