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Be a part of someone's journey

Business and community support is essential for refugees and asylum seekers making a fresh start and aspiring to become financially independent. So we're always on the lookout for talented volunteers to mentor emerging entrepreneurs and provide them with practical business guidance. Could you help us transform lives?

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Business Volunteers

Mentor Volunteers

Office Volunteers

Business Volunteers

Business volunteers are essential in preparing our applicants at the pre-loan stage for success. Their assistance with the preparation of business plans and cashflow projections is crucial to helping us understand our client's business goals.

You will help by:

Developing business plans and marketing plan.
Developing cash flow projections.
Assisting in explaining general business requirements in Australia.

Time spent:

2-3 hours over a few weeks.

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Mentor Volunteers

Thrive Mentors help our new refugee and asylum seeker business owners to overcome challenges and achieve goals. You'll be a positive sounding board and increase the likelihood of success and financial independence for refugee entrepreneurs.

You will help by:

Meeting with your mentee once a month to provide practical guidance and support.
Being a compassionate listener, and encouraging ideas and action.
Providing regular updates to Thrive to help set and achieve business goals.

Who we’re looking for:

Business professionals with local experience in any of the below areas:

business management or operations;
sales and marketing, or
finance and accounting.

This is a unique structured volunteer program for business professionals to match your existing skills with your passion for supporting refugees and asylum seekers.

In 2018, Thrive’s dedicated mentor volunteers supported 67 refugee entrepreneurs to start and grow their business in NSW and Victoria.

Here’s how you can become a Thrive Mentor:

1. Submit your application

Tell us about yourself along with any skills and experience you can bring to Thrive Refugee Enterprise by completing an online application at tre.org.au/volunteer/#mentor

2. Get on board

After we review your application, we’ll invite you to a 2-hour welcome and training session so you'll know exactly what to expect from this role

3. Complete some checks

If you are successful in becoming a volunteer with us, we will ask you to complete a Police Check.

4. Get started!

We’ll match you with a refugee or asylum seeker entrepreneur and you can start your mentoring journey with Thrive!

Click here to download the Thrive Mentor Position Description.

Click here for more details

Time spent:

1-3 hours per month for 12 months.

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Office Volunteers

Our office volunteers work on projects and administration activities, allowing us to increase our productivity and assist more refugees.

You will help by:

Providing administrative support.
Providing support in client and database management in office.
Working on Thrive’s special projects.
Assisting in credit management, marketing, volunteer management, sales, and more!

Time spent:

In office as agreed on by Thrive.

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Become a mentor

Volunteer-based mentoring and practical business guidance greatly increase the likelihood of success and financial independence for refugee entrepreneurs. Simply put, you can make a meaningful difference.

Why?

Helping to positively impact the lives of people who have lost or have had to leave everything behind is more than an act of unselfishness. It's a genuine opportunity to contribute to their wellbeing, your local community and Australian society as a whole.

By empowering and enabling refugee entrepreneurs to fulfil their ambitions and become financially self-sufficient, you're contributing alongside them to the growth of the Australian economy.

Who can volunteer?

Basically, anyone with business experience or any qualification can volunteer. Particularly, skills we are seeking: Small business – Accounting – Business planning – Marketing – Social media – Website development – Licensing and registration – Retail sales management - Merchandising – Human resources.

Volunteers

Bernie Walker

Nadia Cammarata

Bernie Walker

I have been helping Thrive for six months, once a week and mainly assisting applicants to prepare their business plans and cash flow statements. It’s a great experience to help refugees during this phase of their journey in Australia. I love to see them step up and start their own business. They are not just achieving success for their future but contributing to the community and providing employment for other individuals. Based on my experience, I would highly recommend this program to other volunteers. It’s a privilege to integrate skills and knowledge that we have to help others, and it’s a lot of fun.

Nadia Cammarata

It has been a true privilege and honour to assist one of Thrive’s applicants, Behnaz, on the journey to establish her own business. Working with Behnaz was a fantastic experience. We met on a number of occasions to discuss the details of her new venture and the information I gathered, allowed me to help her obtain the micro loan and pursue her business aspiration. This was also an occasion for me to learn more about her, her personal journey, and her passion for her work. As a volunteer I have completed a Business plan tailored to Behnaz’s business needs and area of expertise, which summarises the operational and financial objectives as well as the strategies to achieve them. The plan also includes financial projections which detail the forecasted performance (one to three years) and illustrates how the financing being sought will affect the business’s financial position. Volunteering for Thrive has been an absolutely enriching and fulfilling experience for me and I would definitively recommend it to anyone willing to help others and giving back to the community. By devoting your time and skills to this noble cause, you can truly make a difference and change a refugee’s life and people like Behnaz will change yours too.

Interested?

We're interested in having you on board.
Simply fill in and submit the form below, or for more information email us at info@tre.org.au

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Make a donation

As a not-for-profit organisation with no government funding, Thrive is only able to help refugees and asylum seekers succeed and thrive through the generous support and contributions of our strategic partners, volunteers and private donors.

Your financial support can create lasting, positive change by helping them get on their feet, become financially stable and start businesses that contribute to both the Australian economy and our communities.

Donate now

There are two ways you can donate:

Bank Transfer

Donations can be made at any Westpac branch or via internet banking, using the following account details:

Account Name: Thrive Refugee Enterprise Ltd

BBS: 032-164

Account Number: 388 810

Online

If you would prefer to make one-off or regular donations using your credit card, please click below

If you would like to get a receipt, please email your donation details to info@tre.org.au, making sure to include your name, address, bank, the amount donated and the deposit reference.

All donations over $2 are tax-deductible, and greatly appreciated.