Blog | Fusion Canberra

This Friday June 20 is “Fashion for Fusion” our first ever pop-up-op-shop!

by fusioncanberra | Jun 16, 2014 | Business partnerships, Business Sponsorship, Church Partnerships, Community Building, Community Development, Community Education Program, Fundraising, Hand to Hand, Holistic Sustainability, Kambah Youth and Community Hub, Mentoring, Positions Vacant, Recycling, Social Capital, Social Enterprise, Upcycling, Volunteer Positions Vacant, Wombat Wardrobe, Youth Mentoring, Youthwork

Fashion for Fusion is the culminating event in our 'Faces of Fusion' campaign, a new initiative to bring young people on board as an integral part of our youth and community work in the community. It’s a six-week campaign of personal development involving fun,...

Fusion Canberra’s Wombat Wardrobe Store will be moving

by fusioncanberra | May 29, 2014 | Business partnerships, Business Sponsorship, Church Partnerships, Community Building, Community Education Program, Fundraising, Recycling, Social Capital, Social Enterprise, Upcycling, Wombat Wardrobe, Youth Mentoring

Yes, it's true. One chapter ends, another one starts. The chapter of Wombat Wardrobe at the Carleton St Shops will almost definitely end by the end of August this year. This is when our lease runs out for the shop we're currently operating Wombat Wardrobe from. We...

Everything about Breakouts is AWESOME!

by fusioncanberra | May 29, 2014 | Breakout Daytrips, Business partnerships, Business Sponsorship, Church Partnerships, Community Building, Kambah Youth and Community Hub, Mentoring, Positions Vacant, Volunteer Positions Vacant, Youth Mentoring, Youthwork

Fusion Canberra's Breakout youth adventure daytrip program is simply awesome. Our most recent Breakout was held in Canberra and was a Where's Wally Scavenger Hunt through Woden. The Canberra crew were joined by a bus load from the Riverina which was a lot of fun....

Fusion Canberra takes part in recent ACT Government Roundtable on Food Security

by fusioncanberra | May 29, 2014 | Business partnerships, Business Sponsorship, Church Partnerships, Community Building, Food Security, FusionCanb, Holistic Sustainability, Horticulture, Kambah Youth and Community Hub, Recycling, Social Enterprise, Sustainability Education Centre

Fusion Canberra's Research Officer, Mr John Brummell, was invited by the ACT Minister for Primary Industry, Shane Rattenbury MLA, to represent Fusion last week at the first ever Roundtable on ACT food policy and production. Along with John, around forty other rural...

Fusion Hand to Hand has a revamp

by fusioncanberra | May 29, 2014 | Business partnerships, Business Sponsorship, Church Partnerships, Community Building, Fundraising, Hand to Hand, Mentoring, Positions Vacant, Recycling, Social Capital, Social Enterprise, Upcycling, Volunteer Positions Vacant

In early May a number of our dedicated volunteers got together on a Saturday and spent 7 hours rearranging our Hand to Hand social enterprise. Our newly appointed Manager, Diana, has been inspiring the team to create a fresh and more welcoming boutique type of feel to...

A Pilgrim’s Story: Tyler

by fusioncanberra | May 26, 2014 | Business partnerships, Business Sponsorship, Church Partnerships, Community Building, Community Development, Fundraising, Hand to Hand, Kambah Youth and Community Hub, Mentoring, Pilgrimage, Pilgrimage to Uluru, Pilgrimage to Uluru 2014, Pilgrims Stories, Social Capital, Wombat Wardrobe, Youth Mentoring, Youthwork

Tyler found out about Fusion's annual Pilgrimage to Uluru from the Fusion Student Welfare Worker at his school. He said that he wanted to go on the trip to learn more about Aboriginal Culture. His school was also going on a Gold Coast trip at the same time that the...

Scavenger Hunt This Saturday At Eddison Park

by fusioncanberra | May 14, 2014 | Breakout Daytrips, Business partnerships, Business Sponsorship, Church Partnerships, Community Building, Community Development, Kambah Youth and Community Hub, Mentoring, Youth Mentoring, Youthwork

Organisers of this Saturday's Youth Adventure Daytrip say that it will be a fun-filled and action-packed day. This event, run by Fusion Canberra consists of ice skating, games and a scavenger hunt which includes "Where's Wally". It begins at Eddison Park, Phillip,...

Uluru : A Special Time To Shine, Learn And Reflect

by fusioncanberra | May 9, 2014 | Church Partnerships, Community Building, Community Development, Fundraising, Hand to Hand, Kambah Youth and Community Hub, Pilgrimage, Pilgrimage to Uluru, Pilgrimage to Uluru 2014, Youthwork

The journey to Uluru was very special on its own but for Mark, his wife Emma and other Fusion youth leaders who went, it was more than that. They saw it as an opportunity for the kids to shine, learn wondrous things and to reflect. “One of the highlights of the trip...

Fusion Canberra Provides Students With A Bright Start To The Day

by fusioncanberra | May 6, 2014 | Breakfast Clubs, Business partnerships, Business Sponsorship, Church Partnerships, Community Building, Community Development, Fundraising, Kambah Youth and Community Hub, Mentoring, Volunteer Positions Vacant, Youth Mentoring, Youthwork

Every Tuesday morning, school chaplain Mark Holberton and a team of volunteers from Fusion Canberra provide free breakfast to school students from Melrose High. Kids are free to choose from a range of juices, fruit, milo, toast and pancakes. It is called "Fusion...

Innovative Mentoring Program Changes Lives

by fusioncanberra | May 6, 2014 | Bike Workshop, Church Partnerships, Community Building, Community Development, Kambah Youth and Community Hub, Mentoring, Recycling, Social Capital, Social Enterprise, Training, Upcycling, Wombat Wardrobe, Youth Mentoring, Youthwork

Fusion Canberra's Community Education Program (CEP) for high school aged youth is about to begin again soon. Last term our five CEP young participants graduated with certificates listing all their completed competencies and a whole new level of confidence. Well done...