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Helping Hands

Where to find support, programs, and trusted services for refugee and migrants in Newcastle.

Zara’s House provides programs for English Literacy, Citizenship Classes, Mother Language Literacy, Sewing, Arts and Crafts to empower refugee and migrant women to connect, grow, and participate fully in community life. See our Programs page or Contact Us for more information.

For support beyond our programs, please contact the following organisations.

Employment

CALD Connect

CALD Connect offers ultimate multilingual solutions, tailored to your needs and local to Newcastle. They also help connect job-seekers and employers.

Talent Beyond Boundaries

Talent Beyond Boundaries provide access to skilled refugee professionals through a global talent matching system, helping employers fill workforce gaps with qualified candidates.

Glow Up Careers

Glow Up Careers help employers connect with job seekers by offering inclusive recruitment tools and access to refugee and migrant candidates through job postings and coaching support.

Businesses and Organisations

Sido Tailor

Sido Tailors Est 2018 located in Jesmond. Fast and reliable catering to all your needs come in store. Sido Tailor offers fast, reliable, and affordable tailoring.  

Got Your Back Sista

Warm Blankets for Everyone

The Nappy Collective

GetUp!

Mentor Support Network

Mentor Support Network provides educational scholarships to students in financial need in the Newcastle and Hunter regions.

Work and Development Order (WDO)

If you’re experiencing circumstances making it difficult for you to pay your fine, you may be eligible to apply for a Work Development Order (WDO).

Share the Dignity

Share the Dignity distributes period products to women, girls, and anyone who menstruates who needs support.

Wrap with Love

Wrap with Love Inc supplies wraps, quilts and other similar items for distribution to needy people and people suffering the effects of cold and trauma in Australia and worldwide. All Wrap with Love goods is supplied at no cost to distributors and must be delivered to the intended recipients at no cost.

Zainab Community Language School

AAH – Community Language School delivers and teaches the literacy and numeracy to our lovely students in their mother tongue by professional and dedicated teachers. This community language school runs under the Community Language Program – NSW Department of Education.

Happiness in a Wrap

Middle Eastern House event catering: Traditional Mediterranean cuisine.

Simba Football Club

Hunter Simba FC is a football club in Newcastle NSW formed under the leadership of the Hunter African Communities Council in 2010. Their objectives are to compete at the highest level of competition possible while giving youth from the area an opportunity to enjoy meaningful integration and participation in mainstream sport.