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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 […]

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 […]

By Lach Howarth Featured Image: Tech Time Workshop participants begin construction on a Lego Mindstorms EV3 This semester we’re running a series of Tech Time Workshops; an intro to robotics course using Lego Mindstorms EV3s for 12 particiapants, 6 male and 6 female, from Caroline Chisholm School. There are 6 sessions in which the participants […]

By Lach Howarth Featured Image: Clubhouse members and mentors celebrating International Women’s Day This year, for International Women’s Day, the YWCA Canberra Clubhouse hosted a girls-only celebration focusing on all the amazing things women do in science, technology, engineering, arts and maths (STEAM) fields. The day featured female mentors and staff showcasing some of the amazing […]

By Lach Howarth Featured Image: Daleks invade Science in ACTion Last Friday and Saturday (12th and 13th of August), the YWCA Canberra Clubhouse was at Science in ACTion to celebrate National Science Week. Science in ACTion is a free event consisting of stalls from local, national, and international STEM organisations showcasing their work, as well as demonstrations, hands-on activities, […]

By Lach Howarth Featured Image: YWCA Canberra Tech Time Workshops’ participants show young members of the audience how to control their robots, and let the try them.  I talked a bit about what the Tech Time Workshops were in our last blog – Tech Time Workshops – Part I, and since then we’ve had the […]