The Welcome Place in Geelong, Victoria | Community organisation

The Welcome Place

Locality: Geelong, Victoria

Phone: +61 437 439 667

Address: 218 Ryrie Street 3220 Geelong, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.wesleychurchgeelong.net/asylum-seekers

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22.01.2022 The 2020 Calendars Are At The Printers. We've Calendar Artists To Meet. Meet M Shah Tawassuli. Artist, Barber, Humanitarian and Calendar Creator. A Young Free ...Soul Blocked Only For Now in Detention in Indonesia. One of 14,000 refugees imprisoned by the Aust. govt. Last week we met Shah's Friend & Calendar creator Mahdi Graphist Now let's meet Shah on the eve of the biggest Calendar reveal in History ! Shah is a working man. A hair stylist and Artist and Creator of Asylum Arts. He is a gypsy, a traveller, a free spirit & beautiful soul caught in detention. In the harsh conditions of detention he has never given up. M Shah Tawassuli believes in living FREE, dreaming FREE and being FREE. He frees himself daily through his lifestyle and schedule and focus. His freedom is found in his art. Beautiful images of flying free. Shah finds his own power & magic and shares with all those who need it. He works and creates and shares magic and changes the world every day. Shah's been known to change the world 6 times even before breakfast !! He doesn't wait for anyone else to grant him permission. He doesn't allow any situation to dictate his mood or feelings. He doesn't wait or waste his time. He's journeyed too far to do that. Shah creates wonder & beauty right where he finds himself at any time. Shah has created a huge catalogue of simple, colourful and beautiful drawings These drawings have been collated into his 2020 Calendar of Hope ! Stay close as we reveal more and more of Shah's calendar. There will be more posts and information coming soon. Keep watching. Don't buy your 2020 calendar from anywhere else but US !! Calendars are $20 (+ post )for stunning & thoughtful images all year. Funds from calendar sales go to Shah's future free life. ( Mahdi and Shah hope to hold some Calendar sales funds in a Refugee Emergency Fund you'll hear more about soon ) Shah invites you to join him in sharing magic and recreating this world. All are welcome into the magical and power filled Shah family. Buy his calendar to be reminded day after day that you are magic also Join Shah, through his calendar, in changing the world and living FREE. Order Shah's Calendars by leaving a PRIVATE message for Greg Kiernan Shah's SHUGS ( mugs ) and Beautiful Cards can be found on his website: shahsart.com NEW COLOUR CARDS coming soon with the real messages of hope.

22.01.2022 Due to the current lockdown, the Welcome Place will be closed tomorrow. From midnight tonight, there are only 5 reasons to leave your home: 1. Food and supplies 2. Authorised work... 3. Care and caregiving 4. Exercise for up to two hours with one other person 5. Getting vaccinated 6. Gatherings are not allowed. Exercise and shopping has to be within 5 kilometres of your home. No visitors (except a girlfriend or boyfriend). Masks must be worn everywhere outside of the home. Stay safe everyone.

19.01.2022 A big shout out the the Geelong Seventh Day Adventist Church who has provided us with pre-packed groceries for 20 households! The number of households on our food support list has doubled in recent weeks. People seeking asylum have no access to any form of government income support if they are stood down from work, or have their hours reduced, due to the impact the pandemic. This wonderful donation will enable us to ensure that they have access to food and toiletries, and will provide dignity and care.

19.01.2022 Thank you to Conni for donating these reusable face-masks for Welcome Place members, and to Aireys Inlet Rural Australians for Refugees for organising this. With many of our people being laid off from work, and having no access to any form of income support, they cannot afford to buy food, let alone masks. These arrived just in time to be distributed over the weekend. Such wonderful support.

19.01.2022 Victoria’s Hazara community has donated almost $160,000 to the state’s bushfire relief efforts and offered up its members who have tradie skills to help rebuild communities hit by the devastating fires.

18.01.2022 ‘They Cannot Take the Sky: Stories from Detention’ is a touring exhibition of personal stories from people who have sought asylum in Australia and have been detained by the Australian government under its mandatory detention policy. The people you will meet in the exhibition are diverse and individual, their experiences are unique and often surprising. ‘They Cannot Take the Sky’ is now showing at the Rachinger Gallery, Eastern Hub, corner of McKillop and Humble Sts, East Geel...ong until January 31. 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Monday to Friday. 9:00 am -2:00 pm on Saturdays. Entry is free. The exhibition is co-presented by Behind the Wire and Road to Refuge and was developed with a volunteer reference committee of individuals with lived experience seeking asylum, in collaboration with Victoria’s Immigration Museum. Around you, everything is metal fences. But the sky they cannot take the sky. Behrouz Boochani To find out more, visit www.behindthewire.org.au/ and www.roadtorefuge.com/

16.01.2022 Very grateful to the Give Where You Live Foundation for partnering with us in our work. This $4000 Feed Geelong Grant will support people in Geelong who are seeking asylum, or who have temporary protection in Australia, to access culturally appropriate fresh food on a regular basis during periods of no income, limited income or financial difficulty.

15.01.2022 ‘Nationwide there’s a net-positive impact of $16.9 billion as a result of refugees paying taxes.’ This Republican governor came ready with the facts to push back against Trump’s latest anti-refugee policy

13.01.2022 Aussie Rapper Philly has a message

13.01.2022 I have endured unimaginable things on #Manus but that suffering also provided the opportunity to meet wonderful caring Australians. Thanks Jimmy Barnes & Jane Barnes for this beautiful gift. It means a lot to me.

11.01.2022 The communities in the Geelong Region are the best

05.01.2022 Happy birthday to us! The Welcome Place is 5 years old today!Happy birthday to us! The Welcome Place is 5 years old today!

05.01.2022 Thank you to Hope Co-op and Hampers of Hope for your wonderful donation to provide food for people seeking asylum who have lost jobs due to Covid-19, and who are not eligible for any form of government income support. Your generosity makes such a difference.

04.01.2022 The Welcome Place is currently closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, we are still providing support to people in the Geelong area who are seeking asylum or who have Temporary Protection Visas or Safe Haven Enterprise Visas. If you are in this situation and you need information or assistance, please send a message to this page or email us: [email protected]

01.01.2022 ABSOLUTELY LEGAL Read more here: https://www.aph.gov.au//parlia/pubs/rp/rp1415/asylumfacts