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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 education and a community-led approach.

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 people make Australia home.

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 one well-being checks, referrals to appropriate services, including counselling are also provided.

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, tracking, progress and reporting. They also provide feedback and suggestions in relation to the Multicultural Framework’s implementation.

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 included several measures that directly support people of migrant and refugee backgrounds:

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.

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 the jobs and skills summit.  

The Settlement Council of Australia (SCOA), comprising a network of over 115 member organisations nationally, welcomed remarks from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the Jobs and Skills summit that Australia would shift to a focus on permanent migration, reducing the over reliance on temporary migration.

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 how to navigate and adapt to changes is particularly impacting clients aged 35 and over.

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 learners to be competent digital users and consumers they will become more independent and better problem solvers. However, what if teachers themselves do not feel they have the necessary skills?