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 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 26, 2015 | Church Partnerships, Community Building, Community Development, Horticulture, Mentoring, Schools Work, Service Projects, Social Capital, Sustainability Education Centre, Volunteering, Volunteers Needed, Youth Mentoring, Youthwork
Fusion Canberra has been partnering with University of Canberra High School Kaleen for more than 3 years. This year we are providing a chaplaincy service in the school. Naomi Tafea is our Chaplain and works there 3 days a week, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. One...
by fusioncanberra | May 22, 2015 | Business partnerships, Business Sponsorship, Community Development, Kambah Youth and Community Hub, Office Administration, Youthwork
It’s with great pleasure that we welcome Endure Web Studios to the Fusion Canberra team as our newest business partner.Our Team Leader, Brenton Reimann explains,”We were lucky enough to get Endure on board earlier this year when we were needing to do a...
by fusioncanberra | May 19, 2015 | Breakfast Clubs, Business partnerships, Business Sponsorship, Church Partnerships, Community Building, Fundraising, Uncategorized, Volunteers Needed, Youthwork
Mason Hudson, Youth Pastor at Eternity Church in Kambah, has taken on the coordination and oversight of our Melrose High School Breakfast Club on Tuesday mornings. Mason, 21, leads the churches youth activities. On Friday nights, Eternity Youth sees on average 70-100...