GIVIT seeks Bunnings voucher

GIVIT is working with a community organisation in the ACT that provides support services for refugees and their families. They are requesting hardware vouchers for an elderly Syrian man in a wheelchair who recently arrived with in Canberra with his family. We are requesting the donation of hardware vouchers so his family can purchase ramps for his house from Bunnings Warehouse. Your donation will help provide ease of mobility and greatly improve his quality of life. Generous Canberrans can fund this request with 100% of the funds received by GIVIT used to purchase hardware vouchers. To fund this request, visit: GIVIT.org.au/what’s-needed, search Category: ‘hardware voucher’; Location: ‘ACT’. GIVIT supports more than 400 charities and community groups across the Capital Region by matching your items with people who need them most.

Coffee/Op Shop

Coffee/Op Shop at Christ Church Hawker, corner Beetaloo Street and Belconnen Way, on Saturday 3 February 9am-12pm. Find a huge range of pre-loved books, clothes and jewellery, trash & treasure items, a cake stall and home-made jams. Free tea/coffee and biscuits to all visitors. Enquiries: 0428 266 658.

Tuggeranong Sing Australia

Tuggeranong Sing Australia will commence practice for 2024 on Monday 5 February 12.45pm at LDK, Greenway Views, 260 Soward Way, Greenway. We are a very friendly and welcoming group and invite anyone who enjoys singing to come along and ‘see how you like us’. No auditions and a wide variety of songs. More info: Colleen on 0478 599 631.

Friends of ANBG Thursday Talks

On 8 February 12.30pm, Friends of ANBG Thursday Talks present ‘The Rare Bloom Project’,a partnership approach to conserving Australian wildflowers, at Australian National Botanic Gardens Theatrette (opposite visitor centre). Speaker is environmental scientist, Bradley Desmond, assistant co-ordinator for Australian Seed Bank Partnership. Admission by gold coin donation. Bookings via www.trybooking.com/CGTIR.

VIEW Club

Yerrabi: Our Annual General Meeting is on Thursday 15 of February 11.30am at the Eastlake Club, 15 Hinder Street, Gungahlin. New members are most welcome. More info: call Dorothy on 0419 698 091.

Queanbeyan: Now a day club, our next meeting (the first for 2024) is our AGM on Thursday 15 February 12pm at the Tourist Hotel, Monaro Street, Queanbeyan. We welcome new ladies who wish to join us for fun and friendship. RSVP to Sue on 0448 427 237 or [email protected] by Monday 12 February.

Mike Cramsie Memorial Race Day

On Friday 9 February, the Mike Cramsie Memorial Race Day will be held at Thoroughbred Park in memory of Mike Cramsie who passed away in 2021 after an 18-month battle with brain cancer. The event is a fundraiser for the Mark Hughes Foundation, raising over $100,000 across the last two years. The lunch is sold out (waiting list at trybooking.com/CLNFP), but general admission is free. Gates open 12pm. More info: thoroughbredpark.com.au

Omnia Adventurers and Social Club

Would you like to meet new people and forge new friendships while enjoying a wide range of social activities? Omnia Adventurers and Social Club could be the place for you! Our activities include drinks and dinner on Friday nights, regular walks around town, bushwalking, movie and gallery outings and more! We are a welcoming group of people who would love to meet you. More info: email [email protected]

Country Women’s Association (CWA)

Gungahlin Branch: Our first meeting of 2024 is on Monday 12 February 9.30am for 10am at Gungaderra Homestead, Harrison. If you’d like to learn more about this wonderful organisation that provides women friendship and networking, supports local communities/charities, and assists women/children locally, and overseas, we’d love for you to join us. Women and young children welcome. More info: [email protected] 

Clean Up Australia Day

In 2023, over 760,000 Australians pulled on their gloves and gathered for the iconic Clean Up Australia Day. This year, Clean Up Australia is hoping for an even better response, as generations come together to help tidy our local communities while seeing first-hand why we need to work together to prevent litter from entering our environment in the first place. Clean Up Australia Day is on Sunday 3 March, Business Clean Up Day on Tuesday 27 February, and Schools Clean Up Day on Friday 1 March. Register now at cleanup.org.au

Epilepsy ACT Community Training

Throughout the year, Epilepsy ACT runs community training sessions designed to make our region a safer place for people living with epilepsy. The training covers two key topics: Understanding and Managing Epilepsy, and Administration of Emergency Medication. Training is free for a person living with epilepsy, a family member or unpaid carer of someone living with epilepsy. If you are a teacher, support worker, disability worker, colleague or friend, the discounted cost for this community training is: $180 per person for both courses; $100 for one course (Understanding and Managing Epilepsy is a prerequisite to the second course). Training is held at Epilepsy ACT, Grant Cameron Community Centre, 27 Mulley Street, Holder. Upcoming sessions: Monday 18 March 5.30pm; Wednesday 15 May 10am; Wednesday 17 July 5.30pm; Monday 16 September 10am; Monday 11 November 5.30pm. More info: epilepsyact.org.au 

Free Pelvic Floor Workshops

Women of all ages are invited to attend this free workshop presented by a Physiotherapist from Canberra Health Services. This workshop will provide information, education and self-help strategies for women who are experiencing continence problems or wishing to prevent them. The workshops will cover issues relating to: bladder and bowel control/incontinence, bladder and bowel prolapse, and concerns pre/post gynaecological surgery. On Thursday 8 February 9.30am–12pm at Belconnen Community Health Centre, 56 Lathlain St, Belconnen. Bookings are essential: Please contact the Community Heath Intake Team on (02) 5124 9977.

HYH submissions

Submissions to our free Have You Heard community noticeboard are reserved for charity, not-for-profit and community organisations. Deadline for submissions is 10 days prior to the Thursday edition date. Email your submission with essential details – who, what, where, when, cost, contact details – to [email protected] with ‘HYH’ in the subject heading. Flyers and attachments not accepted. Due to space restrictions, please keep it brief. Please note: publication in print is not guaranteed.