The Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria’s newly-formed Victorian Multicultural Mental Health Network is inviting mental health service providers, policymakers and people with lived experience from migrant and refugee backgrounds to take part in an online survey. The survey results will be used to inform a discussion paper looking at the experience of multicultural communities in accessing mental health support and how access to culturally responsive services can be improved.
What are the reporting barriers and support needs of people who experience racism? The Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria is partnering with the Islamic Council of Victoria and Victoria University on a research project, funded by VicHealth, to inform recommendations on how to improve anti-racism support and reporting pathways. If you are a Victorian aged 18 or older and identify as a member of a multicultural or multifaith community, you are invited to take part in the project by doing this short survey.
Anika Legal has launched an online Rental Information Hub featuring information on renters’ rights in 10 languages: Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), English, Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Spanish, Tamil, Thai and Vietnamese. The Hub, which came together after consultations with renters from diverse backgrounds on what information they need, contains a range of resources on rental repairs, bond, the basics of tenancy law and more.
The Youth Outreach Recovery Services (YORS) program that is being offered to 16 to 25 year old people that are needing support with their mental health. The program services the Greater Shepparton, Moira, Murrindindi, Mitchell and Strathbogie shires and our participants do not need to have a formal diagnosis to benefit from the program.
Goulburn Valley Grammar School announces its Refugee Scholarship for entry to the school in Year 7, for 2024. A Scholarship application form is given, there is an Open Day at the School on March 10, 2023, and Ethnic Council has offered to give assistance in preparation of scholarship applications to all who need help.
Songs, dances and ceremonial traditions offer a rare insight into Australian history from an Indigenous perspective. At this time of the annivesary of the Apology to the Stolen Generations, the Ethnic Council supports the Voice to Parliament and the importance of indigenous culture to all Australians.
Greater Shepparton Council are continuing to work towards creating a more vibrant, cohesive community that celebrates and incorporates aspects of cultural diversity within daily life. You are invited to participate in shaping the Multicultural Action Plan.
Surfing Victoria is bringing its Community Connects Multicultural Stand up Paddleboarding (SUP) program to Shepparton. The first sessions of the FREE Multicultural Stand Up Paddle Boarding sessions are coming up soon in Shepparton. In just under two weeks time this FREE event will take place for YOUNG PEOPLE. We still have spots left for young people from New and Emerging Communities.
Rajvir Aulakh was born and brought up in New Zealand, but when the right opportunity presented itself, his late father, Sam Aulakh, shifted their family to Australia’s regional town of Shepparton in Victoria in 2007.
The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is ‘embracing equity’, and Flamingo Project founder Neha Samar will be running a social media campaign locally to raise awareness of the theme.