Rhonda Glenfield, events and marketing manager at St Kilda’s Space2b Social Design, talks to Craig Francis about the important work of supporting refugees, asylum seekers and newly arrived migrants in their journey towards finding a career in Australia. Rhonda also discusses some of Space2b’s offerings from their retail shop, art gallery and cafe, including colourful gift baskets for the Christmas
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In the second of her special ‘3 Sundays’ series, Cindy Sullivan presents music and chat with a philosophical edge. This two-hour episode of ‘What The World Needs Now’ was broadcast on Southern FM on Sunday 7th April 2024. Cindy and her studio guest Morag discuss the idea that what the world needs now is to be open to CHANGE. “Not
Read moreDid you know you can now return eligible cans, cartons and bottles for 10 cents in Victoria’s new container deposit scheme? You can also choose to donate the money to a worthwhile community organisation. The CDS Vic program began at the start of November and hundreds of thousands items have already been returned. Alli was joined by Simon Gaites (pictured
Read moreJoin Alli Harding tomorrow when she meets a Salvadoran mother and daughter who have settled in bayside Melbourne thanks to an extraordinary program that sees everyday Australians supporting refugees. The Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP) enables local groups of five or more people to welcome and support a refugee family from their first day in Australia – tune in
Read moreIn its odd but often very moving mix of refugee drama, quirky culture clash comedy, story of crushed hope and depiction of music as a source of salvation, Limbo at times recalls the lauded 2007 cross-cultural comedy-drama The Band’s Visit. Like that film, Limbo sees a group of people displaced from their homeland trying to cope with an unusual and
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