CYMCA has always adapted to meet the changing needs of the communities we serve. Today that means recognising that as a charity, there are ways we can make a far greater impact in the communities we serve.
For a number of months, the trustees and senior leadership team at CYMCA have been conducting a strategic review to determine how best to deliver for our beneficiaries in light of the mounting challenges facing the charitable sector.
With demographic changes in the city centre; the ageing of the Club building and accessibility and spacing issues; changes to health & wellbeing practices, and soaring site maintenance costs, it has become clear that the cost of operations at the Club are now not being covered by the number of members the Club can sustain.
Therefore, after much consideration and with the best interests of the charity and our beneficiaries at heart, we have concluded the sale of the 112 Great Russell Street site.
This means that the Central YMCA Club at 112 Great Russell Street will cease trading on 7th February 2025. Our operations, including our education services and programmes across the country, will still continue and we still have CYMCA club sites at Kings Cross and Moorgate.
We want to continue to break down barriers to access and education, and to meet the needs of the less privileged and under-represented in ways that will prove most valuable to them. This sale will allow us to reinvest in more sustainable, impactful, and forward-looking ways of broadening our service provision, better serving both existing and new communities.
I am sincerely grateful to everyone who has contributed to the Club over the years. Our priority now is our Club members and staff, and we will continue to support them in any way we can.
Ryan Palmer
Chief Executive
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