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19/09/2025

Tonight we are at the for gala event. This event raises funds for rare childhood cancers, established following the personal journey of the Giteau Family. We look forward to being part of raising funds for this important cause!

04/09/2025

Practice beats panic… on the ice and at home. 🧊🌱

Meet Aliesha Embleton: step-mum, tragic, and founder of Sapling Minds. In our latest People with Purpose, she shares how quiet, early skills change everything, naming feelings (not kids), tiny rituals that stick, and the power of repair. We talk invisible impact, joy as a method, and the courage to take the leap when you feel the pull.

Read the full story, link in comments. Save to revisit and share with a parent, teacher, or coach who’ll love this. 💛

03/09/2025

Last week, a Canberra teen told her mum a video of her was “going around.” It looked real. It wasn’t. That is the new reality: AI can fabricate faces, voices and chats that feel true enough to hurt.

But I didn’t know… how fast this moved, how common it’s becoming, and how much our kids need us to talk about it early, without shame.

“Being tricked by AI is not a failure. It’s a feature of the tech.”

So what do need to know? Read our latest article:

Deepfakes, grooming and consent, what Canberra families and schools can do now. Last week, a Canberra teen told her mum a video of her was “going around.” It looked real. It wasn’t. That is the new reality: AI can fabricate faces, voices and chats that feel true enough to hurt. But I didn’t ...

27/08/2025

This is a story about what Type 1 diabetes can look like in a toddler, why the early signs matter, and how a Canberra mum is turning crisis into community and change.

Link to article in the comments!

📷 Anna Awburn

24/08/2025

How have you spent your weekend in Canberra?

21/08/2025

𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗜 𝗗𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄… 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗔𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘀

Wait what?

Alicia is 33, a new mum, and on paper, “indefatigable.” Her early signs didn’t look cinematic: a stubborn cough, a fading voice, a tiredness that didn’t make sense. In this candid, behind-the-scenes conversation, Alicia shares how she kept notes, asked clear questions, and partnered with her clinicians to reach a hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis, reminding us that self-advocacy isn’t defiance, it’s good care done together.

When you picture cancer, you might imagine dramatic hospital scenes, visible weight loss, and a sudden, unmistakable decline. Alicia’s story is nothing like that. It looked like a young mum returning to work, juggling nap schedules, and clearing her throat between meetings. It looked ordinary. Until it wasn’t.

21/08/2025

“Cancer doesn’t always look like the movies.”

For Alicia, it looked like a cough she kept apologising for, a fading voice, and a tiredness that didn’t make sense. Her story is a masterclass in self-advocacy as partnership: a one-page brief, clear questions, and the courage to ask, “What else could this be?”

Read the feature and save it for someone who might need it today: https://purposemediacbr.au/good-news/bidk-cancerdiagnosiswithalicia

This is a lived wisdom story, not medical advice. We hope it can help inspire your own journey.

When you picture cancer, you might imagine dramatic hospital scenes, visible weight loss, and a sudden, unmistakable decline. Alicia’s story is nothing like that. It looked like a young mum returning to work, juggling nap schedules, and clearing her throat between meetings. It looked ordinary. Unt...

20/08/2025

It's POP Quiz time - test you skills of the comings and goings around Canberra over the last week, plus a few extra's to challenge your CBR smarts.

A Purpose Pop Quiz 20 Aug Written By The Purpose Media Team Your favourite Wednesday night trivia fix, where Canberra's past meets our present, and every question brings us closer to the stories, places, and people that make this city great.Each week, we serve up: 🟢 5 Easy 🟡 5 Medium 🔴 5 To...

19/08/2025

Our first NFP Sector Circle was a cracker. Big energy, bigger brains, zero jargon. Just good humans swapping what works so we all move faster.

Why join?
💡 Amplify your stories with Purpose Media CBR
🧰 First access to tools, insights, and co-created campaigns
🤝 A brain trust that gets the juggle, the budget, and the 4 pm curveball
🍪 Occasional snacks. Frequent shortcuts.

It is free to join. You will get invites to members-only meet ups and opportunities, so we can lift the collective voice of people, places and services with purpose in our city.

Bring your mission. We will bring the megaphone.
👉 Link in bio to become a founding member before the next one.

Tag a teammate who needs this. Save this for later.

16/08/2025

Filling up your good news feed! 📰

Kids who usually play barefoot on a cracked concrete court with rusted hoops will arrive at the Broome Drop-in Centre to find it transformed. There will be fresh lines, brand new rings, and a shaded grandstand named in honour of beloved Aboriginal leader Mark Manado.

And then, there will be Cal, or ‘Cap’, as thousands across Australia know him, ready to run a free three-day basketball clinic and community tournament. But as Cal says, it’s never just about basketball.

This July, something powerful is happening in Broome led by Canberra’s Cal Bruton OAM. Kids who usually play barefoot on a cracked concrete court with rusted hoops will arrive at the Broome Drop-in Centre to find it transformed. There will be fresh lines, brand new rings, and a shaded grandstand n