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Can you help “Our Stories” get off the ground? Vote today!
SCARF needs your vote! Our project called “Our Stories” has been shortlisted for funding by the NSW government. If successful, Our Stories will combine…
SCARF Champion of Welcome trivia night a success
Over 180 people joined us at the 2019 SCARF Illawarra Champions trivia night on Thursday 13 June at the Innovation Campus to help raise…
Coffee Community Connections
Every Friday at 11:30 volunteers and SCARF community members meet for Coffee & Community Connections. There’s laughter, chatter, games that encourage the practice of English in…
Craig Foster to donate Socceroos signed soccer jersey to SCARF
The game ended with Coniston FC leading 6-0 to Albion Park City FC on 21 March at Sir Ian McLennan Park in Kembla Grange,…
Hand in Hand celebrated its 10th anniversary in Wollongong during Harmony Week
Hundreds of supporters came through the doors from March 21 – 24 at Project Contemporary Artspace to help raise funds for SCARF at the…
SCARF monthly fundraiser trivia 2019
It’s 2019 and we’re back for the best trivia night Wollongong’s ever seen! Get your brain into gear and come to The Little Prince on…
Illawarra multicultural groups back Muslims during Harmony Week
Reach out to Muslim friends, neighbours and fellow community members who may be feeling distressed or unsafe at this time of mourning. A smile…
Join us for Hand in Hand 2019 A celebration of harmony, art and community in support of SCARF
Tickets for Opening Night on Friday 22nd March cost $60 and include a glass of champagne, traditional Syrian snacks, live music, the first chance to purchase exhibited artworks,…
UOW collaboration with SCARF and SES receives high commendation in the Resilient Australia Awards
SCARF and SES establish first Multicultural Community Liaison Unit in NSW State Emergency Services Over the past 12 months, SCARF and the NSW State…
The first SES multicultural community action team
This month we witnessed some incredible SCARF community members participate in training that will see them become trained to respond in the event of…
$10,000 Community Grant
We are thrilled to announce that we have been named as one of the 200 Westpac Foundation Community Grant recipients for 2018. This will…
August Newsletter
Every month we deliver a newsletter filled with stories, updates and past and future events to your inbox! We spent this month supporting…
Andrew Crichton reflects on the work of SCARF volunteers at Homework Help
We asked some of the SCARF program coordinators to reflect on their experiences of working with SCARF community members and volunteers. Andrew Crichton, the…
Generous gift inspired by the music of Sako Dermenjian
A few weeks ago, we received a message from a community member, Jasmin, asking whether we were interested in a gift of a nice…
THE MORE YOU KNOW – Princess
PRINCESS “I’m 19 and I just graduated from year 12 at Illawarra Christian School. I’m currently studying at the UOW College to get into…
Two Welcomes and One Farewell
WELCOME! Ian Jarman has joined us in the role of part-time Operations Manager focusing on operational business planning and development of policies/procedures/systems to strengthen SCARF…
The More You Know – Talking with leaders
For those that were at the Refugee Week evening at the Wollongong Town Hall on Wednesday, June 20, 2018, you will be familiar with…
Local Matters – Eat at Grill’d Wollongong in July and put a token in the SCARF jar!
We’ve been selected to participate in Local Matters at Grill’d Wollongong this July! Local Matters is the Grill’d community donation program that sees each…
The next installment of The More You Know series – Introducing Yasmin
Commencing this Sunday, 17th of June is Refugee Week. To celebrate the diversity and common humanity of all people, we have been interviewing and…
Reflections from the beginning
Sharyn & Kel Mackenzie participating in the Harmony Day celebrations at SCARF on March 21, 2018. The beautiful community asset, known simply as…