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Our Commitment to Child Safety and Protection
 

Safeguarding children and young people is our highest priority at the YMCA. We want them to feel safe and be safe at the YMCA, in their families, and in their communities.
 

YMCAs in Canada have collectively committed to the safety and protection of all children and young people participating in all aspects of our programs. The National Child Safety and Protection Initiative is the YMCA’s coordinated effort for ensuring safety standards in our programs through ongoing policy, training, supervision requirements, reporting protocols, and facility controls.
 


SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN – General Policy Statement
YMCA of Cumberland is fully committed to safeguarding the welfare of all children and young people in its care. The right to be able to enjoy safe environments free from threats, abuse, neglect or exploitation is our service commitment. We work hard to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people is embedded in our culture and at the forefront of everything we do.

 

If there are concerns about a child or in the case abuse is suspected, please contact our local child protection agency, contact Family and Children Services at (902)667-3336

Child Protection Representative at the YMCA of Cumberland is Renee Lusby. If you have any concerns at our location please email renee.lusby@cumberland.ymca.ca or by phone at (902)667-9112.

Land Acknowledgement
The YMCA of Cumberland would like to acknowledge that we are located on the ancestral, unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq people in what’s currently called Canada. The Peace and Friendship Treaties of 1752 guarantee hunting, fishing, and land use rights for all descendants of the Indigenous signatories. We will continue to honour these terms on our journey towards reconciliation. We acknowledge that we are all Treaty people, and have a shared responsibility to respect and protect the territory of Turtle Island.

YMCA OF CUMBERLAND - Charitable registration number 119307007RR0001 

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