The Big Tassie Walk
"Walk this October for a Tasmania where everyone belongs."
For people arriving in Tasmania from migrant and refugee backgrounds, starting a new life can come with significant challenges. Finding housing, navigating unfamiliar services, accessing healthcare and employment, and building new social connections can all be difficult, particularly for those who have limited English or have experienced displacement.
The Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania (MRC Tas) has been supporting migrants and refugees for more than four decades. The organisation helps people navigate the practical and personal challenges of settling into a new community.
The Big Tassie Walk is a campaign by the MRC, inviting people from all different backgrounds to do a simple act together, walking. This campaign encourages people to take on a walking challenge for the month of October, however big or small, to raise money for MRC Tas.
For writer and Brighton Council CEO James Dryburgh, who is taking part in the Big Tassie Walk for its second year running, the campaign is an opportunity to champion inclusion and kindness.
“I am doing the Big Tassie Walk because I think it is a great initiative to amplify the importance of inclusion and kindness in our communities, and the wonderful and critical role of migrants. I believe Tassie can be a global leader in kindness, but we need to work on it and we need to speak up and be bold about it.”
James, who’s been an avid nature lover all his life, also says walking creates a natural opportunity for people to connect.
“People talk more openly when they are walking, especially when in a calm natural environment.”
“I am looking forward to walks and jogs, with colleagues, family, friends and hopefully some strangers during the month of October, and to raising a few dollars for the critical work the Migrant Resource Centre does in Tasmania. I love trails and natural places, so I'll be heading on to the Mountain, hopefully some hikes further afield and lots of walks and jogs on the beautiful foreshore trails around Bridgewater and Old Beach, in the Brighton Municipality,” James says.
The Big Tassie walk is a fantastic way to combine fresh air and time in nature with a good cause.
Donate to James fundraising for the Big Tassie walk HERE.
Or sign up to do it yourself!
"Walk this October for a Tasmania where everyone belongs."
For people arriving in Tasmania from migrant and refugee backgrounds, starting a new life can come with significant challenges. Finding housing, navigating unfamiliar services, accessing healthcare and employment, and building new social connections can all be difficult, particularly for those who have limited English or have experienced displacement.
The Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania (MRC Tas) has been supporting migrants and refugees for more than four decades. The organisation helps people navigate the practical and personal challenges of settling into a new community.
The Big Tassie Walk is a campaign by the MRC, inviting people from all different backgrounds to do a simple act together, walking. This campaign encourages people to take on a walking challenge for the month of October, however big or small, to raise money for MRC Tas.
For writer and Brighton Council CEO James Dryburgh, who is taking part in the Big Tassie Walk for its second year running, the campaign is an opportunity to champion inclusion and kindness.
“I am doing the Big Tassie Walk because I think it is a great initiative to amplify the importance of inclusion and kindness in our communities, and the wonderful and critical role of migrants. I believe Tassie can be a global leader in kindness, but we need to work on it and we need to speak up and be bold about it.”
James, who’s been an avid nature lover all his life, also says walking creates a natural opportunity for people to connect.
“People talk more openly when they are walking, especially when in a calm natural environment.”
“I am looking forward to walks and jogs, with colleagues, family, friends and hopefully some strangers during the month of October, and to raising a few dollars for the critical work the Migrant Resource Centre does in Tasmania. I love trails and natural places, so I'll be heading on to the Mountain, hopefully some hikes further afield and lots of walks and jogs on the beautiful foreshore trails around Bridgewater and Old Beach, in the Brighton Municipality,” James says.
The Big Tassie walk is a fantastic way to combine fresh air and time in nature with a good cause.
Donate to James fundraising for the Big Tassie walk HERE.
Or sign up to do it yourself!
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