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To celebrate International Women’s Day this year, YWCA Canberra Clubhouse had the opportunity to bring nine young women to participate in a ‘Scratch for Beginners’ class, hosted by MTP Services. Annie, the Clubhouse Coordinator and Isla, a Clubhouse member also had the opportunity to attend the International Women’s Day Women Leaders in ICT Forum hosted […]

YWCA Canberra Clubhouse together with ACT Parks and Conservation provided a free program titled ‘What’s Your Reality: A Journey Through Virtual Worlds’. The mission was to harness the power of virtual reality (VR) to make Canberra’s natural parks and reserves accessible to all. The Clubhouse engaged ten students in year nine at Calwell High School […]

YWCA Canberra Clubhouse in collaboration with Nicole Lawder, the Liberal Member for Bindabella, hosted a colouring page competition to show Tuggeranong pride! The competition was to create a colouring in page of a recognisable Tuggeranong landmark that was easy to colour in. Eight Clubhouse members participated in this colouring page competition, with some even entering […]

On Thursday, November 8, YWCA Canberra hosted its third annual LGBTQIA+ Allies Prom at the Ainslie Football Club. The event brought 200 young people aged 12-25 from across Canberra and surrounds. Earlier in the year, a working group of young people and staff were convened to make all the big and important decisions for the […]

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 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, which is why we place an emphasis on having volunteer mentors with industry knowledge to support our members […]

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 […]