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Bushfires – resilience and recovery

Across the country we are all either directly or indirectly experiencing the impact of bushfires. Natural disasters such as bushfires can sometimes undermine our capacity to cope but they are also an opportunity for us to show our resilience.

Festive season

Getting the best out of the festive season

For people without good social networks, the festive season can leave them feeling more lonely and isolated than at other times of the year.

Peers induction

Community and peers induction

25-29 November 2019 Open Arms hosted an Induction Workshop for the Community and Peer Program which is currently being rolled out across Australia.

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