UnitingCare Kippax

29/05/2026

🤝 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 | 𝟐𝟕 𝐌𝐚𝐲 – 𝟑 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞

At UnitingCare Kippax, we recognise National Reconciliation Week as a time to learn about our shared histories, cultures and achievements, and to reflect on how each of us can contribute to reconciliation.

This year’s theme, 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐈𝐧, calls on all of us to step forward, take action and be part of meaningful change.

We respectfully acknowledge the 𝐍𝐠𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞, Traditional Custodians of the land on which we live and work, and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

𝐈’𝐦 𝐈𝐧.
To listen.
To learn.
To act.

27/05/2026

𝑱𝒐𝒊𝒏 𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒇𝒆́ 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔, 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 💛

📅 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟎 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞
⏰ 𝟏𝟐:𝟎𝟎𝐩𝐦 – 𝟐:𝟎𝟎𝐩𝐦
📍 𝐊𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐱 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 at 130 Hardwick Crescent, Holt ACT

𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐮:
🍝 Spaghetti Bolognese (meat and veg options available)
🥤 Hot and cold drink station

Proudly in partnership with Belconnen High School students.

𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 & 𝒘𝒆’𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆! 😊

26/05/2026

🤠🌵 𝐘𝐞𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐰 – 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠! 🌵🤠

Join Kippax Uniting Church for a relaxed, family-friendly night at the 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐧 🤎

Enjoy dinner, live music, fun activities and plenty of western vibes, all while helping raise funds for UnitingCare Kippax so we can continue supporting our local community 💛

👢 Dress up in your best western outfit (prizes for best dressed!)
🎁 Raffles with great prizes
🎯 Fun tournaments (𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑤 𝑔𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢’𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑗𝑜𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑛)

𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟑 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 | 𝟓𝐩𝐦 – 𝟖𝐩𝐦 | 𝐊𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐱 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 🌵

It’s a great night out for all ages, so round up the kids, your friends and neighbours and come along! 🤠

💲 $𝟑𝟎 𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 | $𝟐𝟎 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 & 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬

🍽 Dinner and drinks included (please note this is a dry event)

🎟 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐛 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: https://events.humanitix.com/wild-west-saloon

22/05/2026

𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 — 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬!

As National Volunteer Week comes to a close, we want to say a heartfelt thank you to every one of our volunteers. From our Board members to our frontline volunteers, the time, kindness and care you give make our community stronger every single day.

𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝑲𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒂𝒙. 💛

👉 If you feel inspired to get involved, we’d love to welcome you: https://kippax.org.au/get-involved/

21/05/2026

𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭: 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐨𝐧 (𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓, 𝐔𝐂𝐊 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝)

Volunteering takes many forms, and during National Volunteer Week we’re also recognising the leadership that helps guide our work. UnitingCare Kippax is governed by a Board, and today we’re shining a light on our Chair, Annette Jackson. 💛

Annette brings more than 25 years of leadership experience across the public, private and for-purpose sectors, with a background spanning public housing, education, community services and finance. Her wealth of knowledge, strong governance experience and unwavering commitment make her an invaluable part of UnitingCare Kippax.

For over two decades, Annette has been deeply connected to our organisation and our mission of fostering wellbeing, inclusion and empowerment in the community. We’re incredibly grateful for the care, experience and leadership she brings every day.

𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝑨𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕! 👏💛

👉 Learn more or get involved: https://kippax.org.au/get-involved/

19/05/2026

𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 - 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐲

As part of National Volunteer Week, we’re highlighting the people who make a difference every day. Continuing our National Volunteer Week celebrations, we’re proud to recognise Gracie.

"𝐼 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝐾𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑎𝑥 𝑎𝑠 𝐼 𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑜𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑. 𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑠 𝑚𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒."

Gracie’s passion for connection is at the heart of what volunteering is all about. 💛

👉 Join our volunteer community: https://kippax.org.au/get-involved/

19/05/2026

🌿 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: You’re invited to come celebrate Reconciliation Week and honour the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture together. Come and join for some free activities and a sausage sizzle!

📅 Thursday, 28 May 2026
⏰ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
📍 West Belconnen Child and Family Centre

𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭:
📞 𝑾𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒏 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑭𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆: 02 6205 2904
📧 𝑹𝑺𝑽𝑷: [email protected] by Friday 22 May 2026

Tracks to Reconciliation 2026

When:
Date: Thursday, 28 May 2026
Time: 11:00 am -2:00 pm

Where:
West Belconnen Child and Family Centre

Enjoy activities and sausage sizzle!

19/05/2026

𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 | 𝟏𝟖–𝟐𝟒 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

This week, we celebrate the incredible people who give their time to build stronger, more connected communities. National Volunteer Week recognises the contribution of volunteers across Australia and the difference they make every day.

At UnitingCare Kippax, we are proud to have amazing volunteers across every part of our organisation, from our Board to our reception and community programs.

Throughout the week, we’ll be sharing stories from some of the incredible people who make our community what it is! 💛

𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭: 𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲
“𝐼 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑡 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ. 𝐷𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑢𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝐼 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦. 𝑀𝑦 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑈𝐶𝐾 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑓𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝐼 𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑜𝑦 𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑦. 𝑀𝑦 𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝐼 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒.”

Jennifer’s generosity and dedication help create a welcoming space for everyone who walks through our doors. 💛

✨ Make 2026 your year to volunteer, find out how to get involved: https://kippax.org.au/get-involved/

14/05/2026

🌟 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑼𝒑 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑲𝒊𝒅𝒔 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦! 🌟

The 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑈𝑝 𝐺𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝐾𝑖𝑑𝑠 program supports parents and carers to:

• Consider what is going on in the child’s brain and the relationship to their behaviour.
• Explore communication between parents and children.
• Discover how to overcome some of the obstacles that are getting in the way of being the kind of parent they would like to be.
• Learn about the importance of parents/carers taking care of themselves, to be able to support their children to feel good about themselves.

𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑄𝑅 𝑐𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑙𝑦𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟, 𝑜𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑐𝑡 0430 579 923 | 𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑙 [email protected]

𝐀 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲. ✨

14/05/2026

Kippax Marketplace and 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐅𝐮𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐲 - 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟔/𝟓 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 at the 𝐊𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐱 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞! 🎉

𝐽𝑜𝑖𝑛 𝑢𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑘𝑖𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑜𝑦 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑡𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛’𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑦𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒’𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦-𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑢𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒!