Please visit this site to place your child’s name on a waitlist for a YMCA licensed, operational childcare program.

The YMCA of Western NL, along with YMCAs across Canada, is committed to applying diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and anti-oppression principles to everything we do.

This is grounded in our core values of respect, honesty, responsibility, caring and inclusion. We believe that everyone deserves to be treated with dignity, respect, and equality, and are committed to creating a safe, welcoming space where everyone feels a sense of belonging. This applies to staff, volunteers, members, and community and extends to engagement with marginalized and vulnerable youth, including racialized, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+ identified youth, and youth with disabilities. We recognize the importance of equity and access and we believe it is our collective responsibility to stand against all forms of prejudice, ensuring that everyone experiences inclusion and belonging.

Our communities will shine their brightest when family, friends, and neighbours feel celebrated, valued, and supported.

Our goal is for YMCAs to be safe places for children and young people in our communities.

Since 2012, YMCAs in Canada have collectively committed to the safety and protection of all children and young people participating in all aspects of our programs. The National Child Safety and Protection Initiative is the YMCA’s coordinated effort to improve safety standards in our programs through ongoing policy, training, supervision requirements, reporting protocols, and facility controls. At the YMCA, safeguarding children and young people is our highest priority. We want children and young people to feel safe and be safe at the YMCA, in their families, and in their communities.

The Standards were updated in 2023, building on a decade of delivery, education, and assessment. After a rigorous consultation process, the revised Child Safety and Protection Standards were ratified by the National Council. The revised standards emphasize the systems and practices related to standards and transition Child Safety and Protection from primarily being focused on abuse protection to the concept of safeguarding practices.

Every day at the YMCA, we are changing the lives of Canadians all across the country. Our mission is fueled by our desire to give everyone the opportunities they need to live healthier and happier lives. We cannot do this alone. As a charity, we depend on the generosity of our donors and the passion of our volunteers to help us support over two million Canadians on their journey to better health. There’s many ways to help others in your community through the YMCA. However you choose to get involved, together, we will make a difference.