Stories
Bundoora Welcome Dinner: A Host’s Perspective
As a presenter for Inner FM community radio station, I get to interview some great people representing organisations that do wonderful work, often quietly without much fanfare. In August I was mortified that I hadn't heard of joiningthedots and their awesome Welcome...
Communities matter
Early on a Tuesday morning, close to Christmas, we gathered at the Sydney Botanic Gardens with a curious crowd to explore what it means to join the dots in our community. The idea sprung from a brainstorm with our friends at Talkpoint who share our vision for...
Bendigo Welcomes the Welcome Dinner Project
Throughout 2015 we saw some registrations come through from Bendigo, Victoria and a few people ask us when the project was going to launch there. Whilst we would love to launch the project in all regional areas where newly arrived people live or settle, our resources...
Working with the International Student industry to enhance students’ experience in Australia: ISANA Conference 2015
The Welcome Dinner Project was excited to be invited to the 2015 ISANA International Education Association Conference in Melbourne. Held at the Pullman on the Park hotel in December, the conference attracts international student advisors, student groups, accommodation...
Henry’s Welcome Dinner Story (aged 11) …
At the end of November the Welcome Dinner Project went to Canterbury, Sydney, for a House Dinner. We gathered at Libby's place. Our host was fantastic and the guests all seemed rather relaxed. We shared some wonderful stories and food in a really warm atmosphere. We...
Our Victorian Coordinator was named Australian of the Day!
Our Victorian Coordinator Meagan Williams was named Australian of the Day on December 6th as part of a Commonwealth Bank and Australian of the Year campaign. The campaign, which highlights ordinary Australians doing interesting or unique things in their community, has...
Spreading welcome in Perth
joining the dots for Food-based Social Ventures in Australia
In partnership with our friends at The University of Technology in Sydney (specifically professors Elaine Swan and Rick Flowers) joiningthedots hosted a workshop for food-based social ventures. The purpose of the day was to enable people leading food based social...
U Lab – learning together
joiningthedots is excited to have hosted a "Hub" for the EdX U Lab, from September-November 2015 at our office space in Newtown (Sydney). We experienced an incredible time of learning and co-creating with other Sydney-siders taking part in the U-Lab course. We felt...
Nourish Talks
We recently partnered with the wonderful folk at Nourish Talks in Sydney for a special night of connection and fund-raising for The Welcome Dinner Project. We were joined by the inspirational Nahji Chu (aka Miss Chu), Haitham Jaju (extraordinaire Community Liaison...
