Multicultural Support Choices

04/03/2019

Ability ❤️

This was the coolest thing I’ve seen tonight. Ability. Thank you Hobart 📷 Dara Munnis Photography

27/07/2018

Help us win a much-needed grant to make improvements to our building and create an amazing community space!

Click on the following link https://www.johaylen.com/cbp18 and select Ethnic Community Services Co-operative

WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!

ECSC have made it to the 2nd round of Community Building Partnerships Grants via Jo Haylen! We want to create a wonderful creative community space but we need your help.

Please follow the link https://www.johaylen.com/cbp18 and select Ethnic Community Services Co-operative it only takes a few minutes and together we can ensure some great results for our clients and families!

27/06/2018

We ❤️ this short animated video about the sibling carer relationship! Take a look at Lola’s Story via Carers NSW

If you are a carer or know one who could use some support you can call the Carer Line Monday to Friday 9am to 5 pm on 1800 242 636 🗣

The sibling relationship is one of the longest relationships in one’s life. For adults caring for a sibling with a disability, this often extends beyond an a...

06/06/2018

Well done to our support worker Qahir on his interview with the Afghan community SBS Language program in Dari SBS Dari about the importance of culturally-appropriate service and the support work he is doing at Ethnic Community Services Co-operative as part of Multicultural Support Choices!

The Ethnic Community Services Co-operative provides some important services and activities for vulnerable people from ethnic background in NSW. A member of the organisation Mr Qahir Ali Jafari explains in Dari.

31/05/2018

Ever heard of Chair Yoga?

Try it for FREE this Saturday at AccessABILITY - Free Event - Addison Road Community Centre 🙏🙏🙏

10/05/2018

"There’s a real danger that without services respecting their culture our mob won’t get access to all the opportunities the NDIS provides..."

Great article from IndigenousX and Guardian Australia about culturally appropriate services - we know CALD individuals with disability are at a double disadvantage and understand the value our services can bring to participants of the NDIS National Disability Insurance Scheme because we respect and value their cultural and linguistic needs!

There’s a real danger that without services respecting their culture our mob won’t get access to all the opportunities the NDIS provides

12/04/2018

Foundations of Disability training done and dusted for Group 1!!! Well done to our young Support Workers 🙌🏼

06/04/2018

We did it!!!!!

WE DID IT! Today, the NSW Premier announced that our disability representative organisations and independent advocacy and information services will be able to continue for the next two years.

People with disability across NSW are celebrating because we will continue to have somewhere to turn if we’re not getting a fair go, thanks to the State Government confirming that it will provide $26 million in funding.

"PDCN welcomes the NSW government announcement for continued funding" says PDCN CEO, Ms Serena Ovens. "this is a huge win for people with a disability in NSW. It's great that the Premier has listened to the concerns of people with disability and committed to ongoing funding."

People with disability have been rightly very worried about the potential loss of our voice in the NSW community. We’ve had rallies, we’ve been visiting MPs, people have been writing postcards to the Premier – the response from the people with disability and the community broadly has been overwhelming.

This funding commitment means that we can get back to doing what we do best – ensuring people with disability have the support to speak up for ourselves and each other.

Congratulations to everyone for all your incredible hard work over the last year!

http://standbyme.org.au/advocacy-funding-welcome-relief-for-people-with-disability/

[Image description: Photo of two happy people with text over the tops saying 'we won! Funding for NSW disability advocacy is secured for two years. Find out more at www.standbyme.org.au. The Stand By Me logo is in the corner.]

22/03/2018

Congratulations to our Multicultural Support Choices friend Quang Nguyen on the launch of his business the Quang Nguyen Network today! Check out quannguyennetwork.com.au and don't forget to

20/03/2018

What a great initiative! Do you think more restaurants should become inclusive in their service?

18/03/2018

“We just want the same things that every other family wants in a community, and that’s to feel a sense of belonging.”

One mum is calling on her local area to create inclusive and accessible playgrounds.Do you have one near you?

via Council for Intellectual Disability

COPACABANA’S Briohny Kennedy wants her son Archie to be able to play “just like every other child in the community”.