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HAFC’s Mission is to assist unemployed disadvantaged and often isolated adults in our community to gain some form of employment. The story of the “Survive the Future” Project which focused on up skilling long term unemployed and isolated Refugee Women in their sewing capability to enable us to form a sewing cluster. The sewing cluster…

I want to thank all our sponsors who continue to support our mission to find some form of employment for disadvantaged unemployed and isolated adults in the hunter region. The funding provided by sponsors enables us to deliver our programs to disadvantaged adults in our community. Our programs include interview skills, resume writing, mind skills,…

Newsletter August 2025 Our launch of our new startup online business: clothingalterationservices.com. The launch was a great success, attended by Tim Chakanthorp, State Member for Newcastle, and Coralie Nichols, CEO of the Ian and Shirley Norman Foundation. They all congratulated our team on the work we are doing to help disadvantaged adults in our local…

Newsletter July 2025 Following our July general meeting, Aradhana Grover has taken on the role of vice chair of the organisation, with a focus on community engagement. Dhananjay Sharma will become our public officer and will also participate in Marketing and Sales/Social Media activities associated with our soon-to-be-established sewing cluster. We will be starting our…

HAFC has been very busy conducting training programs for Refugee Women who are long-term unemployed and isolated in our community during the past six months. We were fortunate to have received funding from the Newcastle Council Community Grants Program to get us started. A total of six women successfully completed this program and reached a…