Cafs will soon be launching a fantastic new partnership with Thread Together to provide people in need across the Ballarat region with brand-new clothing and accessories. Thread Together is a not-for-profit organisation driving social and environmental change by redistributing excess clothing stock through purpose-designed clothing hubs. Without Thread Together, many of these items would end up in landfill. Read more
Cafs is seeking expressions of interest from creative people within our local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community to develop artwork for two significant projects - an artwork to be featured in Cafs' Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) 2021-2023 and adapted for reporting and promotion of the RAP, and an original mural to be painted on site, at Cafs Family Contact Centre in Black Hill, Ballarat. Read more
Larger-than-life projection art installation Captain Moonlite Rides Again – Visual Stories of Ballarat Pride kicks off this Friday with an online launch streamed live online. Read more
Are you interested in becoming a Consumer Representative? Would you like to be involved in Cafs service planning? If so, we'd love to hear from you! Cafs is looking for a diverse range of people to join its new Consumer Advisory Board Sub-Committee (CAB). The CAB provides advice and works with Cafs on how we can make our services better for our community. Read more
After the success of its first warehouse clearance sale in November, Cafs is now holding another one, this time over two days in February. Read more
Cafs has raised the transgender flag for the first time in Ballarat to acknowledge and celebrate Transgender Awareness Week, encouraging other organisations in the city to do the same next year. Read more