Impact Stories

Camilla and CSS Village Collaboration Impact Stories Sabahat's Story Fatiwa's Story Roqayya’s Story Layla's Story Sabahat’s Story Sabahat is a university graduate and former kindergarten teacher from Pakistan who moved to Australia in 2009. Faced with caring responsibilities, health challenges, language barriers and lack of confidence to integrate with Australian communities, Sabahat she experienced a significant struggle with depression…

Nourishing | Nurturing | EMPOWERING Our three pillars - Nourishing, Nurturing, and Empowering - are the threads that weave our village together. They come from our cultures, our stories, our mothers’ teachings, our shared meals, and our belief that every person deserves a place to belong. Empowering - Skills, Pathways &…

Nourishing | NUTURING | Empowering Nurturing is where emotional safety becomes community practice. Led by counsellor and life coach Mona Mahamed, our Nurturing pillar offers culturally safe counselling for children, adults, men, women, and families. Mona’s lived experience and deep cultural awareness make her support uniquely powerful for CALD or vulnerable…

NOURISHING | Nurturing | Empowering At Community Support Services (CSS), we often say “It takes a village.” But for us, the village isn’t just a saying - it’s a lived reality. CSS is a second home for thousands of families, elders, women, men, and young people who walk through our doors…

CSS Village - Where Culture, Care & Community Meet Nourishing • Nurturing • Empowering Welcome to our village and thanks for visiting. CSS began in my own home. At a time when I was at my lowest, I used my savings, my kitchen, and my faith to build a place where people could belong…

Someone once said, 'My village rises from the plain, it is shaded with trees and like a piggy bank filled with memories. You can see why a person would want to live there forever".  There is no better way to explain what we do at CSS. We assist vulnerable community members and marginalise families, but…

Hygienic products are given for granted. However, many families in Bankstown and Canterbury area struggle to buy sanitary items as they are considered luxurious for those facing financial hardship.  Period pads and nappies are far beyond being included on the 'monthly allowance' of those who serve. Thus, having access to Ultra dry Nappies and Night-time…

On our daily operations, we see many families and individuals going through life challenges. All stories are different, but there is something they have in common - the lack of resources to have a dignified meal on their table at least once a day. Ever since they walk through our doors, they receive not just…

Community Support Services is a Social Enterprise that contributes to the betterment of our community. We were generously given LEGO, Back to School and stationery items such as colouring in pens, white-out, whiteboard markers and much more. These were delivered to the devastated Community of Mogo that was ravaged by fire. In addition to…

A few months ago, I had the fortune to join the #happilyeverafter program delivered by @Aaliyah Yco at CSS. We were a total of 15 women, who came together to receive mentorship on Goal setting, self-care, and tools to deal with day-to-day challenges. Initially, I thought it was another program of women-empowerment, but I sooner…

We have reached that annual season where everything seems brighter and colourful. The beginning of the holidays and the remaining days of 2020 seems like a perfect opportunity to reflect on the work done and be grateful for all our achievements. There could not be better timing for us to get together and celebrate CSS. …

COVID-19 impacted everyone in our community – especially those who suddenly found themselves without an income or access to government support. Kathy and her husband are both international students with big dreams for their future. When they both lost their jobs during the pandemic, they quickly struggled to pay their household expenses. The situation looked…