Humanitarian Settlement Program provide essential early support and information to refugees and humanitarian entrants. Learn more:
IgniteAbility Small Business Start-ups is a pilot program established to facilitate business creation for people with disability. Learn More:
Team SSI, Strong and United, is back! Expect to see us at the starting line on Sunday 12 August - join our 80,000 community members, united with one goal & GIVE now!
Employment is integral for newly arrived refugees, migrants, asylum seekers and for other vulnerable people in our community. Learn more:
The SSI Community Innovation Fund enriches community members, leaders & groups to build a stronger, more vibrant and resilient life together in south-west Sydney. Learn more:
Welcome2Sydney is a new project, co-designed by City of Sydney and SSI, introducing newcomers to Sydney and its residents, and to the city’s history, culture and diverse communities.
Read more: New arrivals inspired by visit to Australian Museum
As part of Refugee Week 2018 celebrations, Settlement Services International (SSI) hosted public screenings of The Staging Post in regional Armidale and at the Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM) in Sydney. The screenings fostered a positive narrative about refugees and resettlement in local and regional communities.
Read more: Public film screenings bring communities together during Refugee Week
Rashays Casual Dining recently announced that “by 2019 all Rashays restaurants will be deaf friendly.”
Read more: Punchbowl restaurant changes lives through inclusion
SSI continues to see the great benefit in engaging with significant international events such as the UNHCR Annual Tripartite Consultations for Refugees and the NGO consultations in Geneva.
Read more: From the CEO - SSI takes local knowledge to a global stage
Sunday July 8 signalled the start of NAIDOC Week 2018, a time in which SSI celebrates the past, present and future contributions of our nation’s Indigenous people and their heritage. This year’s theme was ‘Because of her, we can’, which provided a fantastic opportunity to recognise the past and current contributions of Indigenous women to Australian society.
This Australia Day Behrooz Gouniai and his family will be at the beach, like millions of others, celebrating what being Aussie means to them. Behrooz, 64, came to Australia as a refugee more than 30 years ago after being pushed out of Iran first, and then India.
