Encouraging participation of Multicultural Youth in local water-sports Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania (MRC Tas) is encouraging multicultural youth to get active in the water and build lasting links with local sporting clubs in Hobart through its new program MY (Multicultural Youth) Swim to Sport, as part of its Multicultural Youth Tasmania (MYT) services. Sally Thompson, MYT Team Leader said swimming …
Upcoming Harmony Week – Events and Activities
Harmony Week is just around the corner (18-25th March), and there are lots of fun events and activities coming up! To see the full list of events happening around the state, visit the Harmony Week website: Events in Hobart: 18/03 Hobart Baptist Church “Stronger Together, everyone belongs” 19/03 11am-1pm Glenorchy LINC “Meet the Community” 20/02 11am – 3pm Glenorchy LINC “Multicultural Storytime” …
Youth give their say on employment in Tasmania
MYAN Australia is preparing a policy paper that will provide a national overview of youth employment, with a specific focus on young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds. To ensure the voices of Tasmanian multicultural youth are represented in the paper, MYAN Tasmania, a program of MRC Tas, held a Youth employment consultation with 25 young people during the Multicultural Youth Tasmania (MYT) weekly …
Bridging cultural gaps between generations
Congratulations to the Australian-Oromo Community of Tasmania, who have received a $3000 grant from the Department of Premier and Cabinet’s Multicultural Communities Program. This grant will support the Oromo Community Language School and Holiday Excursions for Children program. Cultural events and language schools are important for more recently established communities, and are particularly significant for communities that have experienced dislocation from …
Bushy School Holidays
As part of the Youth team’s school holidays program, in early January two groups went on a day trip to Mount Field National Park to engage in a 2.5 hour bush-walking activity. A volunteer tour guide taught attendees about Tasmanian flora and fauna, the traditional custodians of the land, and natural remedies that came from the trees and shrubs in the area. …
Road Safety Campaign ‘Visiting Drivers’
As part of a new Road Safety Campaign ‘Visiting Drivers’, the Road Safety Advisory Council (RSAC) has information available for international tourists and new Tasmanians on a newly-created website. The information includes instructional videos, flyers and posters, and an integrated google map. MRC Tas collaborated with State Growth to help them achieve their road safety messages for people new to Tasmania. …
Housing Needed
MRC Tas is in need of long term accommodation for our new families arriving in the north and south of the state via the Humanitarian Settlement Program. If you are a private landlord or an agent with rental properties available in Greater Hobart or Greater Launceston, please give our State Housing Officer Fran Jago a call on 0438 …
MY (Multicultural Youth) Swim to Sports Program 2018
MRC Tas has been announced as a successful applicant of the Healthy Tasmania Community Innovations grants round 2017 for the MY (Multicultural Youth) Swim to Sports Program. The Program will partner with the ‘From Zero to Hero’ swimming project to run a series of swimming lessons for young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds. The program will aim to build lasting links with …
Youth Client Mohammad Nazari’s story wins Heywire TAS 2018
MRC Tas Youth Client Mohammad Nazari has been announced as a winner of Heywire 2018 for his story giving insight into coming to Hobart as a refugee. “I’m in Australia now, a ‘country of opportunities’ as I call it. I have lived here for about a year and I am very thankful for this new life.” Each year, every ABC …
Celebrating volunteers and 2017
Our volunteers are passionate and committed people who make invaluable contributions to the work of MRC Tas. On the 5th of December an end of year event was held to thank MRC Tas volunteers, and to celebrate another successful year supporting people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. The night started off with entertainment by Inspire performers DancingDivas and Pardhu, who bedazzled guests with …