Circle of Friends Australia

17/06/2026

🏃‍♂️🌍 Join us this Saturday to Celebrate Australia’s Diversity! 🌍🏃‍♀️

Looking for a meaningful way to start your weekend? Mark your calendar for Saturday, 20 June! In celebration of Refugee Week and World Refugee Day, we are coming together at Carisbrooke parkrun for a special event focused on community, inclusion, and connection.

Inspired by the global 'Sanctuary Runners' movement, this is a wonderful opportunity for people of all backgrounds, cultures, and walks of life—including newly arrived refugees, migrants, and locals—to run, jog, or walk together.

📅 WHEN: Saturday, 20 June 2026 at 7:30 AM
📍 WHERE: Carisbrooke Park, Salisbury Park (Main North Road)
🚗 PARKING & MEETING: Please park in the Carisbrooke car park and look out for the Justice for Refugees SA banners!

This is a FREE 5km event open to absolutely everyone. Move at your own pace, meet fantastic people, and help us celebrate our richly diverse community.

👉 First time doing a parkrun? Make sure to register and get your free barcode before you arrive at www.parkrun.com.au.

Brought to you in collaboration with Justice for Refugees SA, Carisbrooke parkrun, the City of Salisbury Council, Circle of Friends Australia (COFA), and Welcoming Australia.

Read the full details and find contact info here: https://cofa.org.au/2026/05/30/join-us-to-celebrate-australias-diversity/

Run or walk together at Carisbrooke 5km Parkrun in Salisbury, on World Refugee Day 20 June 2026 o celebrate our richly diverse and inclusive community.

05/06/2026

Join us for an afternoon of great music while supporting a great cause! 🎶

The Family Reunion Circle invites you to a special fundraising concert featuring Ambiguous Folk.

Together, we are raising funds to help reunite families who have been separated for far too long and to support people in Australia seeking protection visas after fleeing dangerous situations.

📅 When: Saturday 18 July, 2:00 pm
📍 Where: Wheatsheaf Hotel, 39 George Street, Thebarton
🎟️ Cost: $25

Ambiguous Folk is an eclectic band blending folk, blues, soft jazz and a touch of indie music. Their original songs explore themes of social justice, romance and humour, creating a unique and engaging musical experience.

This special performance features:
🎸 Hannah Bibby – acoustic & electric guitar, vocals
🎸 Greg Were – guitar, vocals
🎻 Special guest Emma Luker – violin & cello
🎼 Spiro Kolovos – jazz bass

Bring your friends and family along for a fun afternoon of music, community and solidarity. Every ticket helps support families seeking safety, security and the chance to be together again.

We hope to see you there!

Concert featuring Ambiguous Folk. Raising money to reunite families and individuals here who need protection visas.

02/06/2026

🎬 Our final film for the inaugural Adelaide Refugee Film Festival is here!

We're thrilled to present LOST LAND, screening Saturday 27 June at Palace Nova.

A Venice award winner and the first-ever Rohingya-language feature film, Lost Land follows two young siblings on a perilous journey to Malaysia in search of their scattered family. Made with a largely non-professional cast of over 200 Rohingya community members, this is a visceral, humane story of survival — and the search for somewhere to call home.

We're honoured to be bringing this remarkable film to Adelaide fresh from the Sydney Film Festival. 🙏

▶️ Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNyi9LzJkb4
ℹ️ Film details: https://www.sff.org.au/program/event/lost-land/

🎟️ Book your tickets:
https://www.trybooking.com/DJAZW

Step into powerful stories from around the world at the Adelaide Refugee Film Festival — a moving and eye-opening celebration of cinema that shines...

12/05/2026

Movement has a powerful way of bringing people together. 💙

Sanctuary Runners Australia is a beautiful new initiative creating connection, friendship and solidarity through walking, jogging and running — bringing together refugees, migrants, people seeking asylum and the wider community in welcoming spaces across Australia.

Free to join and open to all fitness levels, the movement is built on inclusion, wellbeing and belonging.

A wonderful reminder that community can begin with something as simple as taking a few steps together.

Read more and get involved here:

https://www.refugeecouncil.org.au/sanctuary-runners-australia-about

Sanctuary Runners Australia is a new initiative in 2026 to bring together people of different backgrounds through running, walking, and jogging to foster

06/05/2026

Join us for the inaugural Adelaide Refugee Film Festival 2026.

