We do a lot with a little. Help us to house and support asylum seekers and refugees in the Australian community.
Low cost or free secondhand car and lawnmowers wanted – Please contact Libby 0418 526 036
BASP Online Trivia Night – Fri 7 Oct 2022
Get your friends together either at home or in a distributed online team for the second ever BASP Online Trivia Night presented by St Mary’s Hampton. Our last trivia night in 2021 raised over $5000 and we had a lot of fun! Friday 7 October 20227.30pm –...
Art Auction Fundraiser – Sat 12 Nov 2022
ART meets ACTIVISM to support REFUGEES. Art Auction Fundraiser on Saturday 12th November 2022. More than 25 leading artists have donated works for auction to highlight the need to treat refugees and asylum seekers with dignity and compassion. Funds raised will be...
Work Rights and Proposed New Contract for Management of Offshore Detention Centres
BASP has sent the following letters by email to the relevant Government Ministers concerning two very important issues that are soon to be the matters of government discussion and proposed legislation.We urge anyone who can, to also send your letters by email to these...
You can help
- provide hospitality and practical support for people seeking asylum
- actively network with like-minded individuals and groups who are working for justice for asylum seekers
- promote advocacy for the rights of people seeking asylum
- engage in education about asylum seekers’ issues
- donate or volunteer
About BASP
Staff
Brigid Arthur csb, Project Coordinator, is a Brigidine Sister with a long and passionate career as an educator. She has been described as ‘an octogenarian human rights advocate, protester and leader.’
(csb = Congregation of Sisters of Brigid)
Libby Saunders, Project Coordinator, is an experienced social worker who worked in disability and community care before joining BASP in 2014. Libby is mainly involved with housing and volunteers.
Volunteers, kindly support our everyday work with an extraordinary range of expertise and experience.
Aims
The Brigidine Asylum Seekers Project (BASP) is a Melbourne-based initiative of the Brigidine Sisters which aims to:
- Provide hospitality and practical support for people seeking asylum;
- Actively network with like-minded individuals and groups who are working for justice for asylum seekers;
- Promote advocacy for the rights of people seeking asylum;
- Engage in education about asylum seekers’ issues.
Volunteer
We have many volunteer opportunities e.g. volunteer for our Friendship through teaching English program, providing friendship and support to an asylum seeker family along with personalised assistance in everyday English. Help families settle in their Australian community by exploring local facilities and services together. Volunteers visit an assigned family once a week to offer friendship and support.
Please contact us to help.
Be informed about asylum seekers in Australia
Authorised Travellers
Contrary to the images sometimes projected by government and the media, most asylum seekers arrive in Australia by air as authorised travellers.
Ordinary Human Beings
Asylum seekers are ordinary human beings with the same emotions and reactions that most of us would have in similar circumstances.
Persecution
They have been involved in persecution in their own countries that we find hard to imagine from the safety of this country.