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Welcome Merchant Partnership

We’ve partnered with Welcome Merchant to help support and amplify the stories of refugee entrepreneurs.

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We’re delighted to announce our new partnership with Welcome Merchant. Their mission? To elevate the voices of entrepreneurs who identify as a refugee or as a person seeking asylum in Australia. 

Through our partnership, we’ll share the latest advice on the essential skills and tools that refugees and migrants need to start their own businesses here in Australia. We’ll also highlight and amplify the stories of our students who have gone on to start their own business.

We want to continue to help more and more people to build a better future, and we believe that learning English and digital skills is the first step to reach those goals.

Sharing the Knowledge Blog Series

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Blog 1:
Essential Skills for Starting Your Business (And How to Get Them!)

Learn about the essential skills you need when starting a business.
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Blog 2:
The First Steps to Take to Start Your Own Business in Australia

Starting your own business can be an empowering journey. But there will be problems if you don’t set things up well.
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Blog 3:
Advice from a Successful Business Owner

Kaleed Rophael is an English tutor for Navitas Skilled Futures’ Volunteer Tutor Scheme. He arrived from Iraq in 2000 and is now a success business owner. Kaleed shares his insights for those thinking about starting a business.
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Blog 4:
How to keep going when the going gets tough (in setting up a business)

Starting your own business is a brave undertaking even at the best of times, but doing so as a migrant or as a refugee in Australia can create additional challenges.
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Blog 5:
Ever thought of starting a beauty business in Australia?

If you love all things relating to beauty and are thinking about making it your career in Australia, the beauty industry is a good source of employment for refugees wanting to start their own business.
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Blog 6:
Identifying and utilising your unique skills to start & grow a business

For migrants and refugees arriving in Australia, the entrepreneurial spirit often becomes a ray of hope and self-determination.
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Blog 7:
Finding The Confidence To Start Your Own Business In Australia

Starting your own business in a new country is an exciting opportunity, but it can also feel overwhelming. Fortunately, there are plenty of resources available to help you build your confidence.

Learn more about Welcome Merchant

The Welcome Merchant Story

Welcome Merchant – Refugee Powered Events

Business Directory – features over 120 businesses in Australia that are owned by refugees and people seeking asylum

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AMEP Childcare

If you have young children, you can still study with us. We work with a childcare company called KU Children’s Services to offer you free* childcare while you study with Navitas Skilled Futures. 
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Bilingual Support

At Navitas Skilled Futures, we know it is not easy to find a job and feel at home when you cannot speak English. That is why we can talk to you in your own language.
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Volunteering

Our Volunteer Tutor Scheme is designed to help migrants and refugees who cannot attend our AMEP classes, or who need extra learning support.
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Work Placements

Work placements are where you work somewhere for a short time with real bosses, in real companies. We have helped hundreds of people get new skills for their CVs and find jobs this way, and we can help you too.
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Youth

While we make sure our lessons are interesting and fun, we do a lot more for young people than just sit in a classroom. We focus on how young people learn best.
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Learning with Technology

When you study with Navitas Skilled Futures, you will use digital technology in all of our courses. Using technology in class means you can learn when it suits you, and in ways that help you remember lessons.