Edmund Rice Community Services
Building communities where people thrive and belong.
Edmund Rice Community Services is a not-for profit organisation which seeks to build authentic relationships, informed by people's everyday experience of the world.
We are ordinary people understanding that our interactions and support for each other can create extraordinary moments of change for the common good. We are inspired by Edmund Rice who, over 200 years ago, founded the Christian Brothers and the Presentation Brothers.
Edmund Rice Camps
Edmund Rice Camps provide recreational activities for children, youth and families who may not otherwise have the opportunity. We partner with secondary schools and organisations to provide an opportunity for children and volunteers to grow and develop by working together in a supportive team environment.
Edmund Rice Community and Refugee Services
ERCRS seek to improve the lives of, and opportunities for, children and young people of disadvantaged backgrounds by supporting them in their education and providing access to free learning support. Edmund Rice Community & Refugee Services believe that in supporting the education of youth, young people will develop their potential, and in their own turn, nurture the learning opportunity of others.
Edmund Rice Services - Mt Atkinson
Edmund Rice Services in Mt Atkinson, Victoria, was set-up in 2014 to support groups who are underrepresented, more vulnerable, and living with intergenerational disadvantage. Since then, Edmund Rice Services Mt Atkinson (ERSMA) has worked in partnership with MAH to develop a community service that engages with the growth corridor of Brimbank, Melton and Wyndham. Edmund Rice Services Mt Atkinson (ERSMA) works dynamically to provide a meaningful, community-based support service. which connects children, young people and families in Melbourne’s west.
Mt Atkinson Community Centre is located between the lands of the Wurundjeri, Boon Wurrung and Wathaurong People. It is a community resource that provides opportunities for people who live, learn, work or recreate locally, to come together.
The people of Afghanistan face an uncertain future. We are helping to provide pathways to protection.
Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education
The Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education exists to challenge popular beliefs and dominant cultural values, to ask the difficult questions, to look at life from the standpoint of the minority, the victim, the outcast and the stranger. The Centre was established in 1996 - the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. The Centre's work focuses on Indigenous people in Australia and overseas; Refugees and asylum seekers in Australia and internationally; Pacific peoples affected by climate change.