Some three years ago, our team at Daramu recognised a need-that many local young First Nations people were not accessing the range of services and programs available to them, designed for them, to thrive. One element of this was limited knowledge regarding systems and services; another was some level of reluctance or suspicion in relation to government and/or institutional providers. To this end, a bi-monthly hub was established, where a range of service providers-government

In 2025, an initiative to celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) was sparked by a former colleague Serah Jones; it was really well received and supported, as we welcomed one of our Board members, Theresa Ardler, to share from her wisdom and experience.  We acknowledge the leadership of Serah and Theresa in generously creating this space and time for us to take a moment to reflect.    This past week we built on this, again celebrating and recognising International Women’s D

As 2025 drew to a close, METWELL finished the year on a high with an unforgettable World Cup-style tournament with students from Parramatta Marist High (PMH) and young people from our Unaccompanied Humanitarian Minors (UHM) program.      For those unfamiliar-METWELL stands for Marist Exchange Two Way Education Life Learning , which partners our UHM young people with PMH students to build meaningful connections between young people, some from refugee and humanitarian experien