While the men are in the Men’s Shed, the women at Kangara Waters Retirement Village are arming themselves with knitting needles and 8-ply wool (for scarves and hats, 5-ply wool for rugs...
Doing something for nothing can make you feel like a million bucks. Which is probably why three in 10 people in Australia are volunteers (including me).
This week is National Volunteer Week (15-21...
When you think of refugees, you probably wouldn’t think of politicians. More like boat people, perhaps. Well, Dr Nilofar Ibrahimi was a member of parliament in Afghanistan for 12 years and a...
I’d like you to meet 100-year-old nun, Sister Veronica Dunphy, who’s on Whatsapp and has never said no to a spot of hang-gliding or a cruise on a Harley Davidson.
A video game that aims to build financial literacy for neurodivergent women, and a print edition of ANU’s Bossy Magazine are among the recipients of YWCA Canberra’s 2023 Great Ydeas Small Grants Program.
With the clicking of knitting needles and careful stitches, members of the Canberra knitting and crocheting community create items made with love for people in need around the world.
GIVIT is calling on people across the Capital Region to donate size two baby clothes to assist a young mother who has recently had her child returned to her care.
The 2023 Vinnies CEO Sleepout will return to the place where it all began in Canberra, The National Museum of Australia.
The NMA hosted the first ACT Sleepout in 2010 and will once again see Canberra’s CEOs and community leaders put themselves in the shoes of the homeless for one night, Thursday 22 June, coinciding with the winter solstice.
One of just two establishments dedicated to the collection of blood plasma, Civic Plasma Centre has celebrated its fifth birthday this week on Monday 3 April.
