Ainslie Precinct Community Development Project

The YWCA of Canberra Ainslie Precinct Community Development Project aims to assist public and community housing tenants to develop skills and confidence in building community capacity. The service assists residents living in the East Civic / Ainslie Avenue district, with a specific focus on people living at Ainslie Village, Bega and Allawah Flats and Kanangra and Jerilderie Courts.

Utilising a strengths-based approach to community development, the Project links residents of public and social housing to a range of community and support services and promotes tenant driven activities fostering a stronger sense of community. The community and public housing tenants in receipt of support will develop skills and confidence in relation to the management of their housing and personal circumstances, this will build the communities capacity.

The Ainslie Precinct Project provides a range of support in both individual and group settings, and aims to deliver services that result in positive outcomes for public and community housing tenants, including:

• an improved sense of well-being and safety within their immediate environments
• a greater sense of connection to their immediate and broader communities
• the opportunity to further develop living skills
• a greater understanding of community supports and an enhanced ability to access these supports
• an opportunity to contribute to their communities thus increasing the capacity of those communities to support their members.

Activities and services in the Ainslie Precinct include:

• Wednesday Free Lunches with community information – sessions are held at the Boomerang Centre at 11.45 am. The centre opens for coffee and tea at 10 am on Wednesday
• Women’s Art and Drama Group – meets every Tuesday (except school holidays) at the Boomerang Centre between 10 am and noon. All women in the precinct are welcome
• Emergency Relief Fund – assists residents who need help with food or other emergency needs
• Free Computer Classes –offered at the Boomerang Centre and include Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access), Internet and computer hardware
• Ainslie Precinct Newsletter – published on a quarterly basis by and for the residents of Ainslie Precinct. Residents are invited to contribute their stories, news, photos and recipes to share
• OP Shops at the Boomerang Centre and Ainslie Village – open each Wednesday and some Saturdays
• Internet Cafe, Movie Nights, Arts Haven and more!

Ainslie Precinct Project Offices are at the following locations:

Boomerang Centre, Braddon Tel: 6207 1038
Ainslie Village, Ainslie Tel: 6230 7780
E-mail: trish.mcdonald@ywca-canberra.org.au

This service receives funding from the Community Linkages Program (CLP) which is jointly funded by the ACT and Australian Governments under the Commonwealth-State Housing Agreement.

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