YMCA Canberra Youth Space @ Civic is open! A collaboration between YMCA Canberra and Anglicare NSW South, NSW West & ACT, offers a drop-in service and individualised support to young people on two afternoons each week (currently Thursday and Friday from 2-3 for Case Management with a Youth Worker and then 3-7 for drop-in), and […]

The Young CEO Movement, delivered across Australia, is an expression of the YMCA’s Belief in the power of inspired young people, and reflects our commitment to empowering and listening to our young staff and volunteers. Danni Allport, a Coordinator at Weetangera Outside School Hours Care, was selected as YMCA Canberra’s “Young CEO 2019”, through a […]

The YMCA Canberra WHS Committee is up and running, with the first meeting held in March. The Committee is made up of representatives from each business unit who are passionate about improving health and safety at each of our locations. One of the key functions of the Committee is the coordination of quarterly safety campaigns, […]

YMCA Canberra has launched an internal project to review and improve how we procure goods and services. The focus includes: Ensuring we partner with suppliers who share our values and provide high quality goods and services; Achieving value for money in order to maximise the funding we can provide to our Youth Space and other […]

Earlier this year, the teams from Early Learning and Outside School Hours Care combined in a professional development day to engage and reflect on educational practices. Professional development is a critical part of life as an educator and YMCA Canberra Children’s Services is proud to be able to support high quality opportunities for educators to […]

YMCA Canberra Children’s Services is a proud partner in the SPARK program supporting women and men into a qualification and career in early childhood. We partnered with Ginninderry, CIT and North Belconnen Community Services to deliver the Certificate III in Children’s Services. In March students participated in an information session which included group activities as […]

YMCA Belconnen ELC has been providing care and education to the local community of Belconnen for the past 10 years. We acknowledge that we live and play on Ngunnawal land. We pay our respects to the elders past, present and future and seek to learn about the traditions and ways of Australia’s first people. We […]

When people talk about YMCA Canberra OSHC @ Kaleen Primary, we want them to talk about our place in the community, and how we are working hard to establish our presence here. Over the last year, we have experienced a massive transformation in terms of an increase of numbers resulting in a centre split, as […]