Welcome to BARC!
BARC helps you promote events, seek help, share resources, learn more and volunteer. Take a look at the BARC Calendar for upcoming events, the BARC Newsletter, the Communities page for refugee community groups and organisations and much more!
BARC is a community website for everyone who cares about refugees in Brisbane.
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UNHCR
The global theme for World Refugee Day in 2011 is
1 refugee without hope is too many.
We are encouraged to DO 1 THING: give, take action, learn or follow UNHCR
UNHCR will be highlighting the plight of refugees worldwide and recognizing their courage and resilience.
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Lantern Parade Walk for Refugees
Join us at 5.30pm on 8 June 2012, Cultural Forecourt, Southbank Parklands
Read MoreTo feature your event in this space above, send your request to info@barc.org.au
LATEST POSTS
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Posted on 1/4/2012
Counsellor Advocate– Detention Services Team
QPASTT has a vacancy for a full time counsellor-advocate in Weipa for 3 months with the possibility of extension.
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Posted on 11/3/2012
Karen Youth Seminar (AKO Qld)
Karen Youth department of Australian Karen Organisation (Qld) is organising four days youth seminar.
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Posted on 24/2/2012
Counsellor Advocates Rockhampton & Cairns
QPASTT has vacancies for Counsellor/Advocates in Rockhampton and Cairns. We are seeking qualified counsellors interested in providing counselling and advocacy services for refugee survivors of torture and trauma.
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Posted on 17/2/2012
Operations & Partnerships Manager
QPASTT is seeking to fill the position of Operations & Partnerships Manager. This position sits within the senior management team of QPASTT and provides operational and administrative management across the organisation. This includes: finance, human resources, contract and information systems management. Capacity to provide leadership, management and ability to develop trusting and genuine relationships with key stakeholders will be essential criteria for this position.
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Posted on 17/2/2012
Counsellor Advocate – Community Detention, Toowoomba
QPASTT has a vacancy for a Counsellor/Advocate in our Community Detention program in Toowoomba. We are seeking a qualified counsellor interested in providing counselling and advocacy services for refugee survivors of torture and trauma. Relevant tertiary counselling qualifications and experience are essential and may include social work or psychology. QPASTT will provide training and induction and the ability to travel to Brisbane for this will be required. For enquiries about this position please contact Kelly Prior on 3391 6677 or kellyprior@qpastt.org.au.
Upcoming Events
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Posted on 17/5/2012
World Refugee Day Football Tournament
Come along and see all the action of the 2012 WRD Football Tournament qualifying matches.
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Posted on 17/5/2012
Lantern Parade Walk for Refugees 2012
The lantern represents a positive metaphor for community optimism and hope throughout the world
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Posted on 13/5/2012
Amnesty International Forum on alternatives to immigration detention
Want to learn more about the issue? Come and listen to a speaker from the Australian Red Cross and a former asylum seeker.
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Posted on 9/5/2012
Amnesty International Forum on Refugee Issue Thur 31 May 6:30pm
Want to learn more about the issue? Come and listen to a speaker from the Australian Red Cross to talk about the alternatives to immigration detention of asylum seekers and a former asylum seeker sharing his experience.
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Posted on 9/5/2012
World Refugee Day: rally & march
All refugee supporters are urged to come along to stand up for refugee rights and protest the continued denial of them by our federal government and opposition.
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