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YWCA Canberra Clubhouse engaged with 19 students from Caroline Chisholm School and Richardson Primary School to participate in the NSW Reconciliation Council’s Schools Reconciliation Challenge. The Schools Reconciliation Challenge is an annual art and writing competition for young people across New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. The theme for 2018 was ‘Our Voices, Our Future’. […]

On Friday 14 September, YWCA Canberra’s Youth Engagement team launched the clothing line that came out of this year’s 360 Initiative at Lonsdale Street Roasters in Braddon.   The 360 Initiative is a unique program that facilitates and provides a platform for young people to start and manage their own clothing brand. Another purpose of […]

On Saturday 18 August, YWCA Canberra Clubhouse celebrated National Science Week by hosting an open day. We were overjoyed that 47 excited members of the Canberra community joined us to celebrate. Our open day was an opportunity for members of the community to engage with Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics, and Music (STEAMM), learn more […]

On Friday 10 and Saturday 11 August, YWCA Canberra Clubhouse kicked off National Science Week by hosting a stall at Science in ACTion at the Old Bus Depot Market. National Science Week is Australia’s annual celebration of science and technology. Running each year in August, it features more than 1000 events around Australia. These events […]

The YWCA Canberra Clubhouse resumed its normal programming after a successful semi-combined school holiday program with the YWCA Youth Engagement Team. As always, we are open Monday to Friday from 3:00pm -6:00pm. Any young person aged 10-18 living in the Tuggeranong region can become a member. Young people can sign up to be a Clubhouse member by dropping in at the Clubhouse […]

YWCA Canberra Clubhouse offers a free school holiday program during each school break, which includes activities at the Clubhouse, as well as excursions around Canberra. The Clubhouse has had an incredible school holiday program, packed with lots of engaging and educational activities.   The first week of the school holiday program coincided with NAIDOC Week […]

The YWCA Canberra Clubhouse is an innovative, creative, out-of-school learning space where young people from undeserved communities can work with adult mentors to develop new skills, explore their own ideas, and build confidence in themselves in the areas of science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM). We know that it isn’t always possible for young […]

The YWCA Canberra Clubhouse is dedicated to facilitating learning opportunities for young people in the areas on science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM). The Clubhouse strives to expose young people to the full breadth of STEAM, so every now and then we take members to visit other organisations that work in the STEAM industries. […]

Every Thursday YWCA Canberra Clubhouse opens its door exclusively to girls from a local primary school to learn about science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM). The girls that attend on Thursday are eager to learn and explore different areas of the STEAM fields and have approached their time at the Clubhouse with enthusiasm. Over […]

On Wednesday 6 June, the Clubhouse partnered with MTP Services to offer 10 Clubhouse members the opportunity to participate in a website design tutorial. This excursion was organised after two members attended a Scratch for Beginners class in April. This led to the Clubhouse Coordinator and MTP Services collaborating to design a second workshop specifically […]