Land and learning to come together for NAIDOC community celebration
Six leading ACT community organisations have combined to provide a day of celebration in Woden for NAIDOC Week tomorrow (Thursday 9 July). Building on the national NAIDOC Week theme of We all Stand on...
View ArticleIn pictures: Canberra community organisations celebrate NAIDOC Week
Six leading ACT community organisations combined to celebrate NAIDOC Week with the theme of ‘Land & Learning’ earlier this week. The celebrations started with a Welcome to Country, before artist...
View ArticleHomeless women and children left to sleep in cars as Canberra’s winter sets in
The Government has been called on to urgently intervene in Canberra’s homelessness problem as winter sets in and increasing numbers of women and children are finding themselves without a home due to...
View ArticleHands Across Canberra gives almost $200,000 to local charities
The organisation set up to channel donations to local charities has handed out nearly $200,000 in grants that will help support Canberra’s most vulnerable people. Hands Across Canberra said it had...
View ArticleA Canberra without poverty
We live in an affluent city. We have some of the highest incomes in Australia (and the world), we have low levels of unemployment and high levels of educational attainment. Newspaper headlines...
View ArticleReport calls out Government for failing to act on gender equality
The ACT Government has been issued with a fail on implementing its own gender equality program in a report card issued on the eve of International Women’s Day. YWCA Canberra’s Leading the Change: The...
View ArticleYWCA launches new property service to help ease rentals crisis
A new property management service that aims to provide affordable rental accommodation to people on low incomes opens its doors today. YWCA Canberra will launch Rentwell, the first of its kind to take...
View ArticleNew housing service launched to help older women
An innovative housing support service for older women who are at risk of experiencing homelessness has been launched on Thursday (8 August). YWCA Canberra’s Next Door service, funded by a grant of $1.9...
View ArticleYWCA’s Rentwell scheme could ease housing crisis for vulnerable tenants
An innovative YWCA scheme that rents housing out at affordable rates for low-income people struggling with homelessness is getting underway in the ACT with help from the Snow Foundation. Rentwell...
View ArticlePreparing for those awkward conversations: a forum for parents of teens and...
Growing up can be tough. Being a parent of someone growing up isn’t easy either. As children head into the awkward teenage years, there’s plenty for parents to consider when supporting their young...
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