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The exhibitor prospectus to be involved in the Ageing in Australia Expo 2015 is now available! The Ageing in Australia Expo will be held at the Melbourne Town Hall on the 2nd May 2015. Bookings to exhibit at the popular Expo are now open. Based on previous events, exhibitor spaces will sell out - get in early to avoid disappointment! The Expo provides an opportunity for members of the public to...

What a great year 2014 has been for the Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing. It was such an eventful and successful year, and we would like to thank you for being part of it! This year saw many productive collaborations and well-attended events and training sessions all over Victoria. Some of this year’s highlights were the Shaping Inclusive Services 2014 Conference ; Cultural Diversity in...

Centre for Culture, Ethnicity & Health (CEH) launched its new Language Services Guide and information sheets to the community on Tuesday 9 December. The Language Services Guide and information sheets are designed to support and encourage all agencies, no matter how established or confident they are in their practices, to aim for continuous improvement in their provision of language services....

HealthWest Invites CALD Community Leaders to Help Reduce Harmful Gambling HealthWest recently received a grant from the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation’s new local prevention program. With it they intend to reduce harmful gambling activities for at-risk communities. More details of the VRGF grants program can be found here . The north and west metropolitan region is home to some of the...

Alzheimer's Australia are conducting a survey to find out how well they meet their consumers needs. If you, or someone you know has used their programs or services in the past year, please encourage them to fill out the survey, which takes appromintely 15 minutes to complete. You could inform the future direction of programs and services provided by Alzheimer’s Australia and go in the draw to...

The Translation and Interpreting Studies Program at Monash University is pleased to announce two upcoming professional development short courses to be offered at the Monash University Legal Chambers in Melbourne’s CBD in December 2014. The courses are: Orientation to the Language Services Sector in Australia - Friday 12th December 2014 This one-day course is for recent graduates of Translation...

On behalf of Leading Age Services Australia – Victoria, NSW-ACT and South Australia, LASA are pleased to announce the 2015 Tri-State Conference will take place in Albury from the 22-24 February 2015. In 2015 the Tri-State Conference, under the theme Aged Care: Adapt Today. Thrive Tomorrow , will explore areas of critical importance within the ever changing aged care industry. For more...

The Brotherhood of St Laurence is holding a special advance screening of The Good Lie, the story of four Sudanese refugees settling in to a new life in America, to raise money for their programs for refugee and asylum seekers. Director Philippe Falardeau says of the film: "I wanted to make this as real as possible. This needed to be a reminder that heroism is not just about soldiers and...

The National LGBTI Ageing and Aged Care Conference 2014 was held at a packed Melbourne Town Hall on 28th-29th October 2014. The Conference was hosted by Val’s Cafe - a project seeking to improve the health and wellbeing of older lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) people. Over the two days, many issues of the LGBTI ageing community were presented, including stories of...

The Ethnic Communities' Council of Victoria (ECCV) launched its short film on elder abuse, Within My Walls, a community education resource in October 2014. Within My Walls is a glimpse into the lives of older people in suburban Melbourne, who have been affected by mistreatment at the hands of their family. This film is a community education tool, designed to generate discussion about the topic...

Ballarat Regional Multicultural Council invites staff and volunteers who support or are likely to support clients from Croatian background to a Workshop on Effectively Working with the Croatian Community: When: Thursday, 27th November 2014, 11am-1pm Where : BRMC at GPLACE, 102 English Street, Golden Point 3350 This workshop aims to raise cultural awareness of aged and health care workers in...

The Southern Migrant & Refugee Centre (SMRC) celebrated 21 Years of servicing multicultural communities on the 15th October 2014 at their Dandenong office. The celebration included a vibrant performance from a Sudanese dance group, and speeches by Senator the Hon Concetta Fierravanti-Wells and CEO Jenny Semple. Jenny Semple shared her journey of working at the centre since 1998, and screened a...