Our 60 & Better program encourages people aged 60 and above to participate in social, physical and mentally stimulating pursuits combined with a philosophy promoting healthy active ageing, companionship and cultural diversity.

In short, it’s a fun way to get out and about, meet people and be as active as possible.

People of any cultural and linguistic background can become involved in the community and make sound decisions regarding their health and well being. We conduct physical social and recreational activities designed to keep participants active in both mind and body.

In addition to several classes held at YFitness each week, other regular activities include ten pin bowling, line dancing, cards and a walking group. There are also other social activities organised such as bus trips, lunches, morning teas, barbecues and information sessions.

– Coming Activities:

Moving our childcare facilities to the Quinn St campus has been a huge success over the past year with spaces fully booked for 2021. Having the childcare located on the YMCA Bundaberg campus has given access to a variety of extra facilities for children to build their confidence, resilience and experience a new range of different activities. Our educators regularly bring groups over to the main building to access the netball court, indoor stadium and the picnic grounds, which the children absolutely love!

If you’d like to know more about joining our waiting list or take a tour of our centre give our team a call on (07) 4132 8230 or emailing ybundy.childcare@ymca.org.au.

– CIS Christmas Party

Here at Community Inclusion Services (CIS) we ended 2020 with our Client Christmas party at Sailability, a local community based organisation in Bundaberg that enables people with disabilities regardless of age, gender or limitations to enjoy freedom on the water. Needless to say, it was a great day sailing and everyone had a huge amount of fun!

– New Roles for One of Our Own

Our YCONNECT Program – would like to introduce you to Scott Blemings. Scott will be our new acting LEAP Coordinator for our adult group services. . Scott has been working at the Y for a number of years. One of his main focuses will be to review the current program offerings to ensure that we continue to meet the needs of the people we support in our community, and to make the wider community aware of the existing programs and activities that we have to offer. Welcome aboard, Scott.

– School Holiday Program – Saturday Morning Respite

We would like to introduce Marie-Therese Stephen to all our families in her role coordinating our school holiday and Saturday morning respite programs. The recent holiday break saw us enjoying a number of outings for our School Holiday Program over the Christmas break. We visited Snakes Down Under at Childers, Sailability and the Bird Park to name a few. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed getting out and about in the region and seeing the joy on the faces of those who came along was just priceless. We look forward to resuming Saturday mornings and welcome new faces to any school aged children with disability who may wish to attend. For more contact Marie-Therese at leapkidsbundy@ymcabundaberg.org.au.

 – Expanding our Reach

It is with great excitement that the YMCA of Bundaberg is announcing that we are expanding our services into the greater Brisbane area. YMCA of Bundaberg (BYMCA) have worked closely with YMCA Brisbane during 2020 and it was decided that BYMCA will now manage the two special school OSHC services in Brisbane with the intent to continue to provide this much-needed service to more families, caregivers and children.

YMCA LEAP Services specializes in providing Specialist OSHC (Outside School Hours Care) for young children and young adults with disabilities. We currently have two sites; Aspley Specialist School and Mitchelton Specialist School. We have experienced and fun disability support staff and a Specialist on-site Coordinator ensuring that children are learning, engaging, participating and growing during their time with YMCA.

Attached are recent pictures of children participating in our Vacation Care programs at Aspley and Mitchelton. Both sites enjoyed excursions to the YMCA Gymnastics Stafford where the children had a fantastic time on the obstacle course, the ball pit and much more.

YMCA LEAP Services also provides in-home support and community access support to both adults and children with NDIS plans. Our team is happy to assist with helping clients and families understand their NDIS plans more or to explore different types of supports. NDIS funding can be complex and families and clients need time to decipher how best to use their support.

If you need support or help in these areas please get in touch with our friendly staff:

YMCA Bundaberg – Community Inclusion Services
7 Quinn Street, Kepnock QLD
Phone: (07) 4132 8226
Email: bundaberg.communityservices@ymca.org.au

Congratulations to the Y Bundaberg for their Program of Excellence for Thursdays at the Y.

Thursday’s at the Y uses sport as a vehicle to create change with disengaged indigenous young people in the community.

The Y facilitates the program with strong partnerships with the local indigenous community, local police and community volunteers.

This program gives young people the power to believe in themselves and mentors to assist them to become future leaders through activities that give them the skills for healthy social development and growth. 

– Cleaning for COVID

Our facilities, programs, and timetables are designed to make it easier for you to develop positive training habits for a healthier, happier you, no matter what your situation. During the past year we’ve made some major improvements to our facilities to cater for everything COVID related and to keep our members safe during uncertain times.

Keeping our members safe during COVID has been our primary focus this past year and we’ve embarked on a mission to keep our gym clean and COVID free. When lockdowns eased and our facilities re-opened, our members were armed with new cleaning procedures for wiping down equipment and maintaining safe distances when working out. To ensure all members could continue to be healthy during their visits to the gyms our members took to the new rules with gusto, wiping down benches and equipment after every use. In fact, the gym looks and smells amazing all the time, so kudos to everyone for their understanding and diligence in helping keep everyone safe.

– Renovations

Over the course of last year we made the decision to renovate parts of the Y Fitness Bundaberg gym located in Quinn Street, to provide a better experience for our group classes. If you can remember, the group space was enclosed by half walls that often made noise travel throughout the whole building. This would often make noise a considerable problem for many of the other programs that were happening in other parts of the building. By enclosing the walls all the way to the ceiling and soundproofing the room we’ve managed to keep external noise to a minimum.

The group space now boasts excellent sound quality, enabling the music and instructors voices to be heard clearly during group classes. It’s also improved the temperature in the room as it’s now fully enclosed making the air-conditioning more effective and cooler for our members. We hope to continue to add more features to this space in the coming year so keep an eye out for some more improvements as they happen!

 – New Equipment

Here at the YMCA Bundaberg we provide a welcoming and friendly environment where people of all ages and fitness levels can work towards their health and fitness goals. Whether you are at an advanced level or just starting out towards your goal of getting in shape we are here to help. In the next few months we are looking forward to adding new state-of-the-art gym and fitness equipment to the gym floor to help you achieve your goals. New treadmills, bikes and elliptical trainers are on the way. They all have touch screens and new built-in programs to add more options and the ability to really tailor workouts specifically for members health and fitness goals.

 – Personal Training

The best way to ensure you reach your goals is by having your own trainer.

Behind every success story is a great coach or mentor. Personal fitness is no different. If you want to achieve great results sooner, personal training is for you.Y Fitness has personal trainers at both Bundaberg and Bargara. Our personal trainers all have a minimum of Certificate IV in Fitness plus the right personal touch to give you the hands-on support, individual guidance and encouragement you need.

To find out more about personal training options, speak to our friendly fitness staff who will assist you in making the right choice for you.

– Memberships

Our mission is to make health and fitness accessible to everyone so we provide a variety of memberships to make it easier to find one designed to suit your situation.

Our membership types include:

– Group Fitness Timetable & Class descriptions

 Bundaberg:

 Bargara:

Gym Staffed:

Monday – Friday: 6am to 11am & 3.30pm to 7pm
Saturday: 7am to 11am