by Ami Khelete | Jul 5, 2013 | Bike Workshop, Church Partnerships, Community Building, Community Development, Family Sustainability, Holistic Sustainability, Mentoring, Recycling, Social Capital, Training, Upcycling, Youth Mentoring, Youthwork
In an exciting new partnership between a high school, a church and Fusion Canberra, teenagers are getting the chance to learn valuable skills in bike repair and maintenance and at the same time help others doing it tough. Over the last 3 Fridays, workers from Fusion...
by Ami Khelete | Jul 3, 2013 | Community Building, Knowledge Base, Meetings, Social Capital, Youth Mentoring
On Monday 1 July the 14 hr Youth Mental Health First Aid Course organised and hosted by Fusion Canberra came to an end. Instructed by Karen Latten, a Fusion staff worker and Community Nurse from Sydney, from the feedback from the 11 participants it was very helpful...
by Ami Khelete | Jun 22, 2013 | Business partnerships, Business Sponsorship, Church Partnerships, Community Building, Community Development, Fundraising, Kambah Youth and Community Hub, Mentoring, Pilgrimage, Pilgrimage to Uluru, Pilgrimage to Uluru 2013, Pilgrims Stories, Social Capital, Youth Mentoring, Youthwork
One young person who came on the trip found out about the pilgrimage through the Chaplain at his High School. Before the trip, he was sentenced to an 18 month good behaviour bond and had an 8pm curfew; however the magistrate made an exception to allow him to come on...
by Ami Khelete | Jun 21, 2013 | Church Partnerships, Community Building, Community Development, Family Sustainability, Kambah Youth and Community Hub, Mentoring, Youth Mentoring, Youthwork
At midday on Saturday 13 July, high school aged young people will descend on Kambah Adventure Playground for the next Fusion Breakout Youth Adventure Daytrip. These days are organised by Fusion Canberra to provide a fun and safe place where young people can make new...
by Ami Khelete | Jun 17, 2013 | Community Building, Community Development, Meetings, Regional Support & Development, Youth Mentoring
On Monday 17 June six people gathered at Young Baptist Church to plot and plan to develop and expand Fusion’s work in the region. The meeting, called the Regional Coordinating Group (RCG), was made up of two people from each of the centres – Fusion...
by Ami Khelete | Jun 12, 2013 | Mentoring, Training, Youth Mentoring, Youthwork
Held over two consecutive Mondays, 24th June and 1st July, the Youth Mental Health First Aid Course is a must for anyone working with youth or young people, either as a parent, grandparent, youth worker, sunday school teacher, youth pastor, youth leader, teacher, etc....
