Holiday Hours 2024 - Woden Community Service

Children’s Services

School Holiday Programs

Our school holiday programs include exciting excursions, workshops, activities and games.

Out of School Hours Care

Our Out of School Hours Care (OSHC) services provide children with recreation-based activities that emphasise social interaction and a sense of fun in a safe and secure environment.

Early Learning Centres

Our Early Learning Centres offer a safe, secure and stimulating environment for your child.

Playgroups

WCS facilitates several playgroups sessions out in the community.

Enrolments

We use My Family Lounge, an online booking management system, for enrolments and bookings across all our education and care services.

Children's Services Service User Engagement

We are seeking expressions of interest from current and recent service users of WCS Early Learning Centres and OSHC to join the Children's Services user engagement reference group.

Children's Services FAQs

Answers to frequently asked questions about enrolments, bookings, the Child Care Subsidy and payments.

Speech Therapy

Our fun and engaging speech therapy services are now available for children 2 to 12 years who need help with speaking, listening and communication.

Child, Youth and Family Services

Youth Engagement Team

YET is a youth engagement and outreach service for South Canberra, Woden and Weston Creek regions of the ACT run in partnership with Woden Community Service and Anglicare ACT.

Raw Potential

Raw Potential is a youth outreach program for young people 12-25 years of age, experiencing, or at risk of homelessness.

Youth Social Groups

Find out about activities and groups.

Family Case Management

Family Case Management team provides support to families who are experiencing challenges and need some additional assistance.

Social Enterprise

Home Maintenance

Our home maintenance team provide a wide range of customised and quality services including gardening and cleaning.

Catering Services

We provide high-quality, chef-developed catering services across Canberra and the surrounding areas, offering delicious and professionally crafted menus to suit every occasion.

Canteens 4 Kids

We operate 22 School Canteens (and counting!) across Canberra

Therapy Services

Speech Therapy

Our fun and engaging speech therapy services are now available for children 2 to 12 years who need help with speaking, listening and communication.

Mental Health & Wellbeing

New Path

New Path provides early intervention support to help people tackle severe mental health issues before they become a longer-term problem.

Continuity of Support (CoS)

Continuity of Support (CoS) provides ongoing assistance to people who were accessing specific mental health services discontinued in 2019 and who are not eligible for NDIS.

Transition To Recovery

Transition to Recovery (TRec) is an intensive outreach program to assist people to transition to the community following an acute episode of mental illness and to prevent relapse.

Way Back Support

The Way Back Support Service supports people following a suicide attempt so they can take action to stay safe.

Southside Community Step Up and Step Down (SC SUSD)

SC SUSD is a short-term community managed mental health service providing 2-weeks of residential and then 4-weeks of community outreach support.

Hoarding and Advocacy Support Service

The Hoarding and Advocacy Support Service provides support to people experiencing the impact of hoarding behaviours and insanitary property conditions.

Tenancy Assistance Program (TAP)

TAP offers comprehensive, tailored support to individuals and families at risk of losing their homes.

Group Support

Group supports is available as a step-down from more intensive support, to compliment other professional support, or as a light touch support to maintain wellbeing and social connectedness.

Aged Care

Home Support

Our home support services assist you to remain living at home & in your community; working with you to meet your changing needs and maintain your independence.

Transport

Our friendly & reliable transport team take you to medical appointments, shopping and social events; offering a door to door service for a small contribution.

Social Groups

We have a wide range of social groups to choose from including lunch groups, walking groups and outings to local and interstate venues.

Care finder

We provide specialist and intensive assistance to help people in the care finder target population (senior Australians who need intensive support).

Housing Support

OneLink

OneLink can connect you to a wide range of support services including services for families and young people, and services for people who are homeless.

Tenancy Assistance Program (TAP)

TAP offers comprehensive, tailored support to individuals and families at risk of losing their homes.

Hoarding and Advocacy Support Service

The Hoarding and Advocacy Support Service provides support to people experiencing the impact of hoarding behaviours and insanitary property conditions.

Community

The Little Pantry

The Little Pantry is a place where you can go in times of need. You can visit us and choose a small number of non-perishable foods and personal items.

Community Development

Our Community Development Program fosters community connection, participation and inclusion.

Community Social Groups

Join or just participate in fun and social activities.

Woden Community Hub Room Hire

Woden Community Service’s partnership with Westfield Woden has created a central, versatile and inclusive space that fosters community connection, collaboration and the delivery of essential services.

ACE Skills for Life

The ACE Skills for Life is a free program which provides participants with foundational language, literacy and numeracy skills training in a supported learning environment.

Published on 16 December 2024

As we wrap up the year, we want to express our heartfelt thanks to our incredible teams, partners, and community. Your dedication, hard work and collaboration have made 2024 truly special.

Most of our services will take a well-deserved break from 25 December to 2 January to give everyone time to rest and recharge. Please see below for full details:

Mental Health & Wellbeing Services

Our Mental Health & Wellbeing Services will be closed from 25 December and reopen on Thursday 2 January, unless you are already part of an essential care service.

The GROW Program provides free and confidential online mental health support groups throughout the holiday season if you need support during this time. Their flyer is available for download here.

Additional 24/7 support is also available through:

Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636
Lifeline: 13 11 14
Access Canberra: 13 22 81

Little Pantry and Community Hub

The Community Hub and Little Pantry will close at 3 pm on 24 December and reopen on Thursday 2 January.

OneLink

OneLink is closed on public holidays 25 December, 26 December and 1 January. Outside these dates, our phones will operate as usual on weekdays from 8 am – 6 pm, and 12:30pm to 5 pm weekends.

Allied Health

The Allied Health team are taking a break from Monday 23 December returning Monday 6 January

Youth Centre

The Youth Centre will be closed from 25 December and reopen on Thursday 2 January. For more information about their School Holiday Program, head to our website!

We wish everyone a safe, restful, and joyful holiday season. Thank you for being so supportive this year, and we look forward to seeing you in 2025!

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