Welcome To Y-Care (South East Queensland) Inc.

Y-Care (South East Queensland) Inc. has been the benevolent arm of the Young Men's Christian Association of Brisbane (YMCA of Brisbane) since July 2005. Whilst the YMCA of Brisbane continues to operate charitable services, Y-Care solely concentrates on benevolent activities.Y-Care (South East Queensland) Inc. is a registered Public Benevolent Institution (PBI) and is a Deductable Gift Recipient (DGR). All activities operated within Y-Care are benevolent in nature, and are in alignment with our Mission and Objectives.

For over 140 years, the YMCA of Brisbane has been well-recognised for running a variety of charitable programs and services.

Since the creation of Y-Care (South East Queensland) Inc., the Brisbane YMCA together with an increasing number of donors, supporters and volunteers is now able to offer a much more diverse range of benevolent services to positively impact on an increasingly larger number of persons, particularly in the South- East corner of Queensland. In particular, Y-Care has further strengthened its focus on the provision of facilities and programs for disadvantaged young people who are in desperate need of help.

Over the next 5 years, Y-Care (South-East Queensland) Inc., together with project partners and donors, will endeavor to commit over $10 million to support more than ten benevolent programs, and these services are already positively influencing the lives of thousands of people in necessitous circumstances.

This website briefly details the activities and plans of Y-Care (South East Queensland) Inc. and we welcome your assistance in providing these much-needed benevolent programs for the community.

Our Mission

Y-Care (South East Queensland) Inc. works, from a base of Christian values, to provide opportunities for all people to grow in body, mind and spirit

Y-Care (South East Queensland) Inc. is guided to achieve its Mission by the following Christian values:

The dignity and intrinsic worth of all people regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or belief.
The whole person, consisting of a body, a mind and a spirit each of which is of equal importance.
Healthy communities based on relationships between people which are characterised by love, understanding, mutual respect and a sense of belonging.
Equality of opportunity and justice for all people.
The diversity of people, communities and nations.
Acceptance of personal responsibility.

Our Objectives

The objects for which Y-Care (South-East Queensland) Inc. was established are:

The direct relief of poverty, sickness, distress, helplessness, destitution, suffering and misfortune anywhere within Australia.
The provision of such benevolent aid, services and programs to poor, disadvantaged and at risk youth as provides relief from their poverty, helplessness, destitution and disabilities.
The provision of meals to homeless and underprivileged youth to relieve their hunger and lack of nutrition
The provision of low cost rental accommodation to the poor and underprivileged aged, and the provision of accommodation to homeless youth
Provision of direct benevolent assistance from the Y-Care (South-East Queensland) Gift Fund.
The provision of such other forms of benevolent services of relief within the geographic areas described in (a) above to persons in need as The Association may from time to time determine.

Our Future Plans

Y-Care has purchased over 5200sqm of land in Mary St., Kingston as its future base for programs and services in the Logan region. This site was highly recommended due to its close proximity to good public transport and other agencies providing complementary youth services for Logan (Boystown, Loaves and Fishes, Centre Ed., St Vincent De Paul, ANAWIM, Tribe of Judah, Family and Kids Care).

We intend to construct a purpose-buit facility that will encourage and support 'at risk' young people to actively participate in vocational and educational training and personal development programs, with the aim of diverting them from the Criminal Justice System and instead, giving them the opportunity to gain full-time meaningful employment.

This Kingston Campus will also incorporate a small warehouse to provide storage for the YMCA School Breakfast Program and enable young people to receive training in Warehouse operations. The facility will act as a community hub for many much-needed services and programs.

Construction of the facility will commence in August 2009 and will be operational from the commencment of the 2010 school year.