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

The Sydney Morning Herald reported today that the unprecedented number of drownings over this Christmas holiday period is a wake-up call to the federal government to make a national water safety education program for our children an urgent priority. Read More

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YMCA Australia announced a new President at its Annual General Meeting of the YMCAs of Australia in Adelaide on November 25. Chris Lewis, a former partner at Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) steps into the role, having served as Treasurer for the past two years. Read More

This summer, the YMCA is supporting Surf Life Saving Australia's vital campaign to raise awareness around the serious dangers of rip tides.  Read More

Children are special and we need to protect them. We need people and organisations in which everyone, if they see something will say something and do something – go to the extremes to make sure children are safe. Read More

Congratulations to Australia's Olympic champion Mack Horton!  Read More

Shannon Rollason, High Performance Swimming Coach at the YMCA Gungahlin Leisure Centre in Canberra, has coached Jodie Henry to Olympic Gold, and has trained Belinda Hocking and Matt Abood, who will swim at Rio (Olympics 2016). Read More

As a community organisation that has provided services for children and young people for over 160 years in Australia, YMCA has a profound responsibility for the care and protection of those we serve.  Read More

Belinda Hocking, 26, will make her third Olympic appearance in Rio after her stunning performance in the 200m backstroke final at the recent Olympic trials.  Read More

On Monday 6 June, the YMCA’s 172nd birthday, YMCA Australia was 100% run by young people.  Read More

For the past two Tuesdays a group of students with autism whose favourite activity usually revolves around computer games, have literally and physically stretched themselves at a YMCA. Read More

Stephen Bendle and YMCA Australia support the call for a tax on sugary drinks in Australia. We have joined with our partners at the Rethink Sugary Drinks campaign to call for urgent action on reducing the impact of sugary drinks in Australia.  Read More

A YMCA Canberra employee, Peter Burns, was last week announced as the 2015 recipient of the IC Howard/Y International Service Clubs $5,000 Staff Scholarship. This is an annual award for the furthering of the education of YMCA staff, proudly sponsored by the Y International Service Clubs of Australia and YMCA Life Governor Ian Howard, reopened in early 2016 (see  Read More