2023 Canada Prestige Award Refugee Support Organization of the Year
COMPASS Refugee Centre
“The judges praised the exceptional work undertaken by the team at the Compass Refugee Centre. … Each member of staff goes above and beyond expectations and are wholly committed to fulfilling a role in their mission to assist, accompany and advocate for refugee claimants in the local area. The outstanding results attributed to the charity only exist through their hard work, expertise, compassion and dedication to providing new starts for those in society who need it the most.”
Just sample of what we have done over the past twelve months:
- 2,195 people served
- 195 people granted Canada’s protection
- 213 people helped with permanent residency and/or family reunification
COMPASS RIDE FOR REFUGE
September 23rd!
This year’s Ride for Refuge Campaign was another success with 165 riders and walkers, a beautiful day, amazing routes and scenery, delicious food including home-baked cookies, and a whole lot of the best volunteers ever! Thank you to everyone! We have until October 31st to reach our goal of $75,000 and we are oh, so close!! Follow the link to see our scoreboard and help us to go over the top: COMPASS RIDE 2023 SCOREBOARD
Help us answer the call!
We learned this past week that the province is going to provide funding to get refugee claimants either out of emergency shelter or keep them from ending up in shelter. The Region of Waterloo is asking for our help to get the funding to claimants currently in shelter, and to those who are currently in insecure, unsafe, or inadequate housing. That is a great ask and opportunity, but we need to EXCEED our budget to be able to respond with the extra staff time it will take to collaborate.
Today is the last day to donate for our fiscal year end! Even though we had 50% more donors than ever for our summer campaign, we were only able to raise a third of what we would normally raise as so many have had to trim their generosity. If you can help, all donations received online or postmarked by 11:59pm on September 30th – yes, that’s today – will help us not only avoid a deficit, but enable us to answer the call and get, or keep, claimants out of the shelter system.
