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The Business of Belonging: How SisterWorks Creates Community

The Business of Belonging: How SisterWorks Creates Community

Update: 2025-05-12
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In this episode, Ifrin Fittock, CEO of SisterWorks, shares how this community-driven charity supports women from refugee, asylum-seeker and migrant backgrounds by helping them gain skills, confidence and community connections.


Tune in to hear Ifrin explain their 'Work, Learn and Support' model that equips their recipients - known as Sisters - with training in sewing, cooking, digital literacy and entrepreneurship. Plus, learn about a pioneering partnership between SisterWorks and Yarra Trams where the charity supplies them with textiles and catering as well as a project to refurbish the fabric seats of their Tram fleet, creating new revenue streams.


To learn more, visit: www.sisterworks.org.au/


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Retail Outlet: 102A Bridge Road, Richmond, VIC, 3121


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The Business of Belonging: How SisterWorks Creates Community

The Business of Belonging: How SisterWorks Creates Community

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