Category: News

Lakeside Dragon Boat Regatta 12 July 2025

Join us in 2025 to take part in a Dragon Boat Regatta on Windemere, Lake District. It's all for a good cause.

Outdoor education leader retires after decades of dedicated service

After 45 years of service in the outdoor education sector Mike Margeson is retiring from a career with the YMCA […]

A hat trick of results for YMCA Lakeside, one of Europe’s largest outdoor activity centres

We have passed three key inspections with flying colours. As part of a benchmarking exercise, which allows us to operate, […]

Children canoeing activity on Lake Windermere

YMCA Lakeside – outdoor instructors all set for a new season

A new intake of instructors, at one of Europe’s largest outdoor activity centres, Lakeside, Windermere, is being put through their paces ahead of the season starting.

Join us for an oar-some team challenge and race Dragon Boats at Lakeside!

Otters return to Lakeside for the winter

If you need something to warm your heart on a cold winter morning, then what better than this glimpse of otters playing near Lakeside.

The Remembrance Poppy

Do you know how the YMCA has shaped all of our lives?

With more than 58 million members in over 120 countries worldwide, the YMCA is the world’s largest youth movement. But few people know just how much the YMCA has shaped our history.

Ground Breaking Work At YMCA National Centre Lakeside

Ground Breaking Work At YMCA National Centre Lakeside

Seven years of hopes, dreams and hard work have reached fruition as the big build on the new Schools facility gets underway at YMCA Lakeside in Newby Bridge.

The Stoller Campus at YMCA Lakeside, Newby Bridge

New 6-8m Educational Facility at YMCA Lakeside Officially Opens

A new £6.8m state-of-the-art school and youth centre at YMCA Lakeside in Cumbria has opened its doors to the public, following a seven-year redevelopment project.

Stoller Campus Lakeside

Stoller Campus All Set for a Spring Opening

Work on the YMCA Lakeside new build Schools facility is speeding towards completion. Opening in Spring 2019 the new Stoller Campus will greatly increase capacity at the established outdoor education centre.