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