The RISE Drop-In Centre for both youth and adults in the community is located at our Melbourne CBD office: Level 1, 247 Flinders Lane, Melbourne VIC 3000 and is open Monday to Friday, 9:30am - 6:30pm and Saturday, 10.30am – 4.30pm.

The RISE Drop-In Centre exists to provide a safe space for community members to access a variety of RISE services, to meet and network with one another and to foster community building and involvement. Further the centre for both youth and adults in the community will provide social opportunities for newly arrived asylum seekers and refugees to meet and create social supports network through art and recreational activities.

The refugee community is dispersed throughout the regional and metropolitan areas of Melbourne. There are not many centres where refugees and asylum seekers can gather at a one place. The drop-in centre will facilitate such opportunities and will encourage interpersonal skill developments through art and recreation. The hub will facilitate:-

• Resource Library
• Foodbank
• Resume clinic
• Gather information and news pertaining to relevant creative industries, including visual arts, performing arts, music, theatre, writing & publishing, and exhibition.
• Relationship-building through activity planning and participation.
• Provision of Computers and internet facilities and computer study workshops
• Creative writing and drawing
• Community, welfare forums and media connections
• Music and poetry workshops
• University and TAFE Open days information
• Crisis services information
• Social networks and community information (such as events and festivals)