Community Migrant Resource Centre Incorporated

CMRC is a notforprofit charity organisation that offers community led programs for vulnerable individuals and communities by providing practical help and support in the areas of humanitarian settlement, humanitarian youth, accommodation information and referral services, asylum seeker and humanitarian entrant assistance. CMRC s mission is to assist disadvantaged, vulnerable and marginalised individuals and communities by providing services and support that facilitate acceptance and inclusiveness, develop individual, family and community resilience and build enduring relationships. CMRC has assisted with over 10,000 client interventions in the past year with a number of programs to alleviate poverty such as EAPA vouchers (gas and electricity vouchers), Food vouchers and Food Bank referrals, referrals to community housing and affordable accommodation (170 clients referred and able to get more affordable accommodation). CMRC pursued its charitable purpose actively by delivery of poverty alleviation programs such as: EAPA Voucher Distribution, Telstra vouchers donation of new and recycled clothes nappies, toys and baby needs products to new mothers from disadvantaged communities especially during this period of inflation and high cost of living. CMRC has continued its charitable work during this year by providing relevant information and appropriate referrals to vulnerable clients, linking to other charities for financial assistance and food donations, counselling and other support. Those who benefitted are clients on Centrelink payments, refugees, people in vulnerable and dire circumstances, clients with numerous and complex issues including health issues, mental health, financial hardship, clients in DFV circumstances. Through our Community development framework, CMRC is committed to combating social exclusion, poverty, disadvantage, and discrimination. Social inclusion is promoted through providing support to the development of individual capacity, and building community capacity to generate social, economic and democratic activity and opportunities. We aim to strengthen the capacity of people as active citizens through their community groups, organisations and networks. We also build the capacity of local agencies to work collaboratively with clients to shape and determine change in their communities. CMRC continued to support programs that are solutionoriented, address root causes, are community based and create leadership opportunities for refugee and emerging communities. The programs include grantee support through technical assistance, training, and leadership development programs serving communities. Our approach combines engagement with diverse groups to ensure all voices are heard with rigorous quantitative and qualitative methodologies. Focus is to build links between community members, assist individuals and communities to participate in community life and activities to increase community knowledge and use of available resources