Dear Supporters, Given the current circumstances with the COVID-19/ coronavirus pandemic and the need for social distancing to limit the spread of the virus to protect all of us, STARTTS is currently not providing face-to-face training. This means that the…
2020 Refugee Ball Race Discrimination Commissioner Chin Tan 26 November 2020 Thank you very much for the warm welcome. I would first like to acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this land, recognising their connection to land, waters and community. I…
STARTTS would like to offer its sincerest condolences to the family of Hossein Karimi. A young gentleman well known to our service, he participated in the successful Sporting Linx Program at Strathfield South High School and attended a number of…
Dear Friends, I hope you and your families and loved ones are keeping safe and well during what has been one of the most challenging years of our times globally. I am writing to announce that even in the difficult…
The STARTTS Community extends our sincerest condolences to the people affected by the explosions that shook Beirut in Lebanon on 4 August 2020. In the intervening two months, our thoughts and prayers have been with people in Lebanon and…
COPENHAGEN: The General Assembly of the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) has adopted the world’s first global standards on torture rehabilitation services to ensure that survivors of torture can access quality support anywhere in the world. With…
MEDIA RELEASE: The NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS) will present the 12th NSW Humanitarian Awards on Friday 19 June, in partnership with the Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA). Every year the Humanitarian…
I am writing to you at what is a difficult time for our community. In view of the extent of transmission of the COVID-19 virus via person to person contact in the community, STARTTS has decided to modify substantially the…
Clinical News IMMEDIATE RELEASE: STARTTS is thrilled to present US based leading Somatic Psychotherapist, Manuela Mischke Reeds MA LMFT on her return to Australia for our first of clinical workshop in 2020. This workshop Trauma Sensitive and Somatically Savvy looks…
Refugee advocate Craig Foster to address annual Refugee Ball and celebrate the power of community and inclusion in the healing journey of torture and trauma survivors FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and…