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And yet another way you can help
Community Refugee Sponsorship Australia (CRSA) has launched The Isla Network – an online directory where anyone in Australia can share offers of support for refugee newcomers and local groups participating in the Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP). (Read more)
CRSA receive many offers of support from the Australian public, whether it be refurbished laptops, accommodation or local driving lessons, and have been looking for the best way to share these items and opportunities. This is where The Isla Network comes in.
The network is named after Isla Patterson, the late daughter of Maggie and Darryl Patterson from Goulburn NSW who led one of CRSA’s formative community supporter groups in the CRISP.
Isla, still in her teenage years, died unexpectedly after falling sick while on a family holiday in the UK. Maggie and Darryl were touched by the outpouring of community support they received from total strangers.
Just days before she died, Isla had said” “If just one person will be blessed through my story, then my struggle has been worth it.” When Maggie and Darryl then saw a way to pass on the generosity they’d received.
If you want to help but don’t have the capacity to join a support group, The Isla Network is the perfect place to start. You can post items, jobs, opportunities, services or anything else you believe might help an arriving refugee family and local support group.
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