Building joyful businesses through small grants
21 February 2022
In 2021, YWCA Canberra and the Canberra Innovation Network (CBRIN) were pleased to award a Great Ydeas Small Grant to Serina Bird to start a new sustainable fashion website, The Joyful Fashionista. We’ve loved watching Serina’s business grow from concept to reality, and were pleasantly surprised when Serina offered to give back to the Great […]
Housing: the foundation of wellbeing
21 February 2022
There is no other indicator more inextricably linked to improved societal outcomes than housing. That means that our current crisis in housing affordability and supply is also a crisis in community wellbeing. Impact of housing on wellbeing Housing is the foundation from which people can connect to the community, economy and essential services, and where […]
Small grants empowering innovative partnerships
15 February 2022
YWCA Canberra has been pleased to have the Canberra Innovation Network (CBRIN) as a partner for our Great Ydeas Small Grants Program since 2017. Every year, CBRIN has returned with enthusiasm to see what local women and girls are coming up with, so we took a moment to speak to Sharyn Smith, Chief Operating Officer […]
Launching a Great Ydea with the Phoenix Sisters
26 October 2021
YWCA Canberra’s Great Ydeas Small Grants Program provides grants up to $2500 to support women, girls and non-binary people in the ACT to pursue their passions and improve our community. Since launching in 2019, the program has helped more than 60 local women and girls to progress projects including establishing a podcast, launching a public awareness campaign, running empowering programs […]
Helping us build up the Canberra community – 2021 Great Ydeas Innovation Breakfast
30 April 2021
On Thursday, 29 April, YWCA Canberra was joined by over 130 people at the Ainslie Football Club for our annual Great Ydeas Innovation Breakfast. The fundraising event, which provided an opportunity for members, supporters and partners to come together to show their support for YWCA Canberra’s housing initiatives, also presented us withwas also an the opportunity to showcase our 2021 Great Ydeas Small Grant recipients […]
Partnerships that make a difference – Hesta
31 July 2018
At YWCA Canberra, we are fortunate to have built strong partnerships with organisations that support gender equality and women’s leadership. HESTA are the She Leads Program Partner for 2018, and we had a chat to Sharon Bruzga to find out just what HESTA do and why our partnership is so special. What does HESTA do? We’re […]
Partnerships that make a difference -HerCanberra
23 July 2018
At YWCA Canberra, we are fortunate to have built strong partnerships with organisations that support gender equality and women’s leadership. HerCanberra have joined the 2018 She Leads program as a Local Media partner to collaborate in progressing gender equality and raising the status of women. We had a chat to HerCanberra’s Online Editor Beatrice Smith to find […]
Women at Work: Emeritus Professor Marian Sawer
19 July 2018
This article was originally published by HerCanberra. Professor Marian Sawer isn’t just a champion of gender equality in leadership, she’s an authority on the matter, having researched it for more than 30 years. Speaking to us from her office at the Australian National University, where she oversees a variety of gender and political focused PhD […]
Partnerships that make a difference – PwC
19 July 2018
At YWCA Canberra, we are fortunate to have built strong partnerships with organisations that support gender equality and women’s leadership. PwC have joined the 2018 She Leads program as a Champion partner to collaborate in progressing gender equality and raising the status of women. We had a chat to PwC’s Markets Managing Partner Tom Bowden to find out […]
Partnerships that make a difference – centreRED IT
17 July 2018
At YWCA Canberra, we are fortunate to have built strong partnerships with organisations that support gender equality and women’s leadership. centreRED IT are supporting the 2018 She Leads Conference Networking Function as the Network Partner. We had a chat to centreRED’s General Manager and Director Adele Pickering to find out just what they and why our partnership […]