Asylum Seeker Resource Centre blog

    • 11 JUL 18
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    The ASRC board welcomes two members

    The ASRC board welcomes two members

    Two new board members with vastly different backgrounds but a shared commitment to social justice have joined the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre board. Haleh Homaei, who migrated to Australia from Iran and has spent most of her career in the public and community housing sector, and Marie Sellstrom, a leadership consultant who is the national

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    • 05 JUL 18
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    Celebrating the Journey of education with ASVET

    Celebrating the Journey of education with ASVET

    The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) is delighted to announce the ground-breaking Asylum Seeker Vocational Education Training (ASVET) program has been extended for three years from 2018 until 2021. In addition to the renewed arrangements, people seeking asylum and refugees will also be able to access free vocational education training places under the Victorian Government’s

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    • 26 JUN 18
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    Diving into new territory

    Diving into new territory

    For the majority of Australian’s, swimming is a skill learned in primary schools right across the nation. The water is not something to be feared, and swimming pools and beaches are welcoming places we go to relax. For many people seeking asylum, swimming is a complete unknown, and for women in particular it can be

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    • 22 JUN 18
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    Together, we made history

    Together, we made history

    Kicking off bright and early, staff and volunteers started trickling in to the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) Footscray well before the sun rose to welcome the RRR Radio Breakfasters crew who would be broadcasting from the ASRC Telethon on World Refugee Day. That very morning, were delighted to announce that Leila Gurruwiwi, proud Yolngu

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