Annual Report 2014-15

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Partnership with Jesuit Refugee Service RACS also has a partnership with the Jesuit Refugee Service , funded by the Scully Fund till December 2015, to provide an outreach legal service in Parramatta at 4 Arrupe Place. To quote Paul Farrell once again: “The outreach program runs once a week at Parramatta on Friday morning out of a little cottage owned by the Jesuit refugee service. Another outreach clinic is available in Auburn. At each, RACS has seen up to 50 asylum seekers coming through the doors on a single day. At first glance it’s chaotic. Asylum seekers from Iran, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan are lining up to see Julia . A small team of volunteers, including law students undertaking practical training, help her triage the clients each week. It’s not a sterile, corporate office though. It’s a place for people to talk and catch up. Sandwiches and biscuits are shared. It’s a new kind of legal aid that goes beyond the kind of services lawyers ordinarily provide.” The outreach program operates similarly to the Auburn program, once a week on a Friday between 10am and 2pm. It is staffed by one RACS lawyer and combinations of RACS and JRS volunteers. The JRS volunteers provide lunch for people on the day. Similar to the Auburn service, the demand for this service increased dramatically at the beginning of 2015, and similar strategies were used for managing this demand effectively, including holding large group sessions in a number of different languages. 16 | Annual Report
more than 60 education sessions were provided across 2014/15 in 9 different languages Refugee Advice and Casework Service | 17
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Page 5 and 6: A message of thanks A rollercoaster
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Page 33 and 34: A total of 366 volunteers assisted
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Page 39 and 40: Significant Donors Anne-Marie Allgr
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