Bridgewater YMCA, Hillsborough YMCA, Somerville YMCA Summer Camp Guide 2015
Ymca Ireland Overview
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YMCA Ireland
1849 - 2008
YMCA – IRELANDin Numbers
• 21 Locations throughout Ireland• 12 in NI 9 in the Republic• 30,000 youth participants each year• 200 Staff 450 volunteers• Total Turnover £5 million• Part of a world wide movement in 121
countries
YMCA Programmes
• Main focus on Youth work• Health & fitness• Community relations• International work• Schools work• Family youth work
YMCA Areas of Innovation
• Global Youth work• Schools Work• Family Youth Work• Community Relations & Citizenship work
YMCA Standards
• Rooted in & Motivated by Christian concern
• Strive for best quality programmes for young people
• Build effective partnerships between Volunteers & Professionals
• Create Equity, Celebrate Diversity and Build interdependence
• Work with the international family
Last year
• 6,798 young people visited our residential centre at Greenhill
• 550 families engaged in our family youth work programmes
• 21 YMCAs attained our Standards award
• 14 of our associations engaged in global action campaigns