Did You Know?

· William Booth was a member of the YMCA.

· Baden Powell was a member of the YMCA.

· The YMCA invented basketball and volleyball because there was a need for non-contact team sports.

· Central YMCA in London is one of the largest providers of Fitness Trainer Education in the country.

· A YMCA worker devised the Poppy emblem used for Remembrance Day.

· Westminster Abbey has a YMCA window.

· The three sides of the inverted red triangle used by the YMCA stand for body, mind and spirit.

· The YMCA is represented in 120 countries.

· The YMCA has 32 million participants worldwide.

· Each local YMCA is autonymous and affiliated to YMCA England.

· The headquarters of YMCA England is in London (60 staff) and the world headquarters is in Geneva.