About the Y Canberra Region

The Y Canberra Region has grown with Canberra, with a history that has seen us evolve side-by-side since 1941. Since then, we have programs and services across the entire region and in NSW. We have five Early Learning Centres, providing children with the best start to life. Our team runs Outside Hours School Care, with locations in schools across Canberra, Queanbeyan, and even out to Bungendore and Sutton, with some of these also offering vacation care programs during school holidays.

We specialise in student accommodation, with two properties providing a safe and unique base for students and groups of all ages. Our Y Canberra Region also offers unique and community-based programs for health and wellbeing. With a paddle hub and sailing club that was established in 1963, and RAID basketball programs that bring staff, volunteers and communities together.

Our Youth Representative Group is embedded into our constitution, ensuring that youth voice is genuinely heard and acted on, and we have recently launched our Youth Parliament program! Come and find your ‘why’ at the Y!