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Small grants, big ideas: UPSTAGEING Community Grants open for Canberra’s first Creative Ageing Arts Festival
Across Canberra, older people are quietly and powerfully shaping our cultural life. They are painters, singers, dancers, storytellers,…
Local author encourages Canberrans to find connection and community this Christmas
Christmas can be a beautiful time of year, but it can also be complicated. For many across Canberra,…
Behind Every School Meal Was a Worker With Purpose. What Happens Now?
Two weeks before Christmas, while most of Canberra was easing toward the end of the year, Embrace Disability…
But I didn’t know… I’d be relieved for a cancer diagnosis.
Every week across Canberra and Queanbeyan, around 56 people are told, “You have cancer.” Lives are rearranged in…
People with Purpose: Stuart Coates
In every community, there are the loud voices, the natural storytellers, the people whose impact is easy to…
People with Purpose: Disha Taneja
If you scroll through Instagram on any given day, you might stumble across one of Disha’s posts, a…
But I Didn’t Know… You Could Spend Time With Your Person
Part 1: Death & Meaningful GoodbyesWhy Meaningful Goodbyes Matter More Than We Realise Most of us don’t talk…
Strengthening Youth Mental Health Pathways: How Canberra is Reimagining the Way Young People Find Help
If you’ve ever tried to find the right mental health service; for yourself, your child, or a young…
Building Belonging: New Welcoming Community Project
Finding connection and purpose as we age can be difficult enough, but for people living with disability, the…
People with Purpose: Patricia Falcetta OAM
There is no normal and that is where inclusion begins! The room is full of that soft hum…
But I didn’t know what gambling harm really looked like?
Gambling Harm Awareness Week isn’t about blaming or judging, it’s about awareness. Awareness of the quiet ways harm shows…
But I didn’t know that one in ten Canberrans lives in poverty.
I didn’t know that a full-time worker on minimum wage might have only $33 left each week after paying for…
Building a Cyber Safe Canberra: Why Small Actions Matter This October
If you’ve ever ignored that little pop-up asking you to update your phone, reused an old password, or…
Resilience in Action: How Canberra Is Preparing Its People, Not Just Its Plans
In a city where bushfires, storms and heatwaves are part of our shared memory, Canberra’s resilience isn’t measured…
8 Nov – A Chorus of Women presents Glenda’s Works and Days: A 2050 Futurespective
Where to get tickets! A Chorus of Women is inviting the Canberra community to a unique event that…