Posted 04 June 2026

Seventeen local projects funded through the Greater Good x Hands Across Canberra Connected Communities Grant Round

Posted 06 September 2023

We’ve given away more than 195 laptops to over 50 charities in Canberra

Posted 22 June 2023

Canberra Foundations Collaborative Announces Grant Recipients for 2023

Posted 21 April 2023

Hands Across Canberra partners with A + P Leemhuis Builders to grant $100,000 to local projects

Posted 06 April 2023

Canberra businesses give where they live by partnering with Hands Across Canberra to grant $100,000 to local projects

Posted 03 April 2023

Charities handed major boost with Canberra Day Appeal raising $850,000

Posted 30 March 2023

Appeal places $850,000 in charities’ hands across Canberra

Posted 27 February 2023

$1 million grant round opens for local charities.

Posted 24 October 2022

Article : Hands Across Canberra celebrates all that's good about a generous community

Posted 21 October 2022

Hands Across Canberra launches annual Canberra Philanthropy Award

Posted 06 November 2021

The results from the latest Vital Signs research provide an insight into the realities of living in Canberra in 2021.

Hands Across Canberra and The Snow Foundation have teamed up to support the annual Vital Signs report, research based on a global methodology designed to help identify our community's successes and challenges. The study gathers data about health, education, employment, housing and belonging in Canberra.

Posted 14 September 2021

$180,000+ of community support for Covid-19 Relief

Posted 14 July 2021

Susan Salthouse leadership fund announced

Posted 29 June 2021

Post-covid sees shifts in behaviours of both charities and corporates as over $525,000 in grant funding provided to 35 community projects

Posted 27 April 2021

Clare Holland House Expansion Project Update

Great to visit the site and see the progress of the project as it marks a milestone of all external structural works being completed.  Attention now turns to creating functional, attractive and homely internal and garden areas before the building is completed mid-year.

Posted 03 September 2020

HANDS ACROSS CANBERRA RAISES OVER $421,000 TO ASSIST LOCAL CHARITIES IN DIRE NEED

Today Peter Gordon, CEO of Hands Across Canberra, announced the Canberra Recovery Appeal has surpassed their fundraising goal, raising $421,474 across the twelve-week campaign.

Posted 27 November 2019

Hands Across Canberra Launches the Inaugural Canberra Day Appeal with Local Celebrities & Heroes

The Canberra Day Appeal hopes to raise much needed funds for the many local charities and organisations that assist those in our community who need it most.

Posted 03 July 2019

The Chief Minister's Charitable Fund grants more than $400,000 to local community organisations

Vulnerable families, the homeless and LGBTIQ+ people are among the many Canberrans set to benefit from $408,756 in funding awarded as part of the first ever Chief Minister’s Charitable Fund grant round.

Posted 30 October 2018

ACT Australian of the Year Awards announced.

The calibre of the ACT nominees this year was of such a high standard and to be a part of the final 16, selected from so many nominations, is something you should be very proud of.

Posted 03 July 2018

Hands Across Canberra receives government grant to establish a perpetual fund for Canberra’s most vulnerable people.

The ACT Chief Minister, Andrew Barr today announced the ACT Government will commit $5 million to create a new philanthropic fund in Canberra.

Posted 18 July 2017

Hands Across Canberra gives almost $200,000 to local charities

Today, Hands Across Canberra provided $197,497 to local charities, working with Canberra’s most vulnerable people.