Spare Rooms For Refugees invites you to register your willingness to house a refugee or a refugee family in a house or property of your own.  Your wish is to reduce the nembers of asylum seekers held in detention centres and to accommodate the growing numbers of homeless asylum seekers in the community.

Accomodation:

If you agree with these sentiments, or if you want to consider offering a room for a refugee, register your name with Spare Rooms for Refugees email: help@SpareRoomsForRefugees.com

Or phone Spare Rooms for Refugees on (03) 9225 6731

Writing to people in detention:

Many people around Australia are now writing letters to people in detention centres. The comfort and encouragement this gives is enormous. It is one of the simplest and most effective ways you can help refugees. Contact us and we will send you a list of names of people in various detention centres: letters@spareroomsforrefugees.com

Visiting detention centres:

Maribyrnong is in suburban Melbourne: 53 Hampstead Rd Maidstone. Phone 03 9318 1999
Visiting hours 2 pm-4.30 pm daily and 7 pm to 9 pm daily. You will need to show ID (licence or passport). You will need to name the people you want to visit. Get the names from our letters list.

Villawood is in outer Sydney: 5 Miowera Road Chester Hill. You will need to show ID (licence or passport). You will need to name the people you want to visit. Get the names from our letters list.

Perth IDC is at the Perth airport; (08) 9479 1257 & (08) 9277 1914. You will need to show ID (licence or passport). You will need to name the people you want to visit. Get the names from our letters list.

Organisations:

The webring will take you to a variety of other refugee organisations.

The following Victorian organisations help refugees and would value your support:

Refugee and Immigration Law Centre
95 Brunswick St Fitzroy, 3065; phone 03 9483 1144

Asylum Seeker Project, Hotham Mission
2 Elm St, North Melbourne, 3051; phone 03 9326 8343

Asylum Seekers Welcome Centre
207 Nicholson St, Footscray, 3011; phone 03 9687 2134

The Asylum Seeker Centre
(Dandenong aarea) phone 03 9802 5268

Red Cross Asylum Seeker Assistance
171 City Road, Southbank, 3006; phone 03 9685 9911; freecall 1800 131 701

St Marks Community Centre
250 George St Fitzroy; phone 03 9419 3288

Asylum Seekers Resource Centre
211 Nicholson St, Footscray, 3011; phone 03 9687 2134

Wesley Mission
148 Lonsdale St Melbourne, 3000; phone 03 9662 2355

Asylum Seekers Assistance Project
66 Regent Ave Springvale; phone 03 9547 1129

See our resources page for other organisations helping refugees.