Stories
“We made plans to meet up again”
At the end of October, we were very pleased to be able to organise a Welcome Dinner in Glebe, Sydney. The atmosphere was vibrant and conversations were buzzing from the beginning to the end. Lots of people realised they were neighbours and were sharing tips about the...
joiningthedots inaugural team retreat!
This very special gathering brought together many of our national team for the very first time! For four days we took "time out" to live the joiningthedots philosophy, reconnecting to self, one another and the earth. The first few days we were in the expert and caring...
Melbourne Community Dinner – New Friends, New Food
While much of Melbourne enjoyed its first taste of Spring in early September, the 50-or-so people at The Welcome Dinner Project enjoyed the tastes of so much more. On September 15, The Welcome Dinner Project partnered with The City of Melbourne, to host its ninth –...
Explorations in the UK
The Welcome Dinner Project is addressing a need for community connections felt globally and the incredible energy that has built around this movement of welcome in Australia is now receiving international interest! We are excited to have been invited to the UK to...
Australia’s Biggest Welcome Dinner at Open Marrickville Festival
What a night!!! On Sat night 20th June, The Welcome Dinner Project hosted its biggest ever Welcome Dinner with over 300 guests as part of the Open Marrickville Festival. Check out our national news coverage! [video width="640" height="360"...
Our big moment is here! Welcome Dinner Project on Channel Ten’s ‘The Project’
The Welcome Dinner Project recently starred on Channel Ten’s “The Project”, with special guest Matt Preston from Masterchef! The special dinner was filmed in Melbourne with an amazing group of newly arrived and established Australians. Everyone had a lot of fun and...
Our final capital city launch – Canberra!
Our long awaited launch in Canberra! Thanks to our ACT Coordinators Sue Bromhead and Liz Phillips for getting everything organised! The first year of Welcome Dinners in ACT!
2015 Crowd Funding Success
THANKS A MILLION!!! We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who supported our crowd-funding campaign during the month of June. We raised just over $40,000!!! We are incredibly happy with this result and in awe of how people like you from all around Australia...
Launch in Darwin and Perth!
We are incredibly excited to have launched in our last 2 states of Australia, just in time for The Welcome Dinner Project's second birthday!!! Huge gratitude goes to our Coordinators Amanda Gunn (Darwin) and Rachelle Rose (Perth) who weaved their magic and brought all...
Welcome Dinner at “The Couch”
The first City of Melbourne Welcome Dinner was held in the heart of the CBD at The Couch, based at The Salvation Army Melbourne Project 614’s Hamodava Cafe. The night was enjoyed by 30 newly arrived and established Australians living, working or studying in the CBD...
