Walk together on 2 April 2023 with our community of people seeking asylum and refugees.
Meet at Belmore Park, Haymarket (next to Central Station) at 2pm. More information here.
Share a free hot lunch with the Asylum Seekers Centre in Auburn on Wednesdays and in Newtown on Tuesdays and Thursdays plus an extra day on Friday 31 March. Catch up with old friends and make new ones.
Find out more information about the changes to TPV & SHEV visas and people affected by the Fast Track process.
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Enjoy live music performances in Marrickville. Free tickets are available to ASC clients, but tickets are limited. Enjoy free live music, mainly soul, jazz, funk, blues, indie pop and socialise with one another. Discounted food and drinks.
When: Every Monday and Tuesday night Doors Open at 7pm until late.
Location: Marrickville
For more information and reserve a spot email ce.events@asylumseekerscentre.org.au
Come join our amazing Sewing Circle on Friday mornings from 10:30am to 12:30pm at ASC Newtown. Be part of a fun and creative sewing community, learn new skills and have a good time. To join the sewing group please email ce.events@asylumseekerscentre.org.au
When: 10:30am – 12:30pm every Friday.
Where: ASC, 43 Bedford Street, Newtown
To join the sewing group: email ce.events@asylumseekerscentre.org.au
Sydney Theatre Company (STC) is offering $10 theatre tickets to ASC clients for theatre shows such as Hubris and Humilition , The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? and Fences. If you’re interested in attending and would like a ticket, please email ce.events@asylumseekerscentre.
ON HOLD: 2023 start date to come.
Come and play music at ASC with Phillip from Music for Refugees.
Anyone can come, if you are an experienced musician or if you are completely new to music.
When: Every second Thursday at Newtown – 1:30-3:30pm
We welcome you to join this inclusive, supportive group to raise your voice and discover the writer within. You will work towards a piece of finished writing over six monthly sessions. You will learn with the support and teaching of professional writers from the esteemed Western Sydney writers group Sweatshop. You can write in English or in a mix of English and another language.
Where: Auburn Centre for Community
When: Six sessions, on Mondays at 1pm: Ten places only. March 13th, March 27th, April 17th, May 1st, May 15th
Please email comms@asylumseekerscentre.org.au if you would like to join the program.
Learn English at Auburn and Newtown. Classes are available for a range of learner stages including basic, beginner, upper beginner, intermediate and advanced students. For more information and to book email ce.events@asylumseekerscentre.org.au
AUBURN
Where: Auburn Centre for Community, 44a Macquarie Road Auburn view on Google Maps
Beginners
When: Wednesdays, 1:00 – 3:00 PM
NEWTOWN
Where: ASC Newtown, 43 Bedford St Newtown view on Google Maps
Upper Beginner
When: Thursday 11:30 -12:30pm
Intermediate
When: Thursday 10-11:30pm
ONLINE (your teacher will send a link before each class)
Upper Beginner
When: Wednesday 6 – 7 pm
Intermediate
When: Tuesdays: 10 -11 am
When: Wednesday 11 am -12 pm
Advanced
When: Tuesday 6 – 7:30 pm
When: Wednesday 6 – 7:30 pm
Drop in to Auburn Centre for Community to join a Computer class or English class run by Cumberland City Council.
Computer class: Wednesdays, 9:30am – 12pm
English conversation class: Wednesdays, 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Computer class run by Cumberland City Council
| When: | Wednesdays 9:30AM- 12:00PM |
| Where: | Auburn Centre for Community, 44a Macquarie Road Auburn |
| To book: | No booking required |
English conversation class run by Cumberland City Council
| When: | Wednesdays, 1:00pm – 3:00pm |
| Where: | Auburn Centre for Community, 44a Macquarie Road Auburn |
| To book: | No booking required |
Connected workshops are a fun, relaxing opportunity to learn English through drama. They are run in partnership with the Sydney Theatre Company at the ASC in Newtown on Tuesdays between 10:30am and 12:30pm.
Enrol by email at: ce.events@asylumseekerscentre.com
14th March, 10.30am-12pm
21st March, 10.30am-12pm
28th March, 10.30am-12pm
4th April, 10:30am – 12pm
Enrol by email at: ce.events@asylumseekerscentre.com
The Asylum Seekers Centre offers a regular meeting for women to get together and talk. We will also have a mending cafe, if you need help repairing a special piece of clothing.
All women are welcome.
When: Last Friday of each month 10:30am – 12:30pm
Where: Asylum Seekers Centre, Newtown
To join the women’s group, email ce.events@asylumseekerscentre.org.au for more details.
Help is available with learning to drive, passing your test and low-cost driving lessons.
GCAIS operates a program in Bankstown, Fairfield, Liverpool and Parramatta but will also help people out of these areas.
Find out more below and contact employment@asylumseekerscentre.org.au if you need help with forms.
More info
Book an appointment with one of our friendly volunteer computer tutors. They will help you use your technology, email, online services.
Please fill in this form.
https://forms.gle/ztZJEANJLy5ZbBdi8
We will get in touch with you to make an appointment.
We’re developing guidelines for how journalists speak about refugee and asylum seeker issues. Help us by sharing your opinions about refugee stories in the news. You can improve how journalists write about and treat refugees and people seeking asylum.
Enquire about or book in now for swimming classes for adults in 2023.
Live Life Get Active is hosting free outdoor fitness classes including yoga, boxing and cross training in various locations in Sydney. Reclink Australia offers a program of free sports and fitness classes , including tennis, lawn bowls, table tennis, Dancefit and Yoga. For more information or to book email: ce.events@asylumseekerscentre.org.au
For further information and to book contact ce.events@asylumseekerscentre.org.au
