A refugee family is arriving next month to settle in the Northern Rivers with the assistance of the Lismore Region Refugee Settlement (LRRS) group.
The family will be settling in the area as part of the Federal government community sponsorship scheme. To share the news LRRS are holding a meeting on Saturday 22 at 11.30am at the Sherwood Hotel Molesworth Street, Lismore to share the news.
LRRS have also been attending local markets and are running a series of events to raise money.
This Sunday 16 April they are joining with Rotary at the Commercial Hotel, 74 Walker Street, Casino to sell a BBQ lunch in the beer garden where you can enjoy the Channon Beaumont Trio playing the Blues. On 11 June they have confirmed the jazz band Acid Bleed to play at the Lismore City Bowling Club, Molesworth Street 1.30pm.
Engaging with locals at the markets about refugees settlign in the region they said that ‘the positive responses from citizens has been overwhelming’.
The LRRS group are a committee of Sanctuary Northern Rivers inc, and are working towards resettling refugee families throughout the Northern Rivers under the Federal government community sponsorship scheme.
Sanctuary Northern Rivers was founded in late 2003 and has assisted approximately 200 African refugees to settle in Lismore and Mullumbimby. It provides advice and sponsorship when applying for a visa under the program, financial assistance in the form of airfares for these people to come to Australia when a visa is granted and personal support throughout the settlement process.
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