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Armidale Regional Council wins human rights award for dedication to refugee settlement

Details: Published: Monday, 16 December 2019 16:25

Armidale Regional Council, a key partner in a Settlement Services International (SSI) program to relocate Ezidi refugees from Syria and northern Iraq, has won the Government Award in the 2019 Human Rights Awards, presented by the Australian Human Rights Commission in Sydney on December 13.

Armidale community shows the way for regional settlement

Details: Published: Tuesday, 26 November 2019 18:13

A unique approach to regional refugee settlement is delivering strong results for integration and refugee retention in the new settlement location of Armidale, offering insights that will guide other regional centres seeking to welcome newcomers as long-term members of their communities.

Response to Shergold refugee settlement review*

Details: Published: Friday, 22 November 2019 16:39

Leading agency calls for immediate action

* Investing in Refugees, Investing in Australia: the findings of a Review into Integration, Employment and Settlement Outcomes for Refugees and Humanitarian Entrants in Australia.

Settlement Services International (SSI), one of Australia’s largest refugee settlement agencies, calls for three immediate actions in response to today’s report, citing employment and community models in their Regional Settlement Strategy as key to future success.

We need diverse newsrooms, and ones that report ethically on race

Details: Published: Friday, 15 November 2019 10:14

There is a pressing need for greater diversity in our media and newsrooms. A report released this week shows more than half of opinion articles on the topic of race in Australia contain a negative portrayal of racial minorities.

New Beginnings Festival welcomes all to celebrate, regardless of ability

Details: Published: Tuesday, 12 November 2019 11:28

The Settlement Services International (SSI) New Beginnings Festival welcomes people of all abilities to join the festivities at Tumbalong Park, Sydney, on Saturday, November 16.

ARIA-nominated hip hop artist joins global talent line-up at New Beginnings Festival

Details: Published: Thursday, 31 October 2019 09:21

L-Fresh the Lion to perform as part of leading arts and culture festival’s fifth-anniversary celebrations

The annual arts and culture festival that showcases Australia’s leading talent from refugee and migrant backgrounds has announced its most eclectic and renowned program to date.

NSW leads the country in unlocking employment potential for refugees

Details: Published: Thursday, 24 October 2019 08:59

State government agencies and their partners work in collaboration to connect refugee job seekers with secure, long-term employment

When Rania Shahoud, her husband and their two sons arrived in Australia in 2017 from Aleppo, Syria, she didn’t know whether she’d ever find a job.

Groundbreaking partnership sparks opportunity for diverse female artists and musicians

Details: Published: Thursday, 03 October 2019 10:03

For the second year running, Settlement Services International (SSI) is partnering with Australian Women in Music Awards (AWMA) to turn the spotlight on culturally diverse female artists and music practitioners through the SSI Diversity in Music Award.

Inner Sydney’s first low-cost grocer lightens the load for people doing it tough

Details: Published: Monday, 09 September 2019 11:24

Sydney’s ongoing housing affordability crisis and high living costs have hit low-income groups particularly hard, leading an innovative social enterprise to open up in an inner Sydney suburb with high homelessness rates.

Not-for-profit Settlement Services International (SSI) has partnered with Mission Australia to open The Staples Bag Camperdown – inner Sydney’s first low-cost grocer that provides high-quality nutritious food staples, while also saving an average of two tonnes of food from landfill every week.

Multilingual hub breaks down language barriers for people with disability

Details: Published: Wednesday, 04 September 2019 14:37

People born in a non-English speaking country have similar rates of disability as other Australians but are about half as likely to receive formal assistance.

Settlement Services International (SSI) has drawn on its expertise in working with culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities to address the need for culturally competent entry points to the disability service system to help marginalised groups gain access.

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