Mental Health Community Consultation – Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District

FECCA, as part of an alliance with the National Ethnic Disability Alliance (NEDA) and Mental Health Australia (MHA) will hold a consultation on multicultural mental health in Shepparton on afternoon of 4th of March 2020

FECCA, as part of an alliance with the National Ethnic Disability Alliance (NEDA) and Mental Health Australia (MHA), are working on a project about multicultural mental health called ‘Embrace’, focusing on mental health and suicide prevention for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Project staff, together with consumers, carers and stakeholders, have further developed the Framework for Mental Health in Multicultural Australia (the Framework). The Framework was developed to help organisations and individuals evaluate their cultural responsiveness and enhance delivery of services for CALD communities.

FECCA and NEDA will begin community consultations across Australia to inform stigma reduction and information dissemination activities to CALD communities. These consultations aim to meet a cross section of the CALD community.

WHEN: 5:30 – 7pm, 4th of March 2020
WHERE: 158 Welsford st, Shepparton VIC 3630
COST: Free, afternoon tea provided

Mental Health Community Consultation Shepparton

	The Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District acknowledges the Yorta Yorta People of the land which comprises the Goulburn Valley. We pay respect to tribal Elders, past, present and emerging and we celebrate their continuing culture and acknowledge the memory of their ancestors.
	The Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District is a peak body whose mission is to promote and represent the social, cultural and economic well-being of ethnic communities in the Goulburn Valley Region through the provision of quality and innovative settlement, refugee support, community development, and information and advocacy services.