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Our CEO, Lisa Button, spoke with Anna Strempel live on Triple R about how Australian communities can aid the current global refugee crisis. Lisa appears on The Grapevine show to discuss how groups of everyday Aussies are making a difference from the comfort of their...
So you've got a group together... what next? Come along to one of our weekly Q&A sessions to learn about what you need when applying for the 'CRISP' (Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot). We'll be answering questions like: How many people should we...
Community Refugee Sponsorship Australia invites you to commemorate 12 months of the Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP), which sees groups of everyday Australians welcome refugee newcomers into their communities. During this special webinar, we...
2021-22 was a very significant year in the journey of Community Refugee Sponsorship Australia (CRSA) and its mission. Having only become established as an independent entity in late December 2020, the year saw CRSA gain significant capacity, momentum and impact. Read...
As at 30 June 2022 there were 32.5 million refugees in the world. There is a critical global need for complementary pathways - or safe and regulated avenues for persons in need of international...
Aireys Inlet Rural Australians for Refugees (AIRAR) have rallied their community to come together around a refugee family soon to arrive to the region. Under the Community Refugee Integration and...
Dear friends and colleagues, I write to share the news that after three years of hard work and outstanding leadership, Libby Lloyd AO is handing over the reins to Noel Clement as our new Chair. CRSA...
Bass Coast Shire Council hosts a community event to celebrate International Women's Day, with a prominent focus on cultural diversity. “As we continue to reduce the gender gap, we also recognise the...
"Meanwhile, an organisation called Community Refugee Sponsorship Australia is in its slay era," writes Joel Burrows. The Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP) enables local...
Local community group 'Welcome to Margaret River' are preparing to welcome refugees to the region. Writer Nicky Lefebvre speaks with group member Catherine River about the endeavour. "Over the...
The Drum revisited the Al Daoud family in Gosford, six months after their arrival under the CRISP program, to find the family settling joyfully into their new home. Despite never having been to...
The Al Daoud family arrived in Gosford in August 2022 under the Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP). Despite the two children, Elinor (8) and George (10), having never been to...
It has been truly encouraging to see ongoing support for the CRISP across the political spectrum, with leaders from the LNP and ALP to the Greens and independents supporting the program. But the...
"Kyneton is at the forefront of places in the Macedon Ranges likely to soon become home to a family of refugees currently living in a camp overseas" Two groups in Central Victoria are preparing to...
Tom McIlroy (AFR) speaks with Essam Mahmoud, who has been living in northern NSW with his family since they arrived in August. The Syrian family have been supported by a group of local volunteers,...
Listen to the segment ABC reporter Sabra Lane speaks with Lisa Button about the new community sponsorship pilot being delivered by Community Refugee Sponsorship Australia (CRSA). This program is...
This guidebook is for Community Supporter Groups involved in CRSA’s Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP). As part of the Community Supporter Group’s (CSG’s) role in supporting...
Listen to CRSA's Shabnam Safa in conversation with Finding Hope podcast host Georgia Free. "When Afghanistan fell to the Taliban last year, Shabnam Safa watched on with more trepidation than most....
Ballina Region for Refugees are supporting local community members to join the new Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP) and welcome refugees to the area. One group, Ocean...
This guidance letter and the templates that accompany it have been written to assist groups of volunteers in NSW involved in programs coordinated or supported by Community Refugee Sponsorship...
Listen to Maggie Patterson of the 'Urban Monk' community support group in Goulburn as she discusses her motivations behind joining the Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP)....
Are you interested in supporting newly-arrived refugees? Our programs require forming groups of five or more adults in the same geographic area. Follow these tips for spreading the word and finding...
Rachel Mealey (ABC News) covers the arrival of Syrain refugees Essam Mahmoud, Douaa Mardini and their two children through the Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP), in the...
Watch this webinar by the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) that explores social supports for humanitarian migrants. Presented by John De Maio (AIFS), Hemavarni (Varni) Doma (Monash...
CEO Lisa Button joins Sarah Dingle to discuss how the new Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot, 'CRISP', gives the Australian public an opportunity to get involved in a growing global...
This briefing is written in the context of the recent launch of Australia’s new Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP), funded by the federal government and publicly...
Community Refugee Sponsorship Australia (CRSA) launched the government-backed Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP) in mid 2022. CEO Lisa Button sits down with ABC News...
"Refugees in urgent need of resettlement have touched down in Australia under a new pilot program that relies on the support of local community groups. The program will allow Australians to form a...
Ruby Cornish (ABC News) reports on the first refugee families to arrive through the new pilot program, 'CRISP' (Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot). "We'll be there really to help...
The Al Daoud family were forced to flee their home country of Syria six years ago. After years of life in a refugee camp in northern Iraq, they have finally landed in Australia through the Community...
The program will allow Australians to form a group to welcome a refugee household to their area, helping them to settle in their new home. The scheme is modelled on a Canadian scheme that has...
Refugee families fleeing Syria, Afghanistan and Myanmar are touching down in Australia this week. But instead of arriving as strangers to a new country, they'll be met by community support groups...
Refugee families from Afghanistan, Syria and Myanmar start arriving in Australia this week to be welcomed by local communities who are writing a ground-breaking new chapter in our nation’s refugee...
“I fled Afghanistan with my family one year ago, when the Taliban took over the government. It was very strange in Australia - everything was new and there were a lot of challenges! I had been...
Hanh Truong brings her lived experience of seeking asylum in Australia to the Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP) program. In the Warrandyte Diary, she describes her journey...
Immigration Minister Andrew Giles marks the anniversary of the fall of Kabul on ABC Radio National, discussing Australia's humanitarian pathways and the potential of community sponsorship. "(T)he...
A refugee family will be welcomed into the Bass Coast Shire later this month thanks to the incredible efforts of a local community group that's part of the Community Refugee Sponsorship Integration...
"We think that we’re a really welcoming community. And we need to welcome people into the community." Sylvia Davey is part of the Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP), and will...
This document aims to help you think through insurance and any risks relating to your participation in the CRSA's programs. It also provides examples for your group to consider. CRSA has secured...
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