Jan Dawes volunteered with Lifeline for 45 years - she is one of 25 Canberrans recognised in the General Division of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2024 Australia Day honours.
Dr Karen Demmery, Wiradjuri woman, mental health first aid and trauma counsellor, and trainer/facilitator, has received Lifeline Canberra’s Women of Spirit Award, honouring women in the community who have overcome adversity, given back, and inspired others to do the same.
While you were sleeping this morning, 321 brave souls (a Canberra record) plunged head-first into Lake Burley Griffin’s 6-degree water while the apparent temp was wavering in negative territory.
There were reports of...
One entrepreneurial skinny dipper sold his bottom cheeks for advertising, however most entrants in the Winter Solstice Nude Charity Swim just take the plunge sans billboards.
This year’s long-awaited Lifeline Canberra February Bookfair, held at EPIC, will be truly epic: not merely the biggest in three years, since before the pandemic began, but the biggest ever.
