From left, Dave Burnet (Palliative Care), Craig Wallace (ACTCOSS), Matthew Watson (Pegasus ACT), Katriina Lehelma (Kulture Break) and Peter Gordon (Hands Across Canberra). Photo: Holly Treadaway
NINETY seven per cent of charities in the ACT were impacted by the difficult year that was 2020.
“Hands up for Canberra”, the biggest fundraising event in the region, is looking to turn that around.
Pegasus ACT, an organisation that helps physically and mentally disabled children through therapeutic horse riding, lost two of its three yearly fundraising events.
Kulture Break, which uses the performing arts to give children a safe haven and a way to express themselves, had to go completely online.