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22 Oct

The friendship of Raghad and Lioba

The friendship between Raghad and Lioba is proof that there is one language that is universal. Laughter. The pair celebrated two years of friendship…

10 Sep

SCARF Homework Help volunteer team wins 2019 NSW Volunteer Team of the Year in the Illawarra

A huge congratulations goes to the SCARF Homework Help volunteer team on winning the 2019 NSW Volunteer Team of the Year in the Illawarra at the The…

22 Jul

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…

25 Jun

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…

01 Apr

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…

29 Mar

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,…

28 Mar

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…

26 Mar

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…

21 Mar

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…

26 Jan

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,…

06 Nov

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…

27 Sep

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…

26 Sep

$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…

03 Sep

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…

21 Aug

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…

17 Aug

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…

08 Aug

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…

31 Jul

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…

03 Jul

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…

03 Jul

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…

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