Dear Members,
Last year, we announced the sale and closure of our site at 112 Great Russell Street. The site has been sold and the transaction is fully completed. We will close the site on 7th February 2025.
We are deeply touched by the many positive and supportive comments that have been made online expressing gratitude and recognition of Central YMCA’s long-standing support for local communities over the years. Our commitment to this remains unwavering and we look forward to continuing that work through our other sites long into the future.
We therefore want to take the opportunity to address some of the most frequently asked questions from our members about what the future looks like and how we will be continuing to support our communities.
With regards ongoing provision and services:
We wrote to members in December 2024 with an update on services we will be retaining across our other CYMCA sites as well as through partner organisations.
For the latest on our community programmes, please see below. For more information on individual and corporate memberships, please see Memberships
Positive Health and Long-Term Conditions
The primary focus of our YMCA KX facility will be engaging with communities that face physical activity inequalities, using the exercise on referral model to support these people in sustaining longer-term physical activity habits.
We will continue running Positive Health for those living with HIV out of our KX facility and will reach out to individual members to manage the transition of memberships for those who wish to continue with us.
We are confident of being able to continue our other class provision for those living with long-term health conditions – this is being factored into schedules and will be confirmed as soon as possible.
Older Adults
Whilst we finalise our plans as to how we best support older adults, we have been working closely with Camden Council and GLL (Greenwich Leisure Limited, the council appointed providers across the Borough of Camden) to ensure the continuance of provision with as minimal disruption as possible.
We will continue to do so through January 2025 and are hopeful that GLL will expand their Community Programmes alongside what we look to continue delivery of. As a provider, they have facilities close to Great Russell Street and many, if not all, of the same amenities.
In conjunction with GLL and Camden Council, stakeholder sessions will be set up in January 2025 specifically with Older Adult members to inform what this service looks like beyond 7th February 2025