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To celebrate International Women’s Day this year, YWCA Canberra Clubhouse had the amazing opportunity to bring nine young women from Caroline Chisholm Senior Campus to attend The BiG Day In at Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga, NSW. International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day […]

The term is in full swing, and great things have been happening at YWCA Canberra Clubhouse. If you’ve been keeping up with the Clubhouse’s social media sites, you will have seen the creative and innovative things that the members have been creating. If you haven’t, follow us on Facebook and Twitter! Here are some highlights of what Clubhouse members […]

The Impact of Mentors The Clubhouse learning approach is designed to empower youth from all backgrounds to become more capable, creative, and confident learners. Members can drive their own projects according to their interests and ideas, and Clubhouse mentors also engage with members by sharing their experience and knowledge. This year, the Clubhouse welcomes three […]

The YWCA Canberra Clubhouse provides young people with a unique opportunity to experience industry standard technologies, participate in STEAM activities, and work alongside adult mentors, which ultimately develops the skills and attributes necessary to create a brighter future. It is essential that we equip our young people with the skills that they will require for […]

Welcome to 2018! The YWCA Canberra Clubhouse opened its door this week after a very successful combined school holiday program with the YWCA Youth Engagement Team. As always, the Clubhouse is open Monday to Friday from 3-6 pm. Any young person aged 10-18 living in the Tuggeranong region can become a member. Young people can […]

The YWCA Canberra Clubhouse has had a very exciting School Holiday Program this month (with more to come!) We’ve had some amazing macro photographs taken with the brand new Canon EF-S 60mm f2.8 Macro USM Lens and a Sigma AF 70-300/4-5.6 DG Macro Lens. Both lenses allow for high detail images of very small things to […]

On Tuesday 22 November, we launched our third YWCA Canberra Clubhouse Impact Report at a celebratory event, with generous grant funding from Community and Philanthropy Partnerships Week. The launch was a fantastic opportunity to thank our partners for their contributions and acknowledge the fantastic outcomes that the Clubhouse has helped our Members to achieve. We were joined by […]

Featured Images: A wire earcuff designed and created by Emily By Lach Howarth Emily is a 14 year old Clubhouse member with strong interest in design and making. Emily is interested in Engineering and was one of the participants in our Big Day Out excursion. We caught up with Emily to have a chat about […]

Lynda has been completing 80 hours of work placement at the YWCA Canberra Clubhouse. It has been fantastic having Lynda as part of the Clubhouse Community and we caught up with her to chat about her experience at the YWCA Canberra Clubhouse. How did you connect with the Clubhouse? I’m studying Youth Work, Community Service, […]

By Lach Howarth Featured Image: Origami flower made in the Clubhouse Arts and crafts are always popular in the Clubhouse and the past few weeks have seen some amazing creations ranging from origami to papier mache, drawings to 3D designs, books to collages and more! A few of our members have really driven a big […]