The Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria and Diversity and Disability (DnD) share a belief that the most effective advocacy comes from people with a lived experience and therefore disability advocacy is strongest coming from people with disability. There will be a Self Advocacy Training and Feast for Ethnic people with disability at the Foodstore, Fryer St, Shepparton on Wednesday, 3 December, 2019.
Shepparton’s Secondary Schools have merged and are now known as Greater Shepparton College. Parent Information Nights are being conducted at Wanganui Park Secondary Collge and McGuire College to bring parents up to date with changes of campus, transport, uniforms, like this. These sessions will SPECIFICALLY CATER TO PARENTS WHO DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH. Translators will be available to help.
Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District in collaboration with GOTAFE will present a session on obtaining the Learner’s Permit for driving a car on the roads. This will take place at GOTAFE, Fryer St, Shepparton on Friday 16 November from 1 – 2pm.
Looking for work? Need some help? Need to learn digital skills like a CV or a covering letter? Come along to St Paul’s African House and learn valuable digital skills to help you get a job! Workshops start next Tuesday 12 November 2019.
Practice Seminar Series by FamilyCare presenting an introduction to refugee and settlement experiences for children and families. We will also explore what early years’ services can do to support young children and their families in their recovery.
A compelling new film tells the real life story of an Afghan family’s heart-wrenching journey from their homeland to seek safety in Europe. In his film ‘Midnight Traveler’, director Hassan Fazili captures the uncertainty and danger of his family’s flight from the Taliban while throwing light on issues facing migrants.
More than 300 businesses have been opened by refugees in Melbourne and Sydney in the past two years, new figures show. An audit by migrant and refugee settlement agency AMES Australia and not-for-profit micro-finance provider Thrive shows significant numbers of refugees starting businesses.
James Houston was present at the birth of Australia’s multiculturalism. In 1969, the then Liberal Government asked Jim, then a senior public servant, to find out how many ethnic organisations there were in Australia. His answer, after a few months research, was more than a thousand. And the rest, as they say, is history.
Greater Shepparton City Council’s popular multicultural initiative Culture Corner will take a break in November due to the forecast rain. That break will continue throughout the holiday period of December 2019 and January 2020, before returning “bigger and better” in February.
Monash University are looking for volunteers to help implement a world-leading study that seeks to reduce social exclusion. This is an opportunity to visit households and engage in conversation.