Our school holiday programs include exciting excursions, workshops, activities and games.
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.
Our Early Learning Centres offer a safe, secure and stimulating environment for your child.
WCS facilitates several playgroups sessions out in the community.
We use My Family Lounge, an online booking management system, for enrolments and bookings across all our education and care services.
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.
Answers to frequently asked questions about enrolments, bookings, the Child Care Subsidy and payments.
Our fun and engaging speech therapy services are now available for children 2 to 12 years who need help with speaking, listening and communication.
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 is a youth outreach program for young people 12-25 years of age, experiencing, or at risk of homelessness.
Find out about activities and groups.
Family Case Management team provides support to families who are experiencing challenges and need some additional assistance.
Our home maintenance team provide a wide range of customised and quality services including gardening and cleaning.
We provide high-quality, chef-developed catering services across Canberra and the surrounding areas, offering delicious and professionally crafted menus to suit every occasion.
We operate 22 School Canteens (and counting!) across Canberra
Our fun and engaging speech therapy services are now available for children 2 to 12 years who need help with speaking, listening and communication.
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) 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 (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.
The Way Back Support Service supports people following a suicide attempt so they can take action to stay safe.
SC SUSD is a short-term community managed mental health service providing 2-weeks of residential and then 4-weeks of community outreach support.
The Hoarding and Advocacy Support Service provides support to people experiencing the impact of hoarding behaviours and insanitary property conditions.
TAP offers comprehensive, tailored support to individuals and families at risk of losing their homes.
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.
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.
Our friendly & reliable transport team take you to medical appointments, shopping and social events; offering a door to door service for a small contribution.
We have a wide range of social groups to choose from including lunch groups, walking groups and outings to local and interstate venues.
We provide specialist and intensive assistance to help people in the care finder target population (senior Australians who need intensive support).
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.
TAP offers comprehensive, tailored support to individuals and families at risk of losing their homes.
The Hoarding and Advocacy Support Service provides support to people experiencing the impact of hoarding behaviours and insanitary property conditions.
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.
Our Community Development Program fosters community connection, participation and inclusion.
Join or just participate in fun and social activities.
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.
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 30 September 2022
A huge thank you to the Mental Health Community Coalition for the Mental Health Month grant, which will be used for the WCS Mental Health Let’s Get Social!
Today participants were delighted to connect over a barista coffee (purchased through the grant) and hot breakfast in a safe space where everyone belongs.
We invite the local ACT community to the official launch of the WCS Mental Health Drop-In at Woden Youth Centre from 10 am on Wednesday 12 October.
Planning for the December 2024 and January 2025 Holidays?
Find out more about our upcoming end-of-year and New Year School Holiday Programs and Early Learning Centre
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You will need to register (below) to be able to access the casual booking calendar to book for the School Holiday Program. Instructions on how to register can be found here.
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