COMMUNITY AND PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERSHIPS- COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
Hotham Mission ASP is part of a community of agencies and networks workng with asylum seekers. Find information about some of these below.
- PHILANTHROPIC AND CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS
Hotham MIssion ASP thanks the trusts and organisations listed below for their generous support.
1. COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
- i. Networks
- ii. Agencies and advocacy groups
- iii. Local Centres
i. NETWORKS
- ASYLUM SEEKER AGENCIES NETWORK AUSTRALIA(ASANA)
Email ASANA
ASANA is an informal network of agencies working directly with asylum seekers living in the community or in immigration detention. ASANA was formed in May 2008 and is auspiced by the Refugee Council of Australia.
The aims of the network are:
- to establish a mechanism by which asylum seeker welfare and support agencies in Australia can be represented, as appropriate, at a national level;
- to create a forum in which asylum seeker welfare and support agencies can capture, consolidate and share data at a national level;
- to improve information exchange between asylum seeker agencies; and
- to develop, as appropriate and necessary, joint platforms for policy, advocacy and campaigns regarding asylum seeker issues, particularly as they relate to welfare and support.
ASANA is open to asylum seeker agencies that focus on direct service provision, humanitarian assistance, welfare support and casework. Other agencies are welcome to become observers of the ASANA network and will be included in consultation and information dissemination.
Current ASANA members include;
- NETWORK OF ASYLUM SEEKER AGENCIES (NASAVic) Victoria
A network of more than 12 agencies working together in Melbourne to coordinate and advocate on behalf of asylum seekers. Convened by the Refugee Council of Australia.
ii. AGENCIES AND ADVOCACY GROUPS
iii. LOCAL CENTRES
- The Asylum Seekers Centre
Dandenong - Trinity Uniting Church, Cnr. Scott and Robinson St,
Phone: (03) 9802 5268. Food bank, material aid
- Swanston St Asylum Seeker Centre
Church of Christ, Cnr Little Lonsdale and Swanston St
Food bank, material aid
- Asylum Seeker Assistance Project
UNOH Mission, 66 Regent Ave, Springvale
Phone: 9547 1129. Housing, Foodbank, support
- Ecumenical Migration Centre (EMC)
90 Brunswick St, Fitzroy
Phone: 9416 0044
- The House of Welcome
140 Wattle Avenue, Carramar, NSW 2163
Phone (02) 9727 9290 Fax (02) 9724 6101
Email thow@tpg.com.au
2. PHILANTHROPIC AND CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS
The Asylum Seeker Project thanks the following organisations for their generous grant support during 2008 and 2009:
ANZ Trustees
Aspire Foundation
BOMAR
CAF Australia
Doxa Youth Foundation
Felton Bequests
Helen MacPherson Smith Trust
Hotham Mission
Jack & Hedy Brent Foundation
Jack Brockhoff Foundation
Justpeace Pty LTd
Lord Mayors Charitiable Fund
Lonely Planet Foundation
Melbourne Community Fund
Planet Wheeler Foundation
Portland House Foundation
R.E. Ross Trust
Refugee Council of Australia
Reichstein Foundation
Share Community Appeal
Shine On Foundation
Sidney Myer Foundation
St Andrews Foundation
Streetsmart
Sunshine Foundation
The Body Shop
The Ian Potter Foundation
The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
Uniting Church in Australia SHARE Appeal
VCOSS & Department of Human Services
Victorian Women's Trust
William Buckland Foundation
The Asylum Seeker Project thanks the following organisations for their generous pro bono and in kind support during 2008 and 2009:
Alma Prior (with thanks to Ruth Wardaw)
Aspire Foundation
Benalla UCA
Body Shop
Broadmeadows Leisure Centre
Cadbury Schweppes P/L
Camberwell Salvation Army
Deacons Law
Frankston Uniting Church
Genesis Fitness
Glen Waverley UCA
Graham McAnalley
Heatherton/Dingley UCA
IBM Refurbished Technologies Program
James Butterfield
Jim Aylmer - High St Rd Uniting Church
Luna Park
Melbourne Aquarium
Monique Nazzan
National Christian Youth Convention - UCA
Noble Park Secondary College
Pakenham UCA
Phoebe Hardefeldt
Polarity Consultants
Puffing Billy Railway
Red Fish Blue Fish Creative
Roger Wilson
Rosalie Hudson
SCA Marketing
Second Bite
Siobhan Bourke
St David's Uniting Church, Newtown
St John's UCA Essendon
St Paul's Primary School Bentleigh
Sunrise Rotary Club
Trinity UCA
UCA Hotham Mission
UCA SHARE Community Appeal
UC in Australia Pakenham and District Parish
Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture
Wanda St Uniting Church Mulgrave
THANKS
We would also like to thank the many wonderful donors, supporters and friends of the Asylum Seeker Project, all too many to be mentioned in this list.
A special thanks to the wonderful support of the Asylum Seeker Support Networks, the Justice and International Mission Unit of the Uniting Church in Australia (Vic/Tas) and to ASP's amazing staff and volunteers.
Thanks also come from the asylum seekers we work with:
'I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the people who helped me and my family get through a very emotional and fearful period of our lives. Thanks to the ASP for coming into our lives at the right time when we had nowhere else to go.'
'Thank you for putting a roof over our shoulders and for helping us look after our families. Also thank you to the St. David's [Canterbury] congregation for providing us with a house and with other families, especially during the arrival of our new baby girl. There are no words to describe how grateful me and my family are for all the help these fantastic people and the rest of the community have done for us as well as many other people in similar situations.
For all the wonderful things you have done, a world of love and thanks from me and my family!"
And thanks to Redfish, Bluefish for this website.
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