Our vision
To welcome, respect and support refugees and people seeking asylum.
To promote the acceptance and integration of refugees and people seeking asylum in Australia, by thinking globally and acting locally.
What we do
Volunteers across the Northern Rivers coming together to:
Refugee resettlement
Welcome refugees to settle locally and support them to access health, education and other services. >>
Raise awareness
Educate and inform the community on the need to care for people seeking asylum. >>
Fundraise
Fundraise and organise events, markets stalls and donor functions to achieve our vision. >>
Get involved
There are many ways you can act to change a refugee family’s life! You really can make a difference, one family at a time!
Refugee family welcome
- Join or start a support group.
- Undergo training & link with other local groups.
- Mentor a refugee family and change their lives.
Volunteer at events
- Get involved in local fundraising activities, or organise an event.
- Commit ad hoc or more often.
- Skilled and unskilled opportunities.
- Join our volunteer register.
“Truly, I am very grateful for your presence in my life and the life of my family, which has finished its first year in Australia. My family and I are enjoying a new life filled with love, friendship and happiness in every sense of the word.”
Foaad Makansi
Celebrating his first anniversary in Australia, supported by NRFR volunteers.
Latest news
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Tweed welcomes new family
Read more: Tweed welcomes new familyAfter an anxious wait, it was all smiles and hugs when Tweed Welcomes Refugees met their family from Syria at Brisbane Airport in mid-March. The family’s arrival had been delayed,…
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Finding freedom in diversity
Read more: Finding freedom in diversityNorthern Rivers leads the way in refugee support The theme for this year’s Refugee Week across Australia is “Finding Freedom – In Diversity.” In the Northern Rivers, the local community…
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New family settles in Ballina
Read more: New family settles in BallinaWhat a rocky start the Kankoun family has had to their new life in Australia – first the drama of getting out of Iraq, then one of the children in…
Notices
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10th anniversary party
Read more: 10th anniversary partyCome celebrate the 10th anniversary of the creation of what was then Ballina Region for Refugees (now Northern Rivers for Refugees) and all we have achieved since then.
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Cup of Kindness coming your way
Read more: Cup of Kindness coming your wayWe are excited at the upcoming launch of our major fundraising campaign for 2025 – the Cup of Kindness. And you hardly have to do anything to help make it…
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Meet our new Volunteers Coordinator
Read more: Meet our new Volunteers CoordinatorWe’re delighted to welcome Ollie Heathwood as NRFR’s new Volunteers Coordinator. Ollie brings a wealth of experience and energy to this essential role. NRFR could not function without our incredible…
Latest events
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Old and Gold fundraiser
Read more: Old and Gold fundraiserJoin us for our stall at Brunswick Head’s Old and Gold festival. This huge garage sale is an annual feature in our fundraising calendar. We’ll have all kinds of goodies…
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Celebrating Cultural Diversity
Read more: Celebrating Cultural DiversityJoin people from other cultures and language groups at the Multicultural Community Party in Tweed Heads on 31 May. Northern Rivers for Refugees, the Northern Rivers Multicultural Network invite multicultural…
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Ballina Players supports NRFR
Read more: Ballina Players supports NRFRBallina Players is bringing Broadway’s razzle-dazzle hit musical, Chicago, to our community on June 12. Once more the Players are supporting refugees by providing a charity night with ticket sales…
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