What is Hands Across Canberra?
Hands Across Canberra is the ACT’s community foundation.
- We raise funds for Canberra’s most vulnerable people.
- We invest the money to make it grow
- We give it back in grants.
Community foundations are about giving where you live, for the long-term benefit and enhancement of a community.
Hands Across Canberra is only 13 years old but community foundations in Canada, the United States and New Zealand have become powerful tools for giving grants and making investments in their community’s future, sometimes for a century or more.
Canberra is the most generous community in Australia. With your help, big or small, we can make a lasting, transformative difference for all our neighbours and friends right here where we live.
Make
an Impact
There are many ways you can contribute to Hands Across Canberra and it’s network of community organisations. You can give your time and talent through volunteering, attending events, spreading the word about the work of organisations, or running fund-raising events and activities. There are also a range of ways to donate funds, such as directly through one-off donations, regular contributions such as workplace giving programs or by participating in fund-raising activities and events.
You can give in several ways:
- Hands Across Canberra (fcsuite.com) at any time. This money funds our grants to 350 local charities.
- Donate to the charity of your choice through our platform
- Establish a named fund, distributing interest each year to causes you care about. Named funds are professionally managed long-term investments.
- Contact us to offer your services as a volunteer or a community partner.
In this episode, Genevieve sits down with Peter Chamberlain, founder and Managing Director of allinsure, and Adam Gill, Managing Director of One x , for a conversation about how innovation and community commitment go hand in hand.
Peter shares the deeply personal story behind the Chamberlain Foundation formed with his brothers after losing his best mate to suicide — a foundation now closing in on its one millionth dollar donated to causes like Lifeline Canberra. He talks candidly about how AI and changing regulation are reshaping the insurance industry, and why Allinsure still believes in old-fashioned, face-to-face relationships alongside the tech.
Adam reflects on how a local youth dance program shaped his own confidence growing up, and why he built the marketing agency, One X, around the belief that if you take value out of a community, you should be putting value back in — whether that's money, time, or connections.
It's a conversation about building community giving into the everyday culture of a business, and why showing up with your time can be just as powerful as writing a cheque.
🎧 Listen to the full episode, featured on Region Canberra
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Calling community sector boards and executives… This is a workshop series designed for you.
AI Governance: Getting Started Safely, delivered by Blackmountain AI, is the first of a three-part AI capability series for community sector boards and executives. This session gives practical help using AI safely for daily tasks and protecting client information. Perfect if you're new to AI or just getting started, and a good refresher if you already use it daily.
📅 Wednesday 30 September�🕤 9:30am to 11:30am (questions and networking until 12pm)
📍 Fairbairn Conference Centre, 49 Laverton Avenue, Fairbairn
To register visit ➡️ canberrafoundations.org/events/
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Don't miss you chance to secure a table our Annual Charity Dinner!
Join us on 14 October at National Gallery of Australia, Canberra for an evening celebrating community impact in Canberra, with guests Deborah Thomas CEO of Camp Quality and former Wallaby and co-founder of Running For Resillience Ben Alexander.
Sponsor or secure a table now:
Contact jo.dean-ritchie@handsacrosscanberra.org.au
Proudly sponsored by Village Building Co.
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