Kippax Trade Start

The Housing ACT employment contract changing tenants' lives Programmed has partnered with Kippax Trade Start to teach residents of Housing ACT the relevant skills to find employment.

ONE day to go until we launch the Canberra Recovery Appeal! This appeal was brought to life to help community organisations across the city and nearby region deal with the unprecedented effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

If you can, please donate to one of our appeal partner charities directly or reach over 250 organisations by donating to Hands Across Canberra.

www.handsacrosscanberra.org.au

Kippax Tradestart continues to operate at its regular hours of Monday to Friday, 7:00am to 3:00pm.

However, please note that the Kippax centre will be temporarily adjusting its operating hours to Monday to Friday,
9:30am to 12pm.

We're here to help!

We're doing things just a little different at UCK, as you and the rest of the world have been doing things just a little different, as well. 😀 Our centre is still open for walk-ins, but we keep to social distancing and guidelines around other restrictions.

You may come across some friendly faces - Sylvie from Case Management and Keira-Lee from Newpin are on-site on some days to help with EMFA and other support needed on those days. Thank you, ladies! 🥰

CASE MANAGEMENT is still accepting referrals, to support individuals and families, experiencing a lot of complex needs. Contact Heli, [email protected].

EMERGENCY MATERIAL & FINANCIAL AID (EMFA) - Individuals and families seeking emergency food relief will be asked to contact the Canberra Relief Network (canberrarelief.com.au or 1800 43 11 33), request for a food hamper, with the option to choose UCK/EMFA as the distribution point. Our EMFA team has the capacity to provide counselling support and referrals to other organisations, with contact limited to phone calls. Contact 6254 1733 to discuss your support needs.

Things are a little different around UnitingCare Kippax at the moment with most of us working from home and no participants and visitors passing through the community centre it is oh so quiet. Keira-Lee from Newpin and Sylvie from Case Management are working the afternoon shift to provide EMFA support to those who need it. Thanks for your hard-work and showing us around. UnitingCare Kippax Kippax Uniting Church #greatteam #weareinittogether #togethercreatecommunity

"...in these crazy times that we're in with the coronavirus, LET'S TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES AND EACH OTHER."

"Let's not go to the lowest common denominator and get paranoid. Let's do our due diligence, take the precautions we need to take care of ourselves and those of us around us."

"...More than ever before, we're ALL MORE DEPENDENT ON EACH OTHER than we ever have been. We have an enemy in coronavirus that is faceless, that is raceless, sexless, non-denominational and bipartisan, and it's an enemy that we all agree we want to beat. We want to beat and we're going to beat."

"...THERE IS A GREEN LIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS RED LIGHT...that green light is going to be BUILT UPON THE VALUES WE ENACT NOW...FAIRNESS, KINDNESS, ACCOUNTABILITY, RESILIENCE, RESPECT, COURAGE."

"If we practice those things right now, when we get out of this, this virus, this time might be the one time that brings us all together and unifies us like we have not been in a long time…"

- Matthew McConoughey's inspirational message, shared on his social media sites.