Celebrating the festive season Next Door 14 December 2020
As part of our series of social events for women in our Next Door housing support program, we held a festive gathering at the Yarralumla Gallery and Oaks Brasserie on 27 November. The wonderful staff there produced a delicious spread of savouries, cakes and scones for our 19 women as we sat among the trees […]
Coming together for the community 29 September 2020
Wow! Our community is great! At YWCA Canberra, we are honoured to work alongside some of the most thoughtful and generous community groups in Canberra to help give back to those in need. Last week at our Mura Lanyon Youth and Community Centre, we received a generous food donation from the Sri Lanka Buddhist Vihara in […]
YWCA Canberra’s Clubhouse goes Full STEAM ahead! 23 September 2020
This week at YWCA Canberra’s Clubhouse, our team was met with a bunch of new and exciting faces just in time for the Spring school holidays! During the week, the young people got in all sorts of fun, writing, singing and producing their own songs in the Clubhouse music studio. Others got creative in a more visual way, showing off […]
A-Z celebrates Wear it Purple Day 2 September 2020
At YWCA Canberra, we are all about inclusion, diversity and embracing your own identity. On Tuesday 1 September, the YWCA Canberra Youth Programs A-Z group came together to celebrate Wear it Purple Day. At this event, our youth engagement team invited 20 young people from all over the Tuggeranong region and surrounds to celebrate being their true authentic […]
YWCA Canberra Youth Programs take on winter break 21 July 2020
YWCA Canberra Youth Program offers a free school holiday program during each school break, which includes activities at the Clubhouse and the Mura Lanyon Youth and Community Centre, as well as excursions around Canberra. This winter, we organised a creative and educational program with a range of engaging activities. During the first week, young people engaged in learning photography […]
Spreading hope in the hub 17 June 2020
At YWCA Canberra, community lies at the forefront of our values and wider vision of girls and women thriving. Within the last few months, we have received several donations from people across the community, who have continued to show support towards our organisation and more importantly, those in need. On Friday 5 June, our team […]
Test your knowledge on National Reconciliation Week 29 May 2020
In the spirit of National Reconciliation Week 2020’s theme of “In this together”, YWCA Canberra’s Community Services team developed a National Reconciliation Week quiz and wordsearch that they sent to all their clients. Being such an important week, and in acknowledgement of the Reconciliation Day public holiday on Monday, our team didn’t want to miss […]
Blankets made with love 1 May 2020
As we begin to move into the colder months, we understand that not everyone has access to basic needs such as warm clothes and blankets. At YWCA Canberra, we are doing everything in our power to help provide our clients with goods and services to help them get through these winter months. Last week, our […]
Helping our families stay active 29 April 2020
Here at YWCA Canberra, we understand the importance of physical distancing during this pandemic. We also know this is a particularly difficult period for families with children, and for older people within our community. To help the families and older women in our housing services, we created activity booklets that you can now download. Our […]
Youth engagement goes virtual 17 April 2020
As our organisation continues to change in the efforts to combat COVID-19, we have had to move many of our services online so that we can continue to maintain contact and provide support to our clients where necessary. Last week for the first time, our A-Z support group hosted a video catch-up session via Zoom, where participants […]