News & Stories
Anti-Racism Symposium 2022
ECCV held our inaugural Anti-Racism Symposium on Wednesday, 1 June at the Queen Victoria Women’s Centre. The Symposium was a key outcome of the All One Together project, which builds the capacity of organisations across a variety of sectors to increase workplace...
ECCV co-hosts key gathering of regional ECCs
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...
Uli’s Story: Becoming a community vaccine champion
Uli Kaplan is a disability advocate and CEO of Life is a Battlefield. He shared his experience of living with disability during COVID-19 with us– both barriers he’s faced and the benefits of getting the vaccine. Uli was born with a number of chronic health conditions...
“Protecting Our Communities” video series launched
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 leaders who were able...
“We Are All In This Together” Report
In October 2021, ECCV held consultations with community members with lived experience of racism to help inform the Victorian Government’s forthcoming Anti-Racism Strategy.
ECCV and VMC Mental Health Forum
ECCV and the Victorian Multicultural Commission (VMC) invite you to an online Mental Health Forum on Monday, 29 November 2021 to discuss how to best ensure reforms to Victoria's mental health system are inclusive and responsive to the needs of our multicultural...
Speak My Language (Victoria): Living Well with Disability
To mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities, ECCV held a special online event on 7 December 2021 to talk about living well with disability and launch the Speak My Language (Disability) Victorian podcasts. The event featured a panel discussion with Victorian...
ECCV leading coordinated regional emergency management response
ECCV is working with the Victorian Multicultural Commission and regional Ethnic Councils and peak bodies to ensure the emergency response in regional areas effectively engages with local migrant and refugee communities. The collaboration follows the recent COVID-19...
Recognising and Respecting Carers
Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria (ECCV) has partnered with Carers Victoria to improve outcomes for carers from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds. Funded through the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH), the Recognising and...
Meet Hayat, Bicultural Community Educator on Elder Abuse Prevention
Since 2012, ECCV has partnered with Seniors’ Rights Victoria to coordinate a free Elder Abuse Bicultural Community Educator training program for people working with CALD seniors, support services and community organisations. Once educators have completed their...
ECCV farewells Matisse Yee
Last week ECCV said goodbye and good luck to one of our long-standing employees, Business and Executive Support Coordinator Matisse Yee, who will be starting a new career in finance. We wanted to share Matisse’s story not only because she has been an integral part of...
Upcoming Event – Multicultural Mental Health: The Road Ahead
Parliamentary Secretary for Mental Health, Steve Dimopoulos MP, will be keynote speaker at a Multicultural Mental Health Forum being held by the Ethnic Communities' Council of Victoria (ECCV) on Tuesday, 27 July 2021. The online forum will discuss the Royal...
Call for ECCV member submissions to the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act
ECCV is calling on our members to make a submission to Victoria’s new Mental Health and Wellbeing Act and join us in advocating for the mental health rights of people from migrant and refugee backgrounds. This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for all Victorians...
Working for Victoria Consultations
Were you employed through the Working for Victoria program? ECCV is looking for people from multicultural backgrounds who were employed through the Working for Victoria program to take part in online consultations being held in May. ECCV will be conducting two...
Regional Leaders gathering sets a new path for ethnic communities’ councils in Victoria.
The Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria (ECCV) held a gathering of Victorian regional ethnic communities’ councils over two days in April, hosted by the Ethnic Council of Shepparton & District in Shepparton. After a long year of regular online video meetings,...