The Settlement Council of Australia (SCOA) is grateful for the opportunity to make a submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Migration’s inquiry ‘Migration, Pathway to Nation Building.’ Our submission is based on previous consultations conducted over the past 24...
Settlement Council of Australia launched the Stories of Multicultural Australia Project during Harmony Week in March 2022. With more than 40 participants from across Australia, this project is training the next generation of diverse storytellers for media commentary...
The Settlement Council of Australia (SCOA) is grateful for the opportunity to make a submission in response to Migration Program Review as we represent a community of members whose core work is helping people make Australia home. This submission...
Communities for Change is a primary prevention 12-month program that trains people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds in effective ways to stop domestic and family violence before it happens. The Communities for Change program uses peer...
Australia is a migrant nation and has relied on migration for population growth and labour productivity for decades. As the peak body for settlement services, the Settlement Council of Australia (SCOA) represents a community of members whose core work is helping...
Minister for Immigration joined Settlement Council of Australia to launch Road to Belonging Strategy in Canberra on Thursday THURSDAY 24 NOVEMBER 2022: A collective of Australia’s leading migration and settlement groups has committed to an ambitious five-year strategy...
AWFOSA delivers strengthening Relationship Program in partnership with other organisations such as Australian Refugee Association, Relationship Australia to support women on educational topics relating to Domestic and Family Violence and Healthy Relationships. One to...
The idea of the Women’s Only Swimming program was birthed by a member of Stirling Multicultural Advisory Network (SMAN). The primary purpose of (SMAN) is to actively support the City’s Multicultural Framework development, including the implementation of actions,...
Wednesday 26th October 2022: The peak body for settlement services, the Settlement Council of Australia, welcomes Labor’s first Budget. The Budget takes some good first steps to building a more welcoming society in the face of increasing migration. Tuesday’s Budget...
Advance Diversity Services (ADS) started their work in 1981 as a not-for-profit organisation focusing on migrants and refugees, people from CALD backgrounds, and with a focus on older persons, community development and disability. Their work expanded as they aimed to...
Monday 5 September 2022: The peak body for settlement services is calling on the government to urgently expand settlement assistance programs and ensure skilled migrants can access support services, following Friday’s announcement on the skilled migration cap at...
There is an increasing need to be digitally literate among the Humanitarian Settlement Program clients. The average person may have basic digital literacy, but with the ever-growing use of digital devices, platforms, and services the need for additional knowledge of...
