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1918 |
A bureau organised in Edinburgh concerned with finding employment
for discharged disabled soldiers and sailors. |
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1924 |
The Scottish YMCA National Council unanimously awarded the status
of a National Alliance by the World Alliance of YMCAs and assumes
a responsibility to support the work of the World Council. |
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1947 |
The management of hostels for European Volunteer Workers (Displaced
Persons) involved in agricultural work commences the programme
quickly rising to a total of 88 hostels and 9,000 residents. |
| 1972 |
Election of first woman to the National Executive Committee (Fiona Cameron - Paisley YMCA)
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1981 |
The 8th World Council of YMCAs held in the USA elected Jim Love from Bellshill & Mossend YMCA Scotland to serve as President of the World Alliance of YMCAs for a term of four years to 1985
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| 1986 |
Election of first woman as Chairman of Scottish National Council of YMCAs (May Nisbet- Cambuslang Morriston YMCA) |
| 1994 |
YMCA Scotland joins world wide celebrations marking 150th Anniversary of the founding of the YMCA. Lord James Douglas Hamilton hosts a reception for YMCA Scotland in the Great Hall at Edinburgh Castle. YMCA Scotland publishes “A History of the YMCA in Scotland.” |
| 2002 |
A Scotland hosts the European Alliance of YMCAs General Assembly at the Normandy Hotel in Renfrew. The Assembly was attended by 200 delegates from 39 countries across Europe |
| 2003 |
150 young people from Scotland join 7,000 others from across Europe at a week long YMCA Festival in Prague to mark the 30th Anniversary of the European Alliance of YMCAs. |
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2004
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YMCA Scotland marks 150 years since the signing of the Paris Basis in 1855, declaring the YMCA as a world wide movement
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