We have joined the 2023 Canberra Day Appeal to raise much needed funds for our charity!
This year, the Canberra Day Appeal’s 48-hour Hands Up for Canberra Giving Day begins on Wednesday, March 8. So please, give where you live and donate here during the 48h Giving Day donation drive.
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Every $1 you donate will become $2 with matched funding available for the first $5,000 we fundraise ($10,000 total)
Please help us reach our goal #HandsUp4CBR
Raised so far
$16,712
Our goal
$10,000
About Us
Canberra Refugee Support (CRS) connects volunteers with asylum seekers and refugees in the Australian Capital Territory. CRS volunteers provide 'good neighbour support', assisting asylum seekers and refugees to be engaged, independent and included in the Canberra community as soon as possible. At the heart of our work is human connection: being good neighbours, making people welcome and building communities with people looking for a safe place.
CRS is not-for-profit organisation operated by volunteers. CRS members are passionate advocates for improving the lives of refugees and asylum seekers in the Canberra community. We are proud to have assisted refugees and asylum seekers for more than 20 years.
How your donation will help
Every dollar donated to Canberra Refugee Support (CRS) will go directly to assisting refugees and asylum seekers to meet their basic needs and build a new life in Canberra.
CRS works closely with the people we support and provide assistance tailored to the individual or family and their particular needs. Your donation could help:
- families avoid homelessness by assisting to meet housing costs
- keep families warm over the cold winter months by assisting with heating costs
- people to access much need urgent medical care
- a child to participate in sport
- provide educational awards to students for education and training costs
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A big thank you to our Supporters
Ronald Jelleff
Erin Cronin
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Carol Keil
For the scholarship program please.
morna whiting
Thank you for all that you do to support refugees and asylum seekers.
Barbara Todd
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Ann Webb
Catherine Gyngell
This is for families being supported by CRS
Andrew Blanckensee
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Barbara Walsh
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Marlene Dodge
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Lesley Cioccarelli
Thank you to CRS and all your volunteers for all the great work you do.
Jade Ho
Peter Humphries
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Douglas Hynd
Matching Supporter
Juliet and Chris Behrens
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Jackie Wenner
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Douglas Hynd
Chris Kenyon
Keep up the good work!
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Sue Hays
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