It’s a frugal feast at Christmas for some Canberrans
9 December 2015
Jordan recently visited the Lanyon Food Hub in Tuggeranong to meet some volunteers and members of the community who access the service. Pay the gas bill. Service the car. Buy new school shoes for the kids. These are pretty ordinary expenses that we all juggle, crossing our fingers that at least they don’t all come at […]
Get writing – The Frugal Feast Writing Prize
4 November 2015
Deadline extended until midnight Friday 11 December! Each year, YWCA Canberra fundraises to support our Lanyon Food Hub, an emergency food relief program that provides free, nutritious food to young people and their families in need in the Tuggeranong region. This year, we’re aiming to raise a huge $15,000 with our annual Frugal Feast appeal […]
A phenomenal response to The Frugal Feast
23 December 2014
The past several weeks have been amazing – we can not believe the response we’ve had to our Frugal Feast fundraising appeal, and to be honest, we’re still reeling from it! When we were developing the campaign for The Frugal Feast, we were really thinking about what it must be like to weather the festive […]
The Frugal Feast – a smorgasbord of activities and awareness raising
24 November 2014
We’ve just had the most extraordinary week! Between 17 – 21 November, we learnt self defence, shared sandwich stories, advocated, cooked a feast on a budget, and experienced a wonderful spoken word performance – as part of The Frugal Feast! The Frugal Feast is raising food and financial donations for our Lanyon Food Hub. The […]
The Frugal Feast – Meet Rosanna Stevens, writer and performer
18 November 2014
This month, we’re raising funds for our Lanyon Food Hub through The Frugal Feast – a recipe book, and a week of fundraising activities that will engage the community and provide new and exciting ways for you to get involved and make a difference this festive season. Our week of activities is running from 17 – […]
The Frugal Feast – creative cooking on a budget with Harriet Walker
14 November 2014
This month, we’re raising funds for our Lanyon Food Hub through The Frugal Feast – a recipe book, and a week of fundraising activities that will engage the community and provide new and exciting ways for you to get involved and make a difference this festive season. Our week of activities runs from 17 – […]
The Frugal Feast – Meet Mitch from Dark Carnival
12 November 2014
This month, we’re raising funds for our Lanyon Food Hub through The Frugal Feast – a recipe book, and a week of fundraising activities that will engage the community and provide new and exciting ways for you to get involved and make a difference this festive season. Our week of activities runs from 17 – […]
The Frugal Feast – Meet Caterina Giorgi of For Purpose
12 November 2014
This month, we’re raising funds for our Lanyon Food Hub through The Frugal Feast – a recipe book, and a week of fundraising activities that will engage the community and provide new and exciting ways for you to get involved and make a difference this festive season. Our week of activities runs from 17 – […]