Thank you for making Welcoming Week 2023 a bright, warm and engaging week of celebrating the #PowerOfPlace in advancing a future where everyone can belong, contribute and thrive.

From Ararat, to Campsie, to Moorooka to Kilburn, to Gwelup, you brought thousands of us together to celebrate Welcoming Week! In only our second year joining this global campaign, we collectively hosted over 50 events and amplified the welcoming message online – thank you for joining us to affirm the importance of building welcoming and inclusive communities. We joined over 600 events across 6 countries; truly part of a global movement for welcoming!

We’ve loved seeing the creativity of your communities coming together in a bold display of welcome, deepening your commitment to creating places where everyone can belong, contribute and thrive.

Thank you for joining us this year!

 

3 September

• 3.00pm – Multicultural South Australia for the Voice – Parafield Gardens, SA

6 September

• 10.00am – Rolling out the Welcome Mat – Hobart, Tas
• 1.00pm – Community Refugee Sponsorship Australia: Welcoming Week Information Session – online

8 September

• Welcoming Week in Murray Bridge – Murray Bridge, SA

9 September

• 11.00am – Not Your Usual Saturday – Borderton, SA
• 3.00pm – East African Community Social Sports Event – Altona North, Vic

10 September

• 10.00am – Celebrate Welcoming @ Parks Library – Angle Park, SA
• 3.00pm – Sharing voices: belonging, harmony and spirituality – Port Phillip, Vic
• 3.00pm – East African Community Social Sports Event – Altona North, Vic
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11 September

• 10.00am – JBS Foods Riverina Special Morning Tea – Yanco, NSW
• 10.30am – Welcoming Week Storytime – Port Adelaide, SA
• 12.00pm – Celebrate Diversity and our Neighbours at Kilburn Community Centre – Kilburn, SA
• 12.30pm – R U OK? – Campsie, NSW

12 September

• 9.00am – St Brigid’s School Community Hub Open Morning – Kilburn, SA
• 10.00am – Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Jobs Expo – Mirrabooka, WA
• 11.00am – Welcoming Week in Ararat – Ararat, Vic
• 3.00pm – Youth Arts & Recreation – Open Access Welcoming Week – Hobart, Tas

13 September

• 9.00am – Welcoming Week Celebration at the St Brendan’s Community Hub  – Moorooka, QLD
• 10.30am – Morning Tea with Greenacres English Conversation Group – Greenacres, SA
• 10.30am – Welcoming Week Storytime – Enfield, SA
• 12.30pm – Community Lunch – Thornbury, Vic
• 6.30pm – Welcoming Community Dinner – Kilburn, SA

14 September

• 10.00am – Mooro Cultural Tour – Gwelup, WA
• 10.30am – Multicultural Fashion Parade at Junction Community Centre – Ottoway, SA
• 10.30am – Welcoming Week Storytime – Semaphore, SA
• 11.00am  – Morning Tea with English Chat Cafe – Angle Park, SA
• 6.00pm – Undefeated: exploring the migrant experience in Australia – St Kilda, Vic
• 7.30pm – Community Conversation / Language Exchange / English Corner / 英语角 – online

15 September

• 10.00am – Welcome to Revesby/Bunya Tour – Padstow, NSW
• 10.30am – Welcoming Week Storytime – Greenacres, WA
• 5.30pm – Friday Night Lights with One Culture – Blair Athol, SA
• 5.30pm – Welcoming Week in Mt Isa – Pioneer, Queensland

16 September

• 10.00am – Welcoming Week in Gladstone – Gladstone, QLD
• 11.00am – Waverley Volunteer Expo – Bondi Beach, NSW
• 3.00pm – Anniversary of Women, Life, Freedom – Adelaide, SA

17 September

• 9.00am – Living Together – Speers Point, NSW
• 10.30am – Community Conversation / Language Exchange / English Corner / 英语角 – Box Hill, Vic
• 10.30am – Welcoming Week Storytime – Angle Park, SA
• 2.00pm – Community Conversation / Language Exchange / English Corner / 英语角 – Glen Waverley, Vic
• 2.o0pm – Welcoming Week Walk – Port Phillip, Vic
• 4.00pm – Ku-ring-Gai local area community – Killara, NSW
• 5.30pm – City of Stirling Citizenship Ceremony – Stirling, WA

28 September

• 10.00am – All Things Bengali at Lakemba Library – Lakemba, NSW

29 September

• 10.30am – Welcome to Canterbury-Bankstown Picnic – Campsie, NSW