by fusioncanberra | Aug 4, 2015 | Breakout Daytrips, Business partnerships, Church Partnerships, Community Building, Community Development, Mentoring, Schools Work, Uncategorized, Youth Mentoring, Youthwork
On Saturday 15th August, young people and leaders from Riverina, Orange and Canberra will converge on Selwyn Snowfields for a day of awesome fun.There will be tobbogoning, snow ball fights, snowman making competitions and of course making new friends.The cost is $60...
by fusioncanberra | May 28, 2015 | Advocacy, Business partnerships, Business Sponsorship, CEO Reflections, Church Partnerships, Community Building, Community Development, Family Sustainability, Food Security, Fundraising, Holistic Sustainability, Knowledge Base, Sleep In Your Car Event, Social Capital, Volunteering, Youth Homelessness, Youth Mentoring, Youthwork
Did you know that on any given night, at least 1785 people are homeless in Canberra? And 466 of these are between the age of 12-24 years…. and in fact, 289 of these are under 12 years of age – they’re kids! Does this concern you at all? I firmly...
by Jacob Traeger | May 28, 2015 | Community Building, Community Development, Holistic Sustainability, Knowledge Base, Life Reflections, Thankfulness
June and July can be pretty chilly in Canberra. There’s plenty of mornings this time of year when I just want to throw my alarm in the bin and just curl up under the covers. I know I’m lucky to have a split-system heater, a warm blanket and a roof over my...
by Jacob Traeger | May 27, 2015 | Community Building, Community Development, Jacobs Musings, Kambah Youth and Community Hub, Knowledge Base, Life Reflections, Uncategorized
With the great people at Endure Web Studios coming on board to revamp our website, this is a good time to think about what we can do with our website. As well as using it as a way to keep people updated on what’s happening at Fusion Canberra, how we’re...
by fusioncanberra | May 27, 2015 | Business partnerships, Business Sponsorship, Church Partnerships, Community Building, Community Development, Fundraising, Fusion Op Shop, Hand to Hand, Holistic Sustainability, National Support & Development, Pilgrimage, Pilgrimage to Uluru, Schools Work, Volunteering, Youth Mentoring, Youthwork
This year between April 5-17, Fusion Canberra sent 11 people (5 leaders, 6 young people) along on the 15th Pilgrimage to Uluru. It took a mammoth effort on the part of the young people, their families, the broader Fusion team and our valuable supporters and donors to...
by fusioncanberra | May 27, 2015 | Community Building, Fusion Op Shop, Kambah Youth and Community Hub, Office Administration, Volunteer Positions Vacant, Wombat Wardrobe
One of our newer volunteers this year, Anna Gabriel first connected with Fusion through some Fusion volunteers who attend the same church as her. “I nearly started volunteering with Fusion a few years ago at the Fusion Op Shop Kambah (formerly called Wombat Wardrobe)...