Welcome to the Edmund Rice Centre website.
The Edmund Rice Centre was established in 1998 by the Christian Brothers to service the needs of newly arrived refugees on permanent or temporary visas in the Perth metropolitan area.
The centre also provides support to Aboriginal families.
The centre offers English language, computer studies, cooking, sewing and art and craft. The centre conducts activities for Refugees and Aboriginal youth and social events for families.
The centre provides general casework, referral and advocacy services to humanitarian entrants and migrants in the North Metropolitan area.
It offers life skills development and education in household management and family care to recently arrived refugee and humanitarian entrants.
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The Edmund Rice Centre is an incorporated not-for-profit, charitable organization, managed by a Committee of Management. The day to day operation is managed by a full time Director and program Coordinators.
It also has a full time community settlement worker. a number of part time staff members and a large team of volunteers, many of whom are qualified teachers.
The Centre has an administration area, four classrooms including a computer laboratory, a kitchen and recreational area. The teaching staff are supplied with training and the necessary equipment to assist them.
Classroom sizes are kept small to encourage a good learning environment and participants are allowed to progress at their own speed.
Completion certificates are awarded to those who finish their course and many services are offered which help participants settle in their new country.
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