Status Resolution Support Services (SRSS) provide less than $35 a day and access to health services for people to meet basic needs as they go through the process of seeking asylum. Around 13,000 people living across Australia receive SRSS, including single people and families caring for young children and the elderly, enbaling them to meet
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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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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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Speaking about the Employer Partnerships Program (EPP) at the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC), Employment Program Manager Camille Walles says, ‘The skills profile of our members is so diverse. We see everyone from shepherds to IVF specialists. Literally.’ The EPP sits within a suite of initiatives at the ASRC that offer employment pathways to eligible
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