Employee Years of Service
How long have you been in your job? In 2016, we had 15 supported employees who achieved some fantastic years of service milestones. Congratulations to all!
The Women’s Shed SALT Workshops
On Friday the 8th of December the Orange Women’s Shed had a Supporting and Linking Tradeswomen (SALT) specialty workshop onsite. The Women made cutlery caddies, while learning new skills and how to work with power tools, such as a jigsaw. The ladies were so excited, because SALT bring along all of the work tools to […]
The Wangarang Christmas party
The Wangarang employee Christmas party is the biggest event on the Wangarang calendar and our 2016 end of year celebrations, on Saturday the 17th December, were a big success. The night saw 154 people join together for a great dinner and night on the dancefloor. Awards were given for employee of the year and encouragement […]
Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation grant recipients
Wangarang has been a successful recipient of the Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation’s grant round in 2016, with an amazing $50,000 granted toward the Women’s Shed facility upgrade.
The Sally Foundation donates to the Women’s Shed
The Sally Foundation is an Australian private philanthropic organisation, who collaborates with charity organisations to support causes that provide a better future for those less fortunate. Mike Roche and his wife Geraldine (Sally’s granddaughter) established the Sally Foundation to leave a legacy for future generations both in their homeland, Australia, and abroad. They choose to […]
2016 Central West Disability Expo and International Day of People with Disability
The Central West Disability Expo On Wednesday the 7th of December, Orange’s Central West Disability Expo and International Day of People with Disability event was held at Orange’s PCYC. Over 55 exhibitors from across the state, attended to promote their business services and opportunities including: education and training, specialised equipment, Australian disability enterprises, disability employment [...]
2017 Golf Challenge Sold out!
Wangarang held our seventh annual Charity Golf Challenge on Friday the 3rd of February 2017 at Duntryleague Golf Course, Orange NSW With a shot-gun start at 12pm, our 4 person ambrose event was hotly contested by a full course of players. Much to our delight team positions sold out a week prior to the event! […]
Luminosity
Luminosity, a festival of art, music dance and light – All abilities, all Together.
Recreation Program Facility Upgrade
Supported by Bunnings Orange and Cadia Valley Operations The friendly and supportive team from Bunnings Orange, have been very busy in the past months onsite at Wangarang. Bunnings, as part of their community support program, have given our program room a wonderful makeover with freshly painted walls and new blinds on the doors and windows. […]
Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea
Wangarang held their annual Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea on Wednesday the 25th May 2016. We had fantastic numbers with 129 people attending our event. This included employees, staff and their friends and family, members of the Women’s Shed and we even had Mr Andrew Gee MP join us for a cuppa! It was such […]
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