Still waiting for your turn?
If you are one of the thousands of people who have registered to participate or host a Welcome Dinner, you may be wondering why you haven’t had a turn yet. In the past year alone, we have doubled the number of dinners (and lunches) held and we are about to reach the incredible milestone of our 200th Welcome Dinner. Every Welcome Dinner takes an average 10 hours of coordination work, primarily done by volunteers. If we have not yet managed to find or appoint a Coordinator in your area, then we probably haven’t had any dinners there yet and since we try to match people up locally, you may not have been invited to one in another area. However, you should be receiving our quarterly newsletter and invitations to larger Community Welcome Dinners when they occur. If you are waiting to host, you can attend as a participant for now. One of our challenges is that in some areas we have a long waiting list and in other areas we haven’t yet found hosts. We are also always seeking more help to invite newly arrived people to take part and much of our time is spent getting out into our local communities to connect with newly arrived people – please assist us with this if you can!


New Arrival Profile: Meet Anika from Melbourne
We love to share the stories of our volunteers but also the wonderful dinner participants we meet. Since arriving to Australia, Anika has been active in Welcome Dinner Project events. She shows boundless passion and dedication to the cause, assisting greatly by making...

Volunteer Profile: Meet Amir From Melbourne’s Eastern Hub
There would be no Welcome Dinner Project if it wasn’t for hundreds of amazing volunteers all around the country who give boundless passion, dedication and love to make people feel welcome in our communities. Every fortnight, the Welcome Dinner Project –...

Volunteer Profile: Meet Katie From Melbourne’s Northern Hub
There would be no Welcome Dinner Project if it wasn’t for hundreds of amazing volunteers all around the country who give boundless passion, dedication and love to make people feel welcome in our communities. Every fortnight, the Welcome Dinner Project –...

Volunteer profile: Meet Nikhil from Melbourne’s Eastern Hub
There would be no Welcome Dinner Project if it wasn’t for hundreds of amazing volunteers all around the country who give boundless passion, dedication and love to make people feel welcome in our communities. Every fortnight, the Welcome Dinner Project –...

Volunteer profile: Meet Shelton from Melbourne’s Central Hub
There would be no Welcome Dinner Project if it wasn’t for hundreds of amazing volunteers all around the country who give boundless passion, dedication and love to make people feel welcome in our communities. Every fortnight, the Welcome Dinner Project – Victoria will...

Volunteer profile: Meet Sunita from Melbourne’s inner west
There would be no Welcome Dinner Project if it wasn’t for hundreds of amazing volunteers all around the country who give boundless passion, dedication and love to make people feel welcome in our communities. Every fortnight, the Welcome Dinner Project – Victoria will...