The Open Garden created and hosted by local Tina van Raay, (as seen on Better Homes & Gardens) was to raise funds for CRS. CAFÉ MILALA run by young women…
Year: 2017
CRS Fundraising Dinner – 12 October 2017
The 2017 CRS Fundraising Dinner was held at The Hellenic Club in Phillip on Thursday 12 October. Once again, the Hellenic Club provided a terrific venue, with efficient and courteous…
End-of-Year Message from CRS President Doug Hynd
A Christmas note: On behalf of the Committee I want to thank all the members of CRS for their support and great generosity during 2017, whether in spending time with refugees…
CRS Fundraising Dinner – October 2017
The 2017 CRS Fundraising Dinner took place on 12 October 2017 at the Hellenic Club’s Olympus Room, Woden ACT. Guest speakers were Paul Power, CEO of Refugee Council of Australia…
AGM 2017
The Annual General Meeting of Canberra Refugee Support Inc was held on the 6 September 2017. The audited Statement of Accounts and the Auditor’s Report are at this link: CRS Finance…
2017 Ceremony
To mark UN World Refugee Day each year, Canberra Refugee Support sponsors a refugee scholarship program to recognise and support refugees in Canberra. 2017 was the thirteenth year a public…
2017-18 Federal Budget
The Refugee Council of Australia has produced an analysis of how the 2017-2018 Budget measures affect refugees and those seeking humanitarian protection, along with a media release on those changes.
Geoff McPherson CRS Scholarships Presentation – 2017
The Geoff McPherson CRS Scholarships presentation in 2017 took place on Tuesday 20 June - World Refugee Day. For a full report, go to the Events page on our website…
CRS Family in need
Dear CRS supporter Your spontaneous generosity over the past few years has enabled us to do a great deal to be good neighbours in assisting asylum seekers and refugees to…
A Special Donation
An asylum seeker family in Canberra has been receiving support from Canberra Refugee Support and some of its members for the last couple of years. At the end of a…