Cooking Class Recognised With Awards
Thursday, 2 January 2020Local social services organisation Participate Australia (PA) presented Canterbury Executive Chef Stephanie Azar with their Ray Garden Memorial Award in recognition of the amazing cooking classes she runs for people with intellectual disabilities. Stephanie’s special cooking classes have run in conjunction with participants from PA for the past two years. In each six-week program, students
MEET MARGARET THEODOR FROM C-LIFE
Sunday, 22 December 2019Walk through the front of C-Life Health Club and Margaret’s smiling face is a hard one to miss as she welcomes members through the doors. Her dazzling smile, this time tinged with a mischievous glint, is still on her face as she encourages her clients to do just one more squat, one more lunge, one
Four Canterbury clubs unite to improve kids’ study outcomes
Thursday, 19 December 2019Over the past three years, Canterbury League Club has been piloting an educational program to improve the literacy and numeracy outcomes of over 200 children with learning difficulties. Together with three other Canterbury-based clubs – Canterbury Hurlstone Park RSL Club, Campsie RSL and The Lantern Club – and in partnership with Learnings Links, an educational
SANTA BRINGS CANTERBURY CHEER TO FAMILIES DOING IT TOUGH
Tuesday, 17 December 2019In the weeks leading up to Christmas, the call was put out for donations of presents through the Canterbury Wishing Tree Appeal in support of The Salvation Army Campsie. And boy, was Santa kept busy! Thanks to everyone’s generous Christmas spirit and holiday cheer gifts in the form of toys, books, makeup and gift cards
Staff Christmas party raises $2,050 for drought appeal
Wednesday, 11 December 2019At the start of December, 184 staff members and their partners came together for a night of celebration and merriment at the Canterbury Staff Christmas party. On the night Lavico Italian Ristorante was transformed into a glittering Christmas wonderland and it provided a festive backdrop for the food-laden plates and trays of the grazing table
Canterbury renovation receives bumper crop of awards
Thursday, 28 November 2019Off the back of Canterbury’s multimillion-dollar renovation last year, the Club was recently awarded several building awards for its recent redevelopment. In conjunction with MPA Projects, Canterbury received an award in the Hospitality Building – Refurbishment category at the prestigious 2019 Master Builders Association (MBA) Excellence in Construction Awards for their work on the interior
MoM relationship to feed homeless continues to grow
Tuesday, 26 November 2019On the last Thursday of the month, after the hustle and bustle of lunch service at The Bistro and Bakehouse Cafe has died down, Canterbury chefs are already hard at work chopping, peeling, mashing, and plating for their next round of customers – except the meals are going to groups of homeless people in Woolloomooloo
Wishing Tree Appeal to bring holiday cheer
Thursday, 21 November 2019Making sure that no child or teen misses out on the holiday cheer, Canterbury is collecting gifts on behalf of The Salvation Army, Campsie for the next two weeks. For the past few years, staff have been collecting presents for children and teenagers in need, and the response has always been overwhelmingly generous and positive.
WIN A TRIP TO TOKYO
Thursday, 7 November 2019Pack your bags Jose Pereira because you & a friend have just won a trip to Tokyo. Congratulations!
Canterbury wins at community awards night
Monday, 4 November 2019Canterbury League Club has won an award in the Disability, Welfare & Social Inclusion category at the recent 2019 Clubs & Community Awards in recognition of a cooking class program for people with intellectual disabilities. Led by Canterbury Executive Chef Stephanie Azar, the special cooking classes have run in conjunction with participants from local social