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VIDEO: Choose welcome, change lives, including yours

VIDEO: Choose welcome, change lives, including yours

by CRSA | Jul 2, 2026 | Posted to: Stories, Updates, Videos | Tags: Choose Welcome, Community Sponsorship, CRISP, VideoWatch time: 3:03 Originally published by: CRSA

The Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Program, or CRISP, is a national, government-supported initiative that invites people to play a meaningful role in welcoming refugees into the Australian community.  Learn more about the CRISP and how to get involved by...
The 2026 Community Sponsorship Awards

The 2026 Community Sponsorship Awards

by CRSA | Jun 11, 2026 | Posted to: News, Updates, Videos | Tags: Choose Welcome, Community Sponsorship, CRISP, refugee sponsorship, VideoOriginally published by: CRSA

Every day, extraordinary Australians around the country are choosing welcome, volunteering their time, skills and resources to help refugee newcomers feel safe, connected and supported as they build their lives in Australia. Through acts of kindness and connection,...
Connection is the antidote to division

Connection is the antidote to division

by CRSA | Mar 4, 2026 | Posted to: News, Updates | Tags: CEO Update, Choose Welcome, Community Sponsorship, CRISP

By Lisa Button, CEO of Community Refugee Sponsorship Australia In all the talk about social cohesion, we spend far too little time on the “social”. Strategies to counter discrimination, laws to censure violence, and policies to support diversity and inclusion are...
Choose welcome, not division

Choose welcome, not division

by CRSA | Feb 13, 2026 | Posted to: News, Updates | Tags: Campaign, Choose Welcome, Community Sponsorship, CRISP, Resources for Groups, Resources for Partners

In challenging times like these, it’s all too easy for people to feel overwhelmed and despairing. The headlines highlight division, conflict and uncertainty. Yet, amid all this, a quiet and remarkable...

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