Category: Community

A celebratory event will be held tomorrow, Saturday 23 January, in Canberra’s Nara Peace Park to mark the Nuclear Ban Treaty entering into force, making nuclear weapons illegal under international law. The Treaty...

Better Hearing Australia - Canberra, a not-for-profit volunteer community organisation, offers hearing loss support sessions to help people.

Christina DeLay was named the 2020 ACT Young Business Woman of the Year at Canberra Women in Business awards night in November.

Queanbeyan man Joash Taufa’ahau, is over 500km into a huge adventure hiking the length of the NSW coast to fundraise for Oz Harvest.

Four nurses from Canberra Hospital have raised over $15,000 after shaving their hair for blood cancer.Claire Doherty, Gabrielle Nugan, Genevieve Gerrett and Lucy Clark all participated in the World’s Greatest Shave for the Leukaemia Foundation on 6 January.

Recycling Discovery Hub public session: pondering plastic Have you ever wondered what happens to recycling and waste in the ACT? Find out at the Recycling Discovery Hub’s next open session at 1 Recycling Road, Hume...

A new fundraising book project will get tails wagging as a local photographer calls on Canberra's dogs to put their best paw forward.

Social photos at the Happy Fit Footwear first birthday cocktail party, Greenway. Photos Terry Cunningham @imagesinstantly

2020 has been described in many ways, not all can be safely printed. So, CW journalist Cassandra Power asked Canberrans to tell us about their year. While this year has affected everyone differently...

Canberra Weekly's social photos at the ACT Young Lawyers' Networking Drinks, Badger & Co, Kambri precinct, ANU. Photos Denholm Samaras.

Social photos from the Canberra Weekly’s team Christmas party, Red Baron, Symonston.

Cupid’s Undie Run has been a major fundraiser for the Children’s Tumour Foundation in Australia for almost 10 years.

CW journalist Cassandra Power asked Canberrans to describe their 2020; their plans and how they adapted to change, what skills they may have picked up or personal challenges they have overcome.

Setting up the annual Christmas light display isn’t a casual weekend of work for Fisher resident Andy Staines – it’s up to six weeks of late nights and long weekends.

Angels for Peru photographic exhibition launch, Residence of Peru, Forrest. Photos Kerrie Brewer. For more socials: Canberra Business Chamber 2020 Farewell Cocktail PartyLifeline Canberra Christmas Appeal launchInvest Retire Christmas Cocktails

Woolworths across the ACT is encouraging customers to give back to people in need through its OzHarvest Christmas Appeal.

Weston Creek Men’s Shed is coordinating with the Quaama Men’s Shed to send a second shipping container of donated tools and craft supplies to fire-affected residents in the NSW Bega Valley.

Four-year-old cat Wallace has been at the RSPCA for more than 100 days and is hoping to find his purrfect, forever home before Christmas. RSPCA ACT is making adult cats, Wallace included,...

Canberra-based Arrernte runner Korey Summers went across the country and around the world with the Indigenous Marathon Project (IMP) in 2012. He said the physical and mental challenge helped to develop his sense...

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Canberra, particularly in those suburbs where residents have gone above and beyond – up some very steep ladders – to craft brilliant Christmas light displays!

Tomorrow morning, Santa will cruise around Lake Burley Griffin on a penny-farthing bicycle with a handful of helpers in tow.