The Settlement Council of Australia (SCOA) welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee on the Migration Amendment (Removals and Other Measures) Bill 2024 (the Bill). SCOA’s primary concerns with the Bill are...
Connecting Communities: A Public Transport Pilot (SECL)
South East Community Links practitioners and local settlement service providers recognised a consistent lack of awareness and engagement with public transport, particularly within the City of Casey, for newly arrived communities with English as an additional language....
Women at the Wheel- SSI (formerly Access Community Services)
Women at the Wheel supports CALD women to gain the required knowledge and practical experience of Australian Road Rules & driving lessons to enable them to obtain a provisional Queensland Driver’s License. Participants also gain knowledge regarding driving on...
Change the Conversation- Multicultural Australia
Changing the Conversation is a series of thought-provoking discussions hosted by Multicultural Australia, in partnership with the Queensland Performing Arts Centre exploring key issues in our increasingly multicultural society that all Australians must grapple with to...
SCOA Report: Impact Evaluation of the COVID-19 Vaccine Health Project
The Settlement Council of Australia (SCOA) is recognised as a well trusted peak body in the migration sector. Working with over 100 organisations across Australia, SCOA is well placed to support migrants and refugees through the work of members in their network. In...
Guide to effectively engaging with CALD communities based on lessons learned during COVID-19: Centacare FNQ
From May 2022 – March 2023, Centacare FNQ's project worked across six different regions of Queensland to develop a guide of engagement for working effectively with culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities. Their work was reflective of the lessons...
Stories of Multicultural Australia: SCOA Case Study
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...
Communities for Change Australian Refugee Association
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...
Promoting Refugee Women’s Safety African Women’s Federation of South Australia (AWFOSA) 2021/2022
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...
Women’s Only Swimming Program – City of Stirling
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,...
Digital Leads: leading digital delivery at Navitas Skilled Futures
Navitas Skilled Futures has long recognised the need to embed digital skills as part of delivery, but this also requires teachers who feel confident and capable of integrating educational technology into their lessons. Teachers everywhere recognise that by empowering...
Digital Literacy Program: Community Migrant Resource Centre (CMRC)
CMRC, in partnership with Macquarie Community College, designed the Digital Literacy Program to provide digital literacy skills to members of the Armenian Community, all of whom are refugees, so they could become better connected with the wider community. The program...