Y NSW Welcomes new Child Safe Standards
The Y NSW applauds new legislation for Child Safe Standards, which provides a regulatory framework for organisations working directly with children. The new Child Safe Scheme applies to organisations in sport and recreation, early childhood education and care, education and out-of-home care providers.
Read moreThe Y NSW announces its COVID-19 Vaccination Policy
The health and wellbeing of the community is, and will always be, at the heart of the Y NSW’s purpose.
Read moreY NSW urges Government to play fair and support community sport, aquatics and recreation sector
The YMCA NSW (the Y NSW) is calling on the NSW Government to support the community sport, aquatics and recreation sector survive.
Read moreAn Open Letter to the NSW Government
If you’re in business right now your life revolves around 11am: the daily NSW Government press conference. You wait, with bated breath, every 24 hours, for news that could make or break your organisation and the employees at the heart of it.
Read moreNew community pantry launched at Y Lakeside Leisure Centre
The Y NSW, Coles and SecondBite have joined forces at Lakeside Leisure Centre to help ensure ACT residents experiencing food insecurity don’t go hungry.
Read moreY NSW celebrates a win for Camden
The YMCA NSW (Y NSW) will continue as manager of Mount Annan Leisure Centre (MALC) and the Camden War Memorial Pool until at least 2023, following the organisation’s reappointment as operator by Camden Council.
Read moreY NSW Youth Parliamentarians weigh in on vaccination debate
The Y NSW Youth Parliament has voted in favour of mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for all Australians and visitors to Australia, in a mock debate chaired by Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Veterans, the Hon. James Griffin MP.
Read moreY NSW keeps minds & bodies active for free through lockdown
With Greater Sydney plunged into lockdown, the Y NSW is staying committed to connection, offering virtual opportunities to promote active wellness at home for the young and the young at heart.
Read moreBroken Hill Aquatic Centre reopens following evacuation
Broken Hill Aquatic Centre is now open following a safety evacuation on Monday, June 28
Read moreY NSW supports Forster's Nash Wilkes on route to Olympic trials
With two weeks until the Australian Olympic swimming trials in Adelaide, the Y NSW is rallying behind long-term Great Lakes Aquatic and Leisure Centre member and employee Nash Wilkes in his quest to represent Australia in breaststroke.
Read moreY NSW pays tribute to bingo heroes this National Volunteer Week
During National Volunteer Week from May 17 to 23, the Y NSW is paying tribute to the committed group of locals behind Community Bingo on the Central Coast, raising funds for vital youth programs in the region.
Read moreY NSW Expo to set coastal careers on course
The Y NSW, Central Coast Council and Vicinity’s Lake Haven Centre have joined forces to bring a careers fair to the North of Wyong like never seen before.
Read moreY NSW supports youth through adversity at Hawkesbury Oasis
The Y NSW’s popular active wellness program ‘Uplift’ will launch at the Hawkesbury Oasis on Monday, May 3, helping to tackle the roll-on effects of COVID-19 on the lives of local young people.
Read moreY NSW celebrates 50 years serving the Revesby community
The community of Revesby came together on Sunday, April 19 to celebrate the 50th birthday of the Y Bankstown City.
Read moreTogether more than ever at the Y NSW this Youth Week
The Y NSW is inviting young people to connect at the Y this Youth Week with a raft of free opportunities storming the state.
Read moreAdult Learn to Swim enrolments blown out of the water at Mount Annan Leisure Centre
Adults and teens are taking to the water in record numbers at Mount Annan Leisure Centre as the Y NSW stresses it’s never too late to learn to swim.
Read moreY NSW provides ‘uplift’ to wellbeing of Sydney youth
Uplift launches this month in Parramatta and Mount Annan to tackle the roll-on effects of COVID-19 on the lives of local young people
Read moreBrekkie & B-ball back to get Lake Haven youth on track
The Y NSW is proud to announce the Lake Haven Brekkie & B-ball Club will return next week, Monday March 1.
Read moreY NSW volleyball a smash hit with Mt Annan youth
Volleyball is ‘spiking’ in popularity locally with the Y NSW launching a new program at Mount Annan Leisure Centre to meet the sport’s mass appeal.
Read moreApplications now open for Y NSW Youth Parliament
Applications are now open for the YMCA NSW (Y NSW) Youth Parliament: the state’s premier youth political empowerment program
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