3AObjects

3A Objects

3A Objects

The objects of the Association are:

(a) to promote and further Christian beliefs and Christian living,

(b) to promote and further the spirit of the declaration adopted in Paris in 1855, known as the “Paris Basis”, which is as follows:

The Young Men’s Christian Associations seek to unite those young men who, regarding Jesus Christ as their God and Saviour according to the Holy Scriptures, desire to be His disciples in their faith and in their life, and to associate their efforts for the extension of His Kingdom amongst young men.

(c) to promote the spiritual, mental, moral, social, physical and material well-being of young people generally and to assist them to become Christians in faith and practice and active members of the Christian Church,

(d) to remain a member of The National Council of Young Men’s Christian Associations of Australia,

(e) to promote the interests of the Young Men’s Christian Association movement,

(f) to procure and provide facilities, including effective trained leadership, enabling young people to become associated in groups,

(g) to procure and provide educational, cultural and recreational facilities for young people,

(h) to promote and encourage the training of leaders of youth groups and other social workers interested in the welfare of young people,

(i) to provide facilities enabling young people in poor circumstances to participate in any activity or youth group,

(j) to promote an awareness in the community of:

(i) the needs of young people as members of society and of the place and value of group programmes in the satisfaction of those needs, and

(ii) the needs of society in respect of the effective participation of young people,

(k) to promote and form branches or youth centres in metropolitan, urban or suburban areas and to exercise supervision over those branches or centres,

(l) to act as an advisory body and to assist any organisation on matters relating to young people,

(m) to make representations for the advancement and betterment of young people, and