Archibald Finalist Moz Azimitabar: Freedom is Beautiful, Braemar Exhibition Opening
BMRSG has partnered with Mostafa (Moz) Azimitabar, a Kurdish-Iranian refugee and four times finalist in the Archibald prize, including this year’s.... Read More
Cultural Exchange Weekend 2025
The recent Cultural Exchange weekend, hosted by BMRSG, was a great success. 25 refugee women from Western Sydney were treated to 3... Read More
Enough is Enough
Join fellow BMRSG members in a vigil outside Susan Templeman’s Windsor electoral office at 10 am on Saturday July 19 to protest... Read More
Muzafar Ali comes to Lawson
Around 50 excited supporters cheered Muzafar Ali as he cycled into the Mechanics Institute in Lawson last night after riding up from... Read More
Report of BMRSG AGM November 2024
We held our Annual General Meeting on the 16 th of November 2024 with an enthusiastic gathering of members who appreciated the... Read More
Citizen of the Year, Celebration of a Life
The event on Sunday 7th April to celebrate George Winston’s award of Citizen of the Year for the Blue Mountains brought the spirit of celebration into an area of life that is often bleak. The speakers were all inspiring and the Tibetan dancers, led and trained by Samzin Kalang, BMRSG’s newest committee member, set the scene with grace and beauty.
Annual General Meeting October 2018
The Inaugural Annual General Meeting of Blue Mountains Refugee Support Group Inc was held on Saturday, 27October 2018 at 2.00 pm in the Uniting Church Hall, 4 Lewin St Springwood*
Read more for the Office Bearers and Committee Members
Annual General Meeting 2017
Members of Blue Mountains Refugee Support Group gathered on Saturday 11 November for the 2017 Annual General Meeting.
Chairman Hal Ginges congratulated members and their Committee for a busy and productive year, with highlights such as financial help for asylum seekers in their visa applications, and $130,000 distributed during the year to refugee families and Villawood detainees. Hal Ginges thanked two of the founding members of BMRSG who are standing down from their long term positions on the committee and taking up new roles.
2016 Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of the Blue Mountains Refugee Support Group
Saturday, 15 October 2016 at 2 pm at Springwood Sports Club, 83 Macquarie Rd Springwood
All positions will be declared vacant. You must be a member to vote or nominate. Read more for Agenda and nomination form
Report of 2015 Annual General Meeting
Phil Glendenning from the Edmund Rice Centre and President of the Refugee Council of Australia, was the guest speaker . He described the group as one of the most active in the country for the help they provide to refugees.
Phil regularly travels to countries that are the source of asylum seekers.