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Branch History
ASHRAM membership is drawn from peak bodies, multicultural agencies, TAAS and community education agencies, non-government housing or support services, government departments and people from ethnic communities. Anyone with an interest in people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds' housing issues is welcome to participate.
The ASHRAM network:
1. Provides a forum for information sharing and collaboration through monthly meetings and electronic communication;
2. Identifies issues and advocates solutions to address the housing needs of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants;
3. Undertakes projects that aim to address the housing needs of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants.
Major ASHRAM milestones and achievements:
The network was formed by Siri Herath, with the support of Qld Shelter in 2002.
The network held a public forum at the Ethnic Communities Council Qld in 2003, attended by over 30 agencies and individuals involved in housing refugees, migrants and asylum seekers.
In 2004/05, project worker Mandy Cox compiled the ASHRAM Directory of housing, support and advocacy services and consulted on housing needs with funding from the Gambling Community Benefit Fund.
In 2005, ASHRAM developed a Call to Action, providing solutions to the many housing related needs of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants and held a summit to launch the Call to Action and the Directory, attended by 72 people.
In 2005/06, Mandy Cox held workshops with refugees, asylum seekers and migrants about resource availability and tenancy rights and responsibilities as part of the Making Local Links project funded by the Residential Tenancies Authority.
ASHRAM provided input to the Department of Housing and the Residential Tenancies Authority's Multicultural Action Plans in 2005/06.
ASHRAM member agencies in the greater Brisbane area and Townsville implemented a range of RTA funded ethnic tenancy education projects for ethnic communities in 2007.
In 2008, the Ashram network hosted the Towards Sustainable Tenancy Education for Diverse Communities forum, which addressed the need to turn one-off community education projects into ongoing and available resources that support the needs of our growing CALD communities.
