Opportunities open

CRISP – Seed funding

Assistance to welcome and support refugees into community.

Community Refugee Sponsorship Australia  (CRSA) have announced the availability of up to 55 ‘seed funding’ grants of $5,000 each as part of their ‘Step Up 2025‘ campaign.

Who: Grants are available to local groups preparing to participate in the CRISP program during the first half of 2025. This time limited offer, made possible by Nick Greiner AC (former NSW Premier) and the Shapiro Foundation, will help local groups achieve their fundraising goals to welcome and support a newcomer family through the CRISP.

Any group of five or more people that can form a local community supporter group, meet the program’s basic screening, training, and planning criteria, and be ready to be matched with a refugee household by 31 March 2025, will be eligible for the grant.

Read more about the eligibility criteria below.

How can your organisation help?

This folder contains an eDM template, answers to frequently asked questions, social tile and a collection of new stories that you can share with your networks, helping us create awareness for the offer of $5,000 to new group commitments.

Please encourage anyone interested to also complete this Seed Funding Expression of Interest form.

Refugee Experiences in Australia Study 

Lend your voice to this Australian Study!

Your voice matters: take part in the Refugee Experiences in Australia Study now

Have you, or anyone you know, arrived in Australia in the last 10 years and entered with a refugee or humanitarian visa? Take part in the important Refugee Experiences in Australia Study and get paid for your work.

Overview

With the support of Polaron, the Scanlon Foundation Research Institute in partnership with the Social Research Centre is conducting the study aiming to collect and share the experiences of refugees and humanitarian entrants who have settled in Australia over the past 10 years. The goal is to use these insights to improve future settlement programs.

Who can participate

Participants must be over 18 years old, permanent residents, and have arrived in Australia on a refugee or humanitarian visa between 1 June 2011 and 31 December 2023.

Survey details

The survey takes approximately 15 minutes to complete and is available in English, Arabic, Assyrian, Burmese, Chin, Dari, Hazaragi, Karen, Nepali, Swahili, and Tigrinya. Participants will receive a 20$ e-gift card as a token of appreciation for their time.

How to join

Participants can join the survey through this link https://refugeestudy.short.gy/01 

The survey is open and will close on March 7, 2025.

Please help use spread the word about this important survey which will help improve future settlement programs in Australia.

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Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce (ACRT) is an activity of the National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA).    

We believe our faith calls us to welcome the stranger and care for the people who find themselves displaced, marginalised or homeless, and those in need of protection. We want to see a compassionate and generous response to welcoming refugees into Australia. 

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