About us

Fifty years of connecting the Border

We began in 1976 as the Albury Wodonga Volunteer Resource Bureau. Today, as Border Community Resource Centre, we connect people with volunteering, support new arrivals to settle, and teach practical skills for work and life.

Our mission: working to relieve poverty through social inclusion and education.

We are a small, local, not-for-profit organisation governed by a volunteer Committee of Management and staffed by people who mostly grew up here or chose here. We are not a branch of anything. Decisions about the Border are made on the Border.

Our name changed in 2026 because our work had outgrown the old one. Volunteering remains the heart of what we do, and settlement support, community programs and training have grown around it.

What we do

Match volunteers with local organisations, 106 referrals in the last year
Support 65 local volunteer-involving organisations
Walk alongside new arrivals through settlement casework and community programs
Run free and low-cost training for work, volunteering and everyday life
Visit older people through the Aged Care Volunteer Visitors Scheme

Our team

The people you will meet when you get in touch.

Tim Farrah
General Manager
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Claudine Bodeli
SETS Team
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Jess Carrick
SETS Team
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Kedar Sapkota
SETS Team
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Maureen
SETS Team
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Daisy
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Leanne
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Lindy Hartnett
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Nick Pawsey
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Titus Kolil
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The Disruptive One
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The Naughty One
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Committee of Management

Our volunteer board, responsible for the governance of the organisation.

Robyn Bryant
Committee Member
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Rebekha Pattison
Committee Member
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Steve McKewan
Committee Member
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Our history

1976
The Bureau is founded
Set up to connect people who wanted to help with organisations who needed them. Confirm this date before publishing.
2026
We become Border Community Resource Centre
A name that reflects everything we do now: volunteering, settlement support, training and community connection.