Blog | Fusion Canberra

Fusion Australia’s National Conference going well

by fusioncanberra | Sep 21, 2013 | Community Development, Conferences, Knowledge Base, Meetings, Mentoring, National Support & Development

Fusion Australia's annual National Conference is again being held in Poatina Village, Tasmania. Starting on Wednesday 18th September, this year the conference goes till Tuesday 24th September - just under a week. There will be times of sharing family news of births,...

More young people experience community

by fusioncanberra | Sep 18, 2013 | Business partnerships, Business Sponsorship, Church Partnerships, Community Building, Community Development, Family Sustainability, Holistic Sustainability, Kambah Youth and Community Hub, Mentoring, Social Capital, Training, Wombat Wardrobe, Youth Mentoring, Youthwork

On Sept 11, Fusion Canberra held the graduation and celebration for our second Community Education and Mentoring Program. One young lady who took part this time was deeply impacted. Life for her at home isn't simple. She finds it hard to stay engaged at school. But...

Annual Fundraising Dinner one month away

by fusioncanberra | Sep 15, 2013 | Business partnerships, Business Sponsorship, Church Partnerships, Fundraising

Fusion Canberra's annual Friends of Fusion Fundraising Dinner is now only one month away. On Tuesday 15th October at 6pm, guests will start arriving at Southern Cross Club Woden for the 4th Fundraising Dinner. This year's Guest Speaker is Mr Simon McKeon, 2011...

The Families Course comes to Canberra

by fusioncanberra | Sep 4, 2013 | Business partnerships, Church Partnerships, Community Building, Community Development, Family Sustainability, Hand to Hand, Holistic Sustainability, Mentoring, National Support & Development, Regional Support & Development, Social Capital, Training, Wombat Wardrobe

For the first time the new and updated Families Short Course, developed by Fusion Australia over many years, will be coming to Canberra in October. Coming out of Fusion Canberra's research into the Kambah community over the last 12 months, this course is one of our...

Get a serving of food security tonight

by fusioncanberra | Aug 21, 2013 | Business partnerships, Business Sponsorship, Church Partnerships, Community Building, Community Development, Family Sustainability, Food Security, FusionCanb, Hand to Hand, Holistic Sustainability, Horticulture, Kambah Youth and Community Hub, Knowledge Base, Recycling, Social Capital, Social Enterprise, Sustainability Education Centre, Upcycling

MEDIA ALERT 21st August, 2013 No matter who you are, you share one thing in common with everyone else – and that’s your need for food. Before the people of the ACT vote at the next election, they can find out for themselves where their local candidates stand on food...

Still more seats for Saturday’s SNOWSTORM Youth Breakout Daytrip

by fusioncanberra | Aug 14, 2013 | Breakout Daytrips, Church Partnerships, Community Building, Community Development, Mentoring, Youth Mentoring, Youthwork

This Saturday, 17th August, there are still seats on the bus to Mt Selwyn. Departing 7am, returning 10pm it's going to be an adventure packed day for high school aged youth. We'll be joining up with people from the Riverina, and Orange. It's going to be sick! [button...

SEE Change and Fusion Canberra dish up free serving of lively food security discussion

by fusioncanberra | Aug 14, 2013 | Church Partnerships, Community Building, Community Development, FusionCanb, Holistic Sustainability, Meetings, Sustainability Education Centre

A lively panel discussion on the issue of food security in the ACT will be held on Wednesday 21 August at the Gungahlin Library Theatre, Gozzard St from 7pm till 9pm. Entitled "You Can't Eat Your Words", the discussion is jointly organised by SEE Change and Fusion...

Urgently seeking more finance team members

by fusioncanberra | Aug 9, 2013 | Office Administration, Positions Vacant, Volunteer Positions Vacant

Due to unforeseen circumstances Fusion Canberra's current Finance Officer must suddenly finish in the role in the next two weeks. This leaves a very urgent need to recruit 2-3 suitable people to join our team to manage our finances. The role is essentially a book...

EFTPOS arrives at Fusion Canberra

by fusioncanberra | Aug 9, 2013 | Fundraising, Kambah Youth and Community Hub, Office Administration, Wombat Wardrobe

Yes, its true. We have finally entered the electronic age. It's official! On Wednesday this week, 7th August, we started training members of our team at Wombat Wardrobe in the use of our new Westpac mobile, battery operated EFTPOS terminal! We are very excited. Well...

John Brummell guest speaker at St Albans Mens Breakfast

by fusioncanberra | Aug 9, 2013 | Church Partnerships, Community Building, Community Development, Food Security, FusionCanb, Holistic Sustainability, Horticulture, Meetings

John Brummell, Fusion Canberra's Research Officer, has been invited by St Alban's Anglican Church in Lyons to be the guest speaker at their next Men's Breakfast. Commencing at 8am on Saturday 24 August and finishing at 10am. John will be speaking on the topic "Our...