Experience powerful and moving stories from around the world through recently released films exploring the lives and journeys of refugees internationally.

📍 Palace Nova Cinema, Prospect
📍 Victa Cinema, Victor Harbor

Festival dates:
🎥 26-28 June & 4 July 2026

Presented by Circle of Friends Australia — a 100% volunteer-run refugee support group in South Australia.

🎟 Full program & tickets:

Step into powerful stories from around the world at the Adelaide Refugee Film Festival — a moving and eye-opening celebration of cinema that shines...

21/11/2025

Circle of Hope in conjunction with Different Voices presents Il Girovaghi (the vagabonds) singing traditional Italian songs of Christmas. The repertoire ranges from sweet to startling salacious to those used to the English carol tradition although a few English favourites will be included.

When: Fri, 5 Dec, 6:30pm – 10:30pm
Where: Hope’s Cafe, 243 The Parade, Beulah Park
Cost: $30
Book below⤵️

Different Voices presents Il Girovaghi singing traditional but often surprising carols and songs of Christmas.

27/09/2025

𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐠𝐞𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬: 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬"

The Effective Living Centre Circle invites you to a charity movie night to raise funds for refugee families living in Adelaide.

We will be screening the acclaimed film "The Travellers," a poignant, funny, and heartwarming family story from filmmaker Bruce Beresford. The story follows Stephen Seary, a stage designer whose quick trip home to say goodbye to his dying mother turns into a chaotic navigation of family drama, old friends, and past lovers.

Your ticket includes a welcome drink and nibbles before the film.

Date: Sunday, 12 October 2025
Time: 5:00 PM (for 6:00 PM screening)
Location: Regal Theatre, 275 Kensington Rd, Kensington
Ticket Price: $30

𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐡𝐭𝐭𝐩𝐬://𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬.𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐱.𝐜𝐨𝐦/𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞-𝐨𝐟-𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬-𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞-𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫

Join us for a fantastic night out while contributing to a vital cause in our community.

Buy Tickets on Humanitix - Circle of Friends 111 Movie Fundraiser: The Travellers hosted by Circle of Friends 111 - Wayville. The Regal Theatre, 275 Kensington Rd, Kensington Park SA 5068, Australia. Sunday 12th October 2025. Find event information.

21/09/2025

Can you join the new Emergency Circle team?

Can you join the new Emergency Circle team? In late April this year Circle 110’s name was changed from “Rapid Response” to “COFA Emergency Circle” to reflect a change in operational structure. The Circle can be contacted by the new email of [email protected]. At a practical level, t...

10/09/2025

LAILA AZAD, PSYCHOTHERAPIST AND COFA VOLUNTEER OFFERING HER SERVICES TO REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS

GHAZMEL THERAPY offers affordable clinical counselling and psychotherapy services for individuals without funding, those on a low income, or receiving Centrelink support. The rates are listed on their website.

In addition, they provide free sessions facilitated by student practitioners, ensuring that quality mental health care remains accessible to people facing financial barriers. Students are from Master of counselling and psychotherapy / final internships/ Adelaide University.

GHAZMEL THERAPY is a clinical counselling and psychotherapy service registered with PACFA (Psychotherapy and counselling federation Australia). They specialise in supporting individuals with neurodiverse conditions and a broad range of mental health disorders. Their service approach is integrated, holistic, and easy to access.

Website: www.ghazmeltherapy.com.au
Email: [email protected]
Hampstead Gardens SA 5086

23/08/2025

Join us for an immersive Afghan cultural experience! ✨

Be captivated by the stunning works of internationally acclaimed photographer Muzafar Ali, whose dramatic photographs and striking images of his homeland, Afghanistan, will be projected on screen. This unique event will also feature live sounds, traditional Afghan foods, and refreshments.

Muzafar, a former refugee, shares his passion for human rights and empathy for the people he has captured through his lens, making this a truly powerful and inspiring journey of discovery.

Details:
📅 When: Friday, August 29, 2025, from 7:00 pm
📍 Where: Next to Uraidla Institute, 1203 Greenhill Rd, Uraidla SA 5142
🎟️ Cost: $7.50 for adults, U18 free
➡️ Book Tickets: https://www.trybooking.com/DBSOK

Hosted by Nathan's Circle. We can't wait to see you there!

Be consumed in this immersive Afghan cultural experience taking in electronically screened works of photographer Muzafar Ali, alongside live music,...