Results of the BMRSG Autumn Raffle
Congratulations to the winners of our Autumn Raffle 2020 Making a Difference.
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Who We Are
We are a diverse group of ordinary Australians from all sides of politics, living just outside Sydney. The organisation has no specific religious affiliation. We are all volunteers.
Our Aims & Objectives
To encourage positive attitudes to refugees in the community and at all levels of government.
To welcome, befriend and assist refugees facing uncertain futures, in detention and in the community.
What We Offer
Practical, emotional and financial assistance for refugees and to encourage positive attitudes to refugees in the community and at all levels of government
BMRSG Online Auction 1-15 August
Welcome
to our online auction, designed to raise funds for over 60 households we continue to support in Western Sydney.
Once you enter the site you will be directed to the various options.
You can bid on items by starting with the Place Bid option and then continue increasing your bid until you reach the reserve price, which is clearly indicated in red on the screen. Others may also be bidding for the same item. Or you can go straight to the Buy Now option if you want to ensure you win the bid.
If you are successful you will be asked for your details, including your credit card, which will be used to pay via Pay Pal, a 100% safe payment method. You don’t need to have a Pay Pal account to buy. Receipts will be issued immediately. When that is completed you will be informed of the pick up address in Springwood for your item.
Have fun and bid generously and often!
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Latest News
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9TH JULY 2020
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25TH JUNE 2020
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Blue Mountains Welcome Way – Videos for #WorldRefugeeDay
Guy Power, advocate and community visitor made this video of the members of the Glenbrook with their signs at Glenbrook.
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19TH JUNE 2020
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Blue Mountains Welcome Way on World Refugee Day 2020
Members of Blue Mountains Support Group celebrate World Refugee Day 2020 by creating a virtual Welcome Way. We shared photos and ourselves and our families at home and in our community.
We posted our images online and on our fences. We all did it in our own way.
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Watch this post as ore images will be posted during World Refugee Day 2020-
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11TH JUNE 2020
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A Refugee Week Message from the Traditional Owners
The Blue Mountains City Council Aboriginal Advisory Council (AAC) have said that they “support the idea to recognise International Refugee Day through events particularly highlighting some of the extremely difficult challenges faced by refugees.”
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This is a powerful message of fellow feeling coming from a people who experience continued dispossession and racism
Blue Mountains Refugee Support Group would like to thank the ACC for their gracious response.-
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10TH JUNE 2020
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Marie Standen’s refugee advocacy recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours
On Monday, Marie Standen from Faulconbridge was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for service to refugees, and to the community of the Blue Mountains.
“I must admit it’s a great honour, there isn’t any doubt about that,” she said.The 89-year-old is enormously pleased with the group’s accomplishments over the years.
They visit refugees in Villawood Immigration Detention Centre, and through extensive fundraising they have been able to help refugees settling in the community with the cost of education, paying bills, or replacing worn out clothes or shoes, or when their children might be in need of new glasses.
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8TH JUNE 2020
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COVID-19 and BMRSG’s Response
Like everyone else the BMRSG community faced huge challenges when we were told to self isolate. But the refugees on various temporary visas faced much greater challenges. Distressing stories are coming through all the time about situations where jobs have been lost; people have been exposed to COVID 19 and expected to self isolate in crowded accommodation. Those on bridging visas, and that is most households we visit, have virtually no Covid19 related entitlements or general Centrelink access. They also may or may not have Medicare entitlements
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We acknowledge the Darug and Gundungarra people as the Traditional Custodians of the land in which we live and work and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded, Always Was, Always Will Be Aboriginal Land.
BMRSG supports the Uluru Statement from the Heart
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