ECCV’s submission responds to issues raised by Victoria’s multicultural ageing and aged care sector regarding the transition of the Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) to Support at Home Program. Drawing on consultations with ethno-specific and...
Although the prevalence of elder abuse is similar in migrant and refugee communities to what it is in the mainstream population, it can present differently due to different cultural norms, stigma, language barriers, and a lack of awareness of the issue. Ethnic...
Victoria’s multicultural mental health workforce has an important role in supporting the mental wellbeing of our migrant and refugee communities. However, while there have been a number of recent initiatives to support the mental health of multicultural...
ECCV has released a new policy paper evaluating the Working for Victoria program, with particular emphasis placed on examining the benefits of engaging multicultural and ethno-specific organisations to deliver employment programs to CALD communities. Our policy paper...
As an advocate for social justice and human rights, ECCV promotes the rights of community members who are the most marginalised and face the greatest barriers to social participation. ECCV has contributed to the recent community consultation about the Victorian...
ECCV’s Policy Advisory Committee on Health and Wellbeing (PACHW), made up of multicultural advocates and service representatives, decided that the COVID-19 pandemic presented an opportune time to re-examine a number of important issues that ECCV had raised in previous...
