The Filipino-Australian Friends Association celebrated Philippines Independence day at the Peppermill Inn on Friday with more than 100 people attending. The theme of this year’s Independence Day celebration was “Kalayaan, Kinabukasan, Kasaysayan” (freedom, future and history).
Furaha Baguma — who came to Shepparton as a refugee in 2018 — founded a community English class for fellow refugees, which is now in its second year. Listening, speaking and reading is the focus for students at Umoja Empowerment Group’s English class for refugees in Shepparton.
Greater Shepparton City Council coordinates the two years of kindergarten that your child is eligible to attend before starting school. Posters are available in English, Swahili, Arabic and Dari. Enrolment for children closes on 11 August.
Shepparton’s Maternal and Child Health Service supports your child’s health and development from birth until school age. This is a FREE service available to all families across Greater Shepparton City Council. Information is available in Arabic, Mandarin, Swahili, Dari, Persian and English
The University of Melbourne is doing a language discrimination survey. If you are a young migrant, refugee or asylum seeker and have ever felt censured or judged for speaking – your English or your native language – and felt uncomfortable, then this survey is important: you can help reduce this discrimination.
The seven-day rolling average of patients with COVID in Victorian hospitals is 207, a decrease of 15 per cent from last week. There are currently 174 COVID patients in Victorian hospitals. There are currently 11 COVID patients in intensive care. There are 2 cleared cases in ICU. There are 6 COVID patients on a ventilator. The seven-day rolling average of patients in intensive care in Victorian hospitals is 10. In the past three months, 3,679 COVID patients were hospitalised in Victoria.
The National Disability and Advocacy Framework and Work Plan 2023-2025 were developed by the Australian, state and territory governments, in consultation with people with disability, families, carers, disability advocacy providers and disability representative organisations. Translations are provided for Auslan, Arabic, Chinese (Simple, Traditional), French, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Spanish, Turkish, Urdu and Vietnamese.
A collaborative effort has been initiated by organisations advocating for individuals with diverse literacy, language and cultural backgrounds, and with disabilities. The aim is to create accessible resources on the First Nations Voice to Parliament and the upcoming referendum. These materials will be made freely accessible to the public.
Life Without Barriers, Reconciliation Australia, SNAICC – National Voice for our Children, Yes23, and Polaron Language Services have worked together to develop the accessible resources, including fact sheets, social media tiles, audio resources, and videos.
The materials will be translated into 100 languages and aim to inform individuals with low literacy levels and those needing information in different languages about the purpose of the upcoming referendum.
The new National Disability Advocacy Framework 2023-2025 (NDAF) and associated Disability Advocacy Work Plan (Work Plan) are now available online.
The new National Disability Advocacy Framework commits governments to work together to improve national consistency and access to advocacy services for people with disability across Australia.
The National Disability Advocacy Framework and Work Plan was developed by the Australian, state and territory governments, in consultation with people with disability, families, carers, disability advocacy providers and disability representative organisations. On this page, we present the Easy-to-Read version of the Framework.
Council will conduct a Candidate Information Session to give you great insight into what being a Councillor might look like, including time commitments, responsibilities and general requirements under the Local Government Act 2020, as we approach the 2024 Council elections.