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CLUB ACTIVITIES
What's on?
​ Tuesday - Abilities Festival in the Town Square.
Thursday - No meetings. We're at the Thank a Volunteer event.
Currently we meet at ACTIV at 10.30am. New members welcome.
Thursday the 5th- there will not be an A-TEAM activity as some of us will be at a volunteers annual event.
Saturday the 7th- It's the XMAS Pageant photobooth where we are real in need of volunteers to help run it. Any time you can give will be much appreciated.
Tuesday the 10th and Thursday the 12th- is our bus trip to Camp Quaranup.
Tuesday the 17th and Thursday the 19th- is the Xmas parties at Handasydes.
Audio Photography tips
Basic photography tutorial
COTA Awards
The Hon Don Punch, Irene Davey, Bob Symons, Michael Pemberton and Carmen Lawrence
As President of the ACE Camera Club I was recently nominated and became a finalist for Regional Senior of the Year.
Our group has made some quite amazing progress in the last year and this success has come about through the outstanding efforts of a whole lot of really exceptional people.
The A-TEAM project has highlighted the huge potential that exists in people with living with disability. Photography has been the catalyst for bringing about some quite amazing outcomes which we've only scratched the surface of.
It's been my absolute pleasure to be a part of this amazing group of people whose talents and abilities should never be under-estimated.
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BEST Community Program Award Finalist
ACE is rounding out the year with yet another award for what is being recognised as a community project that not only is seen to produce results but has the potential to be a real game-changer in how we deliver effective inclusive community projects.
Thanks to the team members who helped make this possible and special thanks to our club Secretary for all the behind the scenes work.
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The 2025 Abilities Festival in the Town Square
OUR POSTER GIRL:
We're all extremely proud of A-TEAM member Jasmine who has made such amazing progress in the last year.
She's an inspiration to us all with her positive outlook and the way she just gets the job done.
The A-TEAM was set up to encourage people with disability to learn to recognise the amazing abilities they have and unleash that inner 'Super Power'.
Thanks to APM Communities for their long-term and valuable support of our projects.
The 2025 City of Albany Community Calendar is out and this year it features photographs by twelve members of the A-TEAM. The selection process wasn't easy due to the large numbers of available photos but we finally decided on a selection that gave a broad choice of subjects and showed the skills that our members have acquired at our workshops and outings.
A fantastic effort by everyone and a big thank you to the City of Albany for giving our incredible members the opportunity to exhibit their emerging skills as excellent photographers.
Calendar cover photo: Members of the Tuesday group enjoying a sunny day at Alison Hartman Gardens Albany
THE 2024 ALBANY AGRICULTURAL SHOW
In 2023 ACE ran the Photographers Living With Disability section which proved to be a real success. In 2024 the photography competition was in danger of being cancelled due to no one being available to organise it. Where would an Agricultural Show be without a photography competition so we decided to accept the challenge and have a go. It turned out to be quite a job but we achieved a very good outcome and received a lot of positive feedback from a large number of visitors.
Here's some photos we took from around the show......
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Successful grant applications supporting
upcoming ACE projects.
Leading up to the 2026 Albany Bi-centenary, we will be upgrading our photographic, video and audio recording equipment. ACE has begun work on collaborative projects involving a range of media productions and events.
Thanks to the valuable support of the Community Bank Albany and Lotterywest we are forging ahead with plans for some pretty ambitions activities leading up to the 2026 Abany Bi-Centenary celebrations.
COMING
SOON:
Could be a year when
big things happen!
Thanks for visiting. If you're interested in becoming a member or would like further information, please email us at ace.albany@gmail.com
