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Family Day Care Village Program Program empowers women from a refugee or migrant backgrounds to train for and own their own business while also accessing affordable housing. Newly arrived women face difficulties in accessing appropriate employment due to their family committments. This family day care program provides women with the skills and knowledge to develop their own family day care business which allows them to care for their own young children at the same time. Not only this, but the program provides them with a space to run their business as well as subsidised housing. The program has opened doors for many refugee and migrant women leading to sustainable employment.

Ignite Small Business Start-ups facilitates business creation for people from refugee backgrounds who are keen to establish or expand a small business facilitates business creation for people from refugee backgrounds who are keen to establish or expand a small business. Many recently arrived refugees face significant barriers to employment in Australia, in particular during the early stages of their settlement. The Ignite program is a viable alternative route to sustainable employment for new arrivals. Entrepreneurs are helped to overcome the challenges of starting a small business, and create income for themselves, their family and potentially, over time, employment for others.

Multicultural Small Business Program is a unique cross-sectoral partnership in Newcastle, NSW, that provides refugees and migrants with the basics about how to start up and run a small business. It is a free 10 week course delivered in English and in Arabic. The program covers business practices, cultural customs, rules and regulations.

Working Beyond Boundaries helps refugees gain employment and language skills while connecting with their local community. Initially a group of volunteers from the Karen community helped to transform a dormant community garden in Weribee into a thriving kitchen, full of vegetables and herbs. The program provides work experience as well as fruit and veggies to the group of volunteers. The volunteer program has now expanded to other communities and the gardens have never been so fruitful!

The Spice Exchange promotes multiculturalism in Australia whilst providing skill sets and work experience for migrant and refugee women. The Spice Exchange is a social enterprise initiative that utilises the culinary skills and traditions of refugee and migrant women to produce unique spice blends and condiments. The profit generated through The Spice Exchange is invested directly back into the program.

UCan2 promotes economic inclusion through fostering cooperation between providers of education, social support, training and employment services. UCAN2 provides an integrated approach to education and broader settlement needs of young men and women from refugee backgrounds. The pre arrival experiences of young people from refugee backgrounds often include long term displacement and disrupted education. This program establishes sustainable pathways from on arrival English language programs into mainstream education, training and employment.

Given the Chance assists marginalised job-seekers to find and sustain work in Australia. It is an initiative of the Brotherhood of St Laurence and supports local employers to grow and diversify their workforce, and foster social inclusion in workplace communities.

The Multicultural Council of the Northern Territory (MCNT) developed and coordinated the Steps to Work pilot program opportunity in an effort to provide new arrivals with access to job readiness training.

This project was developed by the Migrant and Refugee Settlement Services of the ACT to support African new arrivals to adopt a more healthy diet. The project aimed to help these men to develop their skills and knowledge around preparing healthy meals and in general leading a healthy lifestyle.

St Vincent’s Health Australia and CatholicCare have joined together to help settle and support vulnerable refugees from Syria and Iraq.