To help give the ACT's most vulnerable babies a fighting chance this November, the Newborn Intensive Care Foundation (NICF) is urging Canberrans to "spend little, win big" for their new fundraising initiative – NICU November online raffle.
It’s National Recycling Week, 8-14 November, and not-for-profit donation platform GIVIT is setting a challenge for Canberrans to see how many tonnes of household items can be kept out of landfill and into the hands of those who need them most.
This November, you’ll once again be able to take part in the annual Red Wig Challenge, raising funds for Ronald McDonald House Canberra in their work supporting families with seriously ill children.
Mark Knowles was never your average lycra-wearing cyclist, nor did he set out to be a community activist, but that changed when he heard about the Great Cycle Challenge, raising funds for the Children's Medical Research Institute.
As part of Mental Health Week, 9-16 October, Lifeline Canberra invites you to finish up early tomorrow and join in on a free, uplifting event - the “Unstoppable Hour of Power” - at 4pm.
For those who haven’t heard the fabulous news, Salvos has an online op shop as of May last year - although it’s more like an op-megastore, with about 60,000 items listed and...
Heart Foundation’s annual fitness challenge, MyMarathon, is a go! Participants have the entire month of October to run or walk the distance of a full marathon (42.2km).
They can do it in one...
A further 12 local community projects will share more than $80,000 in grant funding from the Chief Minister’s Charitable Fund, as the final part of an urgent Covid-19 lockdown relief round, Hands Across Canberra announced today. The first round granted more than $100,000 in funding, bringing the total to $183,000.
Another community event has fallen victim to COVID-19 restrictions but the Weston Creek Community Council (WCCC) have refused to let lockdown dampen their spirits.
The council’s infamous yearly Father’s Day Scarecrow Competition has...
Red Nose Day is this Friday 13 August. Every dollar raised by the Day is dedicated to saving newborn lives through funding research, education, and advice for new parents – including the...
An initiative to develop a fitness group for Indigenous mothers and their toddlers has won the support of the Heart Foundation’s annual Active Australia Innovation Challenge, to the tune of $10,000 in...
It’s the words that no expectant parent ever wants to hear: ‘Your baby has no heartbeat.’
After 27 weeks of pregnancy, following four years of IVF, Gemma and Yen received the horrible news.
“There...
"An alarming increase in people living out of their cars" was the catalyst for a new community food pantry that has opened at the Y Lakeside Leisure Centre in Tuggeranong this week, Homelessness Week (1-7 August).
Taking in more than 3,000 animals a year, RSPCA ACT relies on the generosity of their donors and the community to run the shelter and keep the ACT’s animals safe and well.
Not-for-profit donation platform GIVIT has distributed 500 pairs of Swanky Socks to local Canberra charities in urgent need of warm clothing to support rough sleepers and vulnerable community members this winter.
