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Wednesday, 26 July 2017
Careers more like jungle gyms than ladders for Australia’s young
Young people’s careers will be more like jungle-gyms than ladders, and we are not preparing young people for the increasingly casualised and insecure ‘gig economy’ they are entering. Today’s average 15 year old is expected to have 17 different jobs across five different industries in their lifetime. Read More
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Wednesday, 19 July 2017
YMCA Change Agents go to Japan
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
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Wednesday, 19 July 2017
History making Youth Parliament 2017
It’s time to have inspired young people’s voices heard on issues that matter to them – yes it’s youth parliament time! This year YMCA Victoria made history with the first year of a deaf team participating in Youth Parliament in Australia - speaking up on issues of accessibility on public transport for deaf people. Read More
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Tuesday, 20 June 2017
YMCA Australia and Boy George Call for Young Voices to be Heard
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
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Wednesday, 14 June 2017
YMCA Australian Change Agents for 2017-2018 Announced
YMCA Australia is proud to announce the Australian Change Agents for the 2017-2018 period. The Global Change Agent program is co-ordinated by the World YMCA, and will engage 300 young leaders in training opportunities (on line and face-to-face), projects and initiatives on local and global level and will provide a mentorship service for continuous support.? Read More
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Wednesday, 14 June 2017
YMCA Space Camp!
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
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Tuesday, 9 May 2017
World Challenge 2017 is coming!
This year's World Challenge theme is "Empowering young people through basketball” in recognition of the YMCA's 125th Anniversary of the invention of basketball. Read More
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Wednesday, 19 April 2017
New initiative - YMCA Youth Parliament & deaf young people
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
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Monday, 3 April 2017
YMCA World Challenge
Every year, YMCAs around the world participate in an annual event called YMCA's World Challenge. Read More
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Tuesday, 28 March 2017
Girls Make Your Move - Free Gym Membership for girls aged 12-19
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
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Monday, 27 February 2017
The importance of identity
Here is a message from YMCA's National CEO, Melinda Crole, who was in Tanzania last week for the YMCA National General Secretaries (NGS) convention. Read More
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Wednesday, 8 February 2017
Free Youth Gym pilot a success!
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
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Monday, 30 January 2017
YMCAs move away from unhealthy food in kiosks
YMCA Victoria, in conjunction with Deakin University and Vic Health, conducted a study on swimming centres and the impact of removing junk food (from their kiosks) on consumer behaviour and their financial bottom line. Read More
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Wednesday, 21 December 2016
January Youth Free Gym
Hit the gym this January for FREE at participating centres. If you’re up for the challenge, we are too! January is the perfect time to hit the gym for a fun, safe and challenging program that will help you achieve your personal health and fitness goals. Read More
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Thursday, 1 December 2016
2016 YMCA Australia Awards Announced
YMCA Australia is proud to announce the recipients of the YMCA Australia Awards 2016. Recipients were formally announced and awarded at the YMCA National Convention AGM at the Stamford Hotel in Glenelg, SA, on Saturday 26 November, 2016. Read More
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Tuesday, 29 November 2016
YMCA Australia announces New President
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
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Tuesday, 13 September 2016
YMCA takes strong stand against child sexual abuse
The YMCA has a deep and abiding commitment to providing a safe and nurturing environment for children and young people. It is from this foundation the YMCA today announces details of its Redress Scheme, as a tangible demonstration of its sincere and deep apology to any past victims of child abuse at a YMCA in Australia.
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Tuesday, 9 August 2016
Children are special and we need to protect them
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
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Tuesday, 2 August 2016
YMCA High Performance Coach - Shannon Rollason
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
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Monday, 25 July 2016
Jake “The Snake” Bensted’s chance at Olympic glory at Rio
Geelong born Judo champion Jake Bensted will get his chance at Olympic glory in Rio next month. With multiple Australian and Oceania Championships to his name, along with a Commonwealth Games medal. The 23 year old Jake, nicknamed “the snake”, currently trains at Club Judo and Geelong YMCA Judo Club. Read More
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Monday, 18 July 2016
Matt Abood - challenges on the road to Rio 2016
29-year-old Matt Abood will make a long awaited Olympic debut at the Rio Games, after claiming a 4x100m freestyle relay spot.
The Sydney-born swimmer faced missing out on the London Team by 0.02 seconds in 2012, after he finished third in the 50 freestyle. In 2010, at trials for the Commonwealth Games, he also missed a berth in both the 4x100 freestyle relay team and the 50 freestyle by a fraction of a second.
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