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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
Sue Herbst at the MIC on 9285 4888 or email sherbst@miceastmelb.com.au.
to download a brochure for people interested in volunteering
for the Croydon homework group please click here
and for the Knox homework group please click here.
This program is funded by CYMI.
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. This program is funded by the Australian Government
Department of Immigration and Citizenship.
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 encouraged organisations to adopt welcoming and
inclusive policies and procedures for CALD volunteers; established
mechanisms for organisations to share resources; piloted a
mentoring program for CALD volunteers; and highlighted good
practice in volunteering for people from CALD backgrounds
at a forum in May 2008.
Click
here to download a copy of the project report and evaluation
of the mentor program.
For further information, please contact Sharon Porteous at
the MIC on 9275 6905 or email sporteous@miceastmelb.com.au
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. An evaluation and project report was
completed in 2008 (see above for final project report). 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 9275 6905 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:
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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