Multicultural Arts Night

Western Sydney MRC is celebrating the NSW Youth Week by organising a Multicultural Arts Night for youth 15-18 years on Friday 20th of April at PCYC Liverpool, the night is sponsored by Liverpool City Council and supported by PCYC Liverpool.

End of Year Youth Celebration

On Tuesday 19th December, we held our first annual End of Year Youth Celebration. Though it was an extremely hot day, we had so much fun celebrating our youth and all that makes them so special.  

Youth Transition Support pilot programme – Liverpool Exclusion

Youth Transition Support pilot programme funding Location: Liverpool Exclusion To the Honourable Christian Porter, Minister for Social Services, The Western Sydney Migrant Resource Centre (MRC) is writing to you regarding the distribution of Youth Transition Support Pilot funding provided by the Department of Social Services in NSW. We are aware that this has resulted in […]

Youth Programs – Successful Swimming school holidays

Being from Australia we are so at one with the water – we are an Island surrounded by water and swimming is often second nature to most Aussie kids. It was also an opportunity to gain access to the facilities available at Whitlam Centre and highlighted other key facilities including gymnastics and the gym. It has been another great opportunity to promote healthy lifestyle activities to our refugee community.

School Holiday Youth Programs – Swimming

Considering recent drowning fatalities within in the Liverpool community the need is great to educate our community about importance of water safety including basic learning to swim skills, safe places to swim, and what to do in case of an emergency. Funded by Liverpool City Council the Liverpool MRC implemented a 2-week intensive swimming program in conjunction […]

Youth Activities Program – DropZone is a huge success

DropZone is a smorgasbord of activities including, DanceFit, BoxFit, Circuit Training, Mui Thai and more and encourages our young people to stay fit and active. Alongside the physical program, healthy lifestyle activities including snack and food preparation also incorporated.

Successful Multicultural Wellness Festival 2016

The Multicultural Wellness Festival brought together a diverse group communities to promote messages of health and wellbeing including nutritious eating, staying active and mindfulness while supporting people to access mental health services in their language and area. The event was supported by local businesses and health services, and was a unique opportunity to take advantage of the FREE activities and service information.

Lack of Youth Employment funding for Liverpool

Liverpool MRC is writing to you regarding the distribution of youth employment funding, namely the recently ‘fully subscribed’ Youth Employment Pathway, through the Industry Skills Fund, and the Youth Transition Support pilot programme.