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NEWS ABOUT AGEING, DISABILITY AND CARERS
Week ending 10 April 2009

 

COMMUNITY CONSULTATIONS

1. Arrived in Australia in the last 5 years? T: 9601 3788 NEW
Over 50 years and Arabic-speaking?
Live in Liverpool?

You are invited to talk about your health, legal or housing concerns at Liverpool Migrant Resource Centre
Thursday, 9 April 9.30 am - 12 noon
Liverpool MRC, 108 Moore Street, Liverpool
Contact: Dany Ya

If you miss the consultation, please contact Dany at the Centre about your needs.

2. Older person or looking after someone who is older? NEW
Cultural linkage to Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, Fiji, India, Nepal, Pakistan,
Sri Lanka?
Live in Parramatta local government area?

You are invited to participate in a community consultation in May at a central point in Parramatta with easy access to transport. Watch this space for more details.

DADHC*-FUNDED SERVICES FOR OLDER PEOPLE, PEOPLE WITH A DISABILITY & THEIR CARERS FROM CULTURALLY & LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS
* Department of Ageing Disability and Home Care

1. CALD Carers Retreat - 19-20-21 May 2009 T: 9747 8616 NEW

Caring for a person with mental illness?
Take a break from caring and attend the CALD Carers Retreat at the Sebel Kirkton Park Hotel in the Hunter Valley (NSW). Activities and Workshops for you. Alternative support arranged for the person you look after so you can relax. Transport from designated locations to Hunter Valley.

Contact: Prue or Catherine
Schizophrenia Fellowship of NSW Inc.

 

2. Eastern Sydney Day Program (Botany) T: 8337 3600 NEW
Day Program for people with disabilities offering opportunities for community participation and meaningful leisure and recreational activities.

Contact: Windgap Foundation
W: www.windgap.com.au

 

3. Respite for Cantonese-speaking Chinese Carers T: 9728 0290 NEW
Want a break from caring for your family or friend who is frail aged or has a disability AND you live in South West Sydney (Bankstown-Fairfield-Liverpool)?

FREE morning tea and lunch
Friday, 17 April 2009 from 10am - 2pm
Bankstown Sports Club
RSVP: 10 April 2009

Contact: Judy, Hanny, Nhung or Pinkie
South West Sydney Commonwealth Respite & Carelink Centre

 

4. Greek Welfare Centre T: 9516 2188

Aged Day Care services for Chinese, Greek and Russian frail aged persons who live in Botany Bay, Randwick, Sydney, Waverley or Woollahra Local Government Area.

 

IMPORTANT RESOURCES FOR OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY

1. Alzheimer's Australia T: 9805 0100
http://www.alzheimers.org.au

Dementia information in a range of languages in different formats.

 

2. Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association - MDAA T: 9891 6400
http://www.mdaa.org.au/publications/openingdoors.html

Opening Doors: A collaborative resource that talks about disability within a cultural context from a consumer perspective.

 

3. Autism Expo 2009 W: www.autismawareness.com.au NEW

When: Saturday, 9 May 2009

Where: Sir John Niland Scientia
University of New South Wales

Cost: Entry is free with an optional gold coin donation

 

4. Macular Degeneration (MD) Information for Chinese Community NEW
Educators will present information on the types of MD, ways to reduce the risk of developing the disease, treatment options and low vision aids and services.

Organiser: Australian Chinese Community Association of NSW Inc and
Macular Degeneration Foundation
For: Cantonese-speaking community (interpreters available)
When: Wed, 15 April 10.30am - 12.30pm
Granville Town Hall, 10 Carlton St, Granville T: 9281 1377

Wed, 6 May 10.30am - 12.30pm
Dougherty Community Centre, 7 Victor St, Chatswood T: 9412 3488
Cost: Free

5. Parent Line T: 1300 1300 52
24/7 confidential telephone counselling, information and referral service for parents and carers of children aged 0 to 18 years, who live in New South Wales with access to Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, French, German and Spanish counsellors.

W: www.parentline.org.au
E: info@parentline.org.au

 

6. ABC Radio National - Life Matters, Friday Talkback NEW
13 March 2009
Audio file is available for 4 weeks. If unable to access the file, please contact Caroline @ ECC.

Getting personal about disability
Disability is a political issue. We've covered issues like accessibility and workforce participation on the show in the past, and it's clear a lot more work needs to be done.
But today we're zooming in on disability at a personal level. Is having a disability necessarily a barrier to living a full life? Or are the barriers actually caused by the society we live in?
We hear from three prominent advocates about how they understand their own disabilities. And we hear your stories of living with disability or accommodating the needs of others.

Guests
Professor Ron McCallum
Former dean of law at Sydney University Disability rapporteur to the United Nations

Liz Carr
Actor, comedian, broadcaster and UK disability activist

Dr Tom Shakespeare
Sociologist, bioethicist and UK disability activist

 

7. Outstanding Community Worker Award: $5,000 NEW
Deadline: 24 April 2009

The Alcoa Foundation Outstanding Community Worker Award has been designed by Alcoa Foundation and Our Community to recognise the contribution to the nation's life made by the women and men working in community groups.

In the community sector people work because they're committed to a vision - not so much for money and position. They are not complaining - there are other satisfactions in doing the work that they love, for causes that they believe will make the world a better place - but their work is largely unsung and unrecognised.

The Alcoa Foundation Outstanding Community Worker Award has been created to help redress the balance.

Nominate a community worker for an award - it's a great way of saying thanks.
For more info: http://www.ourcommunity.com.au/communityworkeraward

 

MULTICULTURAL RESOURCES FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS

1. Alzheimer's Australia
http://www.alzheimers.org.au

A resource kit outlining dementia perceptions in Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Greek, Italian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish and Vietnamese communities.

 

2. Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association - MDAA T: 9891 6400
http://www.mdaa.org.au/publications/ethnicity/specificommunities.html
Link to good resource that aims to respond to those vexing questions about communicating with people with disabilities from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
3. Multicultural Mental Health Australia (MMHA) T: 9840 3333 W: www.mmha.org.au
Stepping Out of the Shadows: Reducing Stigma in Multicultural Communities
... a stigma reduction training kit and audio series launched on 19 Feb. 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For more details contact :
Caroline Romeo
ECC HACC Multicultural Access Program Officer
T: 9319 0288
E: hacc@eccnsw.org.au
W: www.eccnsw.org.au

 


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