Georgie Broinowski, a 24-year old from Sydney, will soon leap from being a marketing assistant for a company that delivers nutritious meals to people with disabilities, to a chief executive; at least for one day. Read More

A PwC study published this week, commissioned by the Alannah & Madeline Foundation, sheds light on just how much bullying is costing us – financially, that is. Read More

We’re standing united against bullying today, on the 8th annual National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence. Read More

When confronted with a challenge, the women I know look for the opportunity within. They see the glass as half-full rather than half-empty. They push the boundaries and, when faced with adverse circumstances, they learn all they can from it. Optimism is their mindset because they see opportunity in everything. Read More

President of the World YMCA, Peter Posner OBE, today announced the appointment of Carlos Sanvee as the next Secretary General, commencing 1st January 2019. Carlos is currently General Secretary of the African Alliance of YMCAs (75%) and Special Advisor to the Secretary General for the World YMCA (25%). He will succeed Johan Vilhelm Eltvik as Secretary General when Johan’s 8 year term concludes at the end of 2018. Read More

The UN Youth Australia has just released their 2017 Australian Representative Consultation Report, with over 50,000 young Australians, between the age of 12 and 25 (with the average age of 16) consulted. The top five issues raised in this consultation, in order were: Read More

Today marks the conclusion of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse – one of Australia’s longest running and most pivotal and expansive public inquiries. Read More

Young Australian of the Year – fashion designer Paul Vasileff, who hails from Adelaide where the YMCA in Australia was first founded, was special guest speaker at our 100th AGM last Saturday, November 25. Paul wants to inspire all young Australians about the pursuit of big dreams - and proves that global success can be achieved from anywhere. Read More

Today is a significant day for equality in Australia, with news that 61.6 percent of Australians voted “Yes” in the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey. Read More

The CEOs of the YMCAs of Australia stand united behind young people and ensuring their voices are heard on all matters of importance to them, including marriage equality reform, no matter what their view. Read More

Our belief in the power of inspired young people was tangibly demonstrated by the story of the development of a new business for the YMCA, which launched in early September - for young people, created by a young person. Read More

The YMCA says a plebiscite to determine the fate of marriage equality in Australia could damage young people’s mental health, as well as exclude their voice if they are not enrolled to vote within the next two weeks. Read More

34 YMCA Change Agents from the APAY region (Asia Pacific Alliance YMCA’s) came together for the first regional training in Tonsanzo, Japan. This included change agents from several developing countries such as Bangladesh, Myanmar, Mongolia, Cambodia and Sri Lanka as well as more developed countries of Malaysia, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore NZ and Aus.Georgie Nicol, one of the Australian Change Agents shares her experience.  Read More

In a ground-breaking musical moment 40 years in the making, YMCA Australia has today reclaimed the Village People’s global hit of the same name, partnering with Boy George to re-create the iconic tune. Through the re-interpretation of the iconic song, the YMCA aims to shine a light on the issues that Australia’s youth are facing today. The song aims to provide a message of hope to young people across Australia, and ultimately, aims to encourage young people to speak up and have their voices heard. Read More

The YMCA Space Camp Powered by WorldStrides is an action-packed experience for year 7-9 students, held at YMCA Bush Capital Lodge Canberra, in Sept-Oct 2017.  Read More

YMCA Victoria and Deaf Children Australia (DCA) have announced a new partnership to progress their shared goal to empower young people to take active roles in their communities. This initiative will see Deaf Children Australia’s involvement in the YMCA Victoria Youth Parliament for the first time. Read More

Nine out of ten teenage girls don’t move enough – the YMCA and ‘Girls Make Your Move’ join forces to reverse this trend YMCA will offer free access to their fitness centres and programs as part of the Federal Government’s ‘Girls Make Your Move’ campaign from this month  Read More

Thousands of Australians are preparing to splash out for a great cause when the 2017 YMCA Swimathon officially gets underway in 68 centres around the country this Sunday 5 March.  Read More

Message from our Youth Empowerment Coordinator, Steve Dupon, who recently travelled to the USA. Read More

We engaged with over 280 young people in January in this pilot initiative to provide young people with more opportunities to physically connect with the YMCA, be safe, and trial fitness programs with the Y.  Read More