Settlement Services International welcomes the Federal Government’s announcement today that it will expand access to the Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP).
Read more: SSI welcomes government's expansion of English language program
Two organisations deeply involved in migration to Australia have today signed an MOU to develop programs and initiatives to support new migrants.
Settlement Services International (SSI) has joined the National Advocacy Group for Women on Temporary Visas Experiencing Violence in renewing calls for women’s safety ministers to better protect migrant and refugee women at additional risk of domestic and family violence.
Read more: Ministers urged to better protect women on temporary visas experiencing violence
Research released today debunks the rhetoric that people from migrant backgrounds don’t have adequate access to COVID-related information.
It just depends on how and by whom they are informed.
Read more: Multicultural leaders are taking steps to make sure their communities are COVID-19 safe
Settlement Services International congratulates George Savvides AM on his appointment as the Chair of the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) and looks forward to working with him for the next five years, as the media organisation continues to give a voice to all Australians, regardless of gender, geography, age, cultural background or language.
Read more: SSI congratulates new Chair of SBS, George Savvides
New research by Settlement Services International and the Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University, challenges narrow economic definitions of successful refugee settlement and, instead, suggests social and civic dimensions are equally valid markers of refugee integration.
Settlement Services International (SSI) is collaborating with the University of Wollongong (UOW) in a research project to identify and address domestic violence experienced by newly arrived refugee women.
In response to overwhelming demand, SSI is distributing donated food packages to individuals and families from asylum seeker backgrounds.
Read more: COVID-19 leaves Australia’s most vulnerable without food on the table
"The virus doesn’t discriminate but the government is discriminating by visa type."
As a signatory to an open letter sent to the Prime Minister today, Settlement Services International (SSI) has backed calls across the community services sector to leave nobody behind, “build back better” and avoid mass-unemployment and social unrest after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read more: SSI calls out discriminatory visa approach in COVID-19 stimulus packages
The Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Stuart Robert, today announced Settlement Services International (SSI) would deliver frontline Local Area Coordination Services for the NDIS in two areas in New South Wales.
Read more: SSI selected to deliver disability services to 16,000 people
Violet Roumeliotis has been recognised as the 2017 Telstra Australian Business Woman of the Year. As the CEO of SSI, Ms Roumeliotis has overseen innovative diversification leading to more than 1,100 per cent revenue growth
