GOAL

·        To implement educational prevention programs designed to raise youth awareness with regards to gambling, healthy/active living and making informed decisions.

WHAT DO WE DO IN YOUR COMMUNITY?

Awareness Raising Activities:

* Interactive sessions for youth ages 8-24

* Interactive sessions for adults involved in youth people’s lives

* Curriculum activities based on Ministry of Education requirements

* Attendance at community fairs/events  

Community involvement:

* The planning and implementation of events designed to promote community awareness and involvement in issues related to youth gambling

Youth engagement:

*Peer to Peer or Youth Voices activities which are processes for promoting youth expression and community action.

PHILOSOPHY

·        The YMCA does not make value judgments regarding gambling; rather we see it as an activity that people may or may not choose to engage in.

·        Using harm reduction we offer youth accurate information to make their own informed choices around gambling and other high risk activities

Funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion