On 26-27 May at the Ballarat Welcome Centre, ECCV co-hosted a gathering of the state’s key regional Ethnic Communities’ Councils (ECCs) in partnership with the Ballarat Regional Multicultural Council (BRMC), the peak multicultural agency in the Central Highlands...
ECCV is proud to present the final videos in “Protecting Our Communities,” a 15-language video series featuring COVID-19 stories from Victoria’s diverse migrant and refugee communities. The videos tell the heartfelt personal stories of community...
ECCV has released our 2022-23 Pre-Budget Submission. The submission calls on the Victorian Government to learn from the experiences and systemic gaps exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure our communities rebuild and recover equally. We make 12 recommendations...
People from linguistically diverse communities risk missing out on care Melbourne’s primary health care system can be difficult to access for people from culturally diverse backgrounds, potentially endangering care for some of the city’s most at-risk communities, a...
ECCV has contributed to the Victorian Government’s review of the Disability Act 2006. Building on previous work to promote the needs and rights of people with disability from CALD backgrounds, ECCV’s submission highlights that the Disability Act must seek to improve...
About the project The Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria (ECCV) is conducting a research project with the aim of understanding the experiences of people with disability from culturally diverse communities in accessing disability advocacy support services during...
