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VOLUNTEERING
This page is currently under construction. Some components
may not be fully operational.
Volunteer at the
Migrant Information Centre (Eastern Melbourne)
The MIC has volunteer opportunties for people to assist young
refugee students with their homework. There are two homework
support groups, one in the City of Knox and one in the City
of Maroondah. If you would like more information please contact
Jacquie Arulanandam at the MIC on 9285 4888 or email jarulanandam@miceastmelb.com
There are a number of other volunteer opportunities at the
MIC including assisting refugee community groups to establish
office and office systems, working with refugee clients to
assist them with their studies or to better understand the
labour market and how to apply for jobs as well as assisting
MIC staff with particular projects or general administrative
work. To download a brochure on volunteer opportunities at
the MIC please click
here.
For further information please contact Mervat Dahadoule on
telephone 9285 4888 or email
mdahdoule@miceastmelb.com.au
Inviting Cultural Diversity
in Volunteering Project
The Inviting Cultural Diversity in Volunteering Project
commenced in October 2007 to address some of the barriers
to volunteering in HACC organisations in the Eastern Region
for people from CALD backgrounds. The Project is funded by
the Home and Community Care (HACC) program, a joint Commonwealth
and State/Territory Program, and coordinated by the Migrant
Information Centre.
The project will encourage organisations to adopt welcoming
and inclusive policies and procedures for CALD volunteers;
establish mechanisms for organisations to share resources;
pilot a mentoring program for CALD volunteers; and highlight
good practice in volunteering for people from CALD backgrounds
at a forum in May 2008.
Inviting
cultural diversity in your organisation
If
you would like to learn more about inviting cultural diversity
in your volunteer organisation you can download information
sheets that outlines the steps you can take to ensure your
policies are welcoming and inclusive, how your organisation
will benefit, how you can improve communication with volunteers
from other cultures and where to look for more resources.
Good Practice Forum Presentations
A
good practice forum regarding Inviting Cultural Diversity in
Volunteering was held on Thursday 29 May 2008 at Maroondah Federation
Estate, Ringwood. The forum highlighted examples of HACC organisations
inviting cultural diversity in volunteering with speakers from
Volunteering Australia, Monash Volunteer Resource Centre, Brimbank
City Council, Wesley Do Care, Clota Cottage and the Migrant
Information Centre.
As part of the Inviting Cultural Diversity in Volunteering
Project a mentor program was piloted with three HACC organisations.
The aim of the program was to assist people from culturally
and linguistically diverse backgrounds to participate in volunteering
in HACC services in the Eastern Metropolitan Region by providing
a volunteer mentor to guide and support them in their volunteer
placement. An appropriate mentor model was developed and included
a handbook and training for mentors, information for mentees,
and other relevant forms.
The program was piloted with Boroondara Volunteer Resource
Centre, Clota Cottage and Wavlink. The pilot will be evaluated
in July and August 2008 and the report will be available on
our website. If you want to know more about the pilot program
you can download the model, handbook and information for mentees
below. For further information contact Sharon Porteous at
the Migrant Information Centre on 9285 4888 or sporteous@miceastmelb.com.au.
Translated
Information about Volunteering
To Invite Cultural Diversity in Volunteering, organisations
should consider providing information about volunteering to
new volunteers from other cultures in their own language.
Click on the links below for some good practice examples of
providing translated information about volunteering:
***MORE TO COME SOON ON THIS SECTION OF THE WEBSITE!***
To
find out more about making your volunteering organisation
more inclusive and welcoming for people from culturally and
linguistically diverse backgrounds click on the links below:
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