• 2020: Scarf and COVID-19

    Scarf started the year (our tenth year!) with high hopes, huge goals, and big appetites. Our plans may have changed but we're doing our best to ensure we continue impacting young lives. Read more

We believe hospitality can transform lives

The Scarf Story

At Scarf, we transform the lives of young people seeking protection, and those from refugee and migrant backgrounds, by getting them into work while adding flavour and heart to the Melbourne hospitality industry. Whilst volunteering with the refugee community in 2009 - 2010, Scarf co-founders Hannah Colman and Jess Moran observed firsthand how hard it can be for newly arrived young people to find jobs, despite having a great attitude and a willingness to take on anything!

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Our Impact

243

 graduates

72%

 graduates in jobs*

16,400

 hours of industry training

8,580

 hours of paid work experience


*within 6 months of graduating from Scarf's 10-week Seasonal Program

Scarf News

  • Melbourne Women's Fund supports Scarf

    With support from the Melbourne Women's Fund, we're excited to be running a special short-course for young women from protection-seeking, refugee and migrant backgrounds in 2020. Read more

  • Stay Home with Scarf

    Current restaurant restrictions mean Scarf Dinners are on hold for the foreseeable future. So, during this time, we're encouraging our regular diners (and new supporters!) to 'Stay Home with Scarf'. Read more

  • Scarf Auspices CoVid-19 E.A.D

    Scarf has just become the auspice organisation for CoVid-19 Employee Assistance Directive, a new not-for-profit feeding Melbourne hospo workers who've been left jobless in the current pandemic. Read more