Most partnerships start with a logo on a website. We are interested in something more useful than that.

YMCA is the world’s oldest and largest youth organisation, founded in 1844 and present today in 119 countries. In Europe, that presence spans 36 national organisations, 3,150 local branches, and 1,220 centres — not as a headquarters coordinating from above, but as a federated structure where things actually happen on the ground.

The scale is real: 2 million beneficiaries in the network, 830,000 reached directly, 770,000 through digital initiatives, 52,000 refugees and displaced persons supported, across 42 international projects and 7,000 programmes. In 2025, we reached 5 million people online. (Annual Report 2025)

When an organisation partners with us, they do not get a communication vehicle. They get access to that infrastructure — to test ideas, deliver programmes, and reach young people in contexts that are difficult to access otherwise: rural communities, urban peripheries, refugee settings, early school leavers, first-time jobseekers.

We work across youth development, digital skills, entrepreneurship, sport, health, and civic engagement. We are not looking only for partners in areas where we already have programmes. Some of the most useful partnerships we can imagine do not exist yet.

If you see a connection — we are open to the conversation.