Hot Downloads:
(the following are large documents and may take a few minutes to download)
How to set up a Support Group
Refugee Claimant Fact Sheets
Make the Right Choice Action Kit

Thank-you:

Brisbane City Council for providing seed funding to BARC!

Queensland Council of Social Service for auspicing the first stage of BARC!

The students of St Joseph's College Gregory Terrace for their major donation to assist with running costs

Host Networks for providing free website hosting

Ecumenical Social Justice Group (Western Suburbs) for their donation to assist with running costs

QLD State Library logo

State Library of Queensland for hosting the BARC! email list

L-Space Productions for designing the BARC! logo

Mallesons Stephens Jacques Solicitors for providing legal advice to BARC!

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Provide financial or in-kind support to help BARC! continue its valuable service. Contact: admin@barc.org.au

This is the old BARC! website. Go to the new improved BARC! website for current information

Promote BARC!

The more groups and individuals that use BARC! the more useful it will become. We need your help to make sure that everyone knows about BARC! and takes advantage of the benefits it offers. Here are some ways that you can help to promote BARC!

Give out flyers promoting BARC!

Give out flyers promoting BARC! to friends, family, colleagues, people at events (and anywhere else that is relevant). Keep a stack of flyers visible at your workplace and post one on the wall. Download the BARC! flyer (you need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this file), photocopy it and pass it around. You may wish to reduce the flyer to A5 to save on photocopying costs. Alternatively, just send me an email (admin@barc.org.au) containing your address and the number of flyers you would like and I will post them out to you. Make sure to let me know when you run out so we can send you more.

Add BARC! to your email signature

This is a great way of providing ongoing promotion for BARC! without having to do anything! Just modify your email signature to include something like this:

For everything to do with refugees and asylum seekers in SE Qld and N NSW, including events, actions, help needed, information, resources, visit www.barc.org.au
For fortnightly BARC! e-news send a blank email to join-barc@lists.slq.qld.gov.au

Link to BARC! from your website, email your friends about BARC! or put a brief article in your local newsletters

Following is a simple description and contact information that you can use:

BARC! - Brisbane Actionweb for Refugee Collaboration
BARC! provides information about coming events, places to volunteer, other opportunities to help, and information about resources and groups. BARC! is for all groups and individuals who are concerned about, advocating for, or working with, refugees and asylum seekers in the Brisbane region, including South East QLD and Northern NSW, Australia. To join the BARC! email list for fortnightly news, send a blank email to join-barc@lists.slq.qld.gov.au
Contact: Chris Gibbings
Email: admin@barc.org.au
Website: www.barc.org.au

Put an article in your newsletter about BARC!

If you receive a newsletter or journal, why not ask them to include an article about BARC!. Following is sample article that you are welcome to use, if you wish:

In November 2002, the BARC! (Brisbane Actionweb for Refugee Collaboration www.barc.org.au) website was launched. It is growing rapidly, and has become a powerful tool for connecting like-minded groups and individuals in the Brisbane region, including South East QLD and Northern NSW. Visit the BARC! website and join the BARC! e-list to keep informed of everything to do with refugees and asylum seekers in the Brisbane region.

Concerned individuals can use BARC! to find out about coming events, volunteer and employment opportunities, other help needed by refugee organisations, current campaigns and actions, gifts that help refugees, refugee organisations in their area, and to learn more about the situation of refugees and asylum seekers in Australia.

Organisations can use BARC! to promote events and campaigns, seek volunteers and other help, promote their organisation and tell people what they are doing, find out about useful resources, find out what others are doing, and to share resources and information. BARC! will provide a free webpage to any group and encourages other websites to use BARC! website content.

BARC! Sends a fortnightly email to members of its e-list to keep them up to date with events, opportunities to help, etc. Join the e-list by sending a blank email to join-barc@lists.slq.qld.gov.au

Visit the BARC! website at http://www.barc.org.au. The BARC! website is continuing to evolve. Please give your feedback to Chris Gibbings (admin@barc.org.au) to help the site to become as effective as possible.

Please let your friends know about BARC! as this is a fantastic resource for the Brisbane community.

BARC! has been funded by Brisbane City Council.

Graphic images for BARC!

Use any of the following images to help promote BARC! on your website or in newsletters.

Documents

If you post any documents on BARC! for public download, don't forget to make sure that on the first or last page you let people know that they can download this document from the BARC! website. People may print out your document and pass it on to others. It is important to let them know where to go to get the original.

To provide feedback on this site, make corrections or for any other comments, please email Chris Gibbings admin@barc.org.au