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COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION

Level 8, 175-183 Castlereagh St, Sydney 2001  

Correspondence: PO Box A2618 Sydney NSW 2000

Phone 02 8255 6767    Fax 02 8255 6868   Toll Free: 1300 651500

E: crc.mail@crc.nsw.gov.au 

Interpreting & Translation Service

 

COMMUNITY SETTLEMENT WORKER
Focusing on youth and case management for people from a Non English Speaking Background.
Contact: Orkun Ari T: 4929 5880

 

DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION, LOCAL GOVERNMENT & ETHNIC AFFAIRS

Level 4, 23 Watts Street, Newcastle

T: 49 291 351

 

DISABILITY ADVOCACY NSW Inc.

Suit 3, Level 1 

408 King St, Newcastle 2302               

T: 1300 365 085  T: 4927 0111 F:   4927 0114  

E: da@da.org.au    W: www.da.org.au               

DA can provide direct advocacy to individuals, negotiate with organisations, link individuals to relevant services and support individuals taking formal action on matters relating to discrimination.  Service is for people with: intellectual, neurological, physical, psychiatric or sensory disability, or a brain injury, and their family or carers.

 

ENGLISH LESSONS
Contact: Hunter Institute of Technology,
Muswellbrook (TAFE) 
Contact: Rosemary Sparkes T: 6542 1100

ext142   F: 65434865
E: Rosemary.Sparkes@tafe.edu.au
Course available in Communication, English and Literacy & Numeracy.

 

ETHNIC COMMUNITIES COUNCIL of Newcastle & Hunter Region Inc.

PO Box 2365, Dangar NSW 2309  

1st Floor TPI House, 231 King St Newcastle

T: 49 295880   F: 49 295064

E: eccnhr@optusnet.com.au       

W: www.members.optusnet.com.au/~eccnhr/index.html

The Ethnic Communities Council is a non profit, non political organisation providing various services, projects and cultural activities.

 

MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTRE

8 Chaucer St. Hamilton 2303

T: 40693399  F: 4961 4997

E: mrcnh@mrchn.org  W: www.mrcnh.org

This service includes multi-lingual information and referral, casework and counselling, community education and development

 

MULTICULTURAL GROUPS
Contact: Luchie Buxton  T: 4936 1700 

The multicultural Friendship group aims to bring aged and younger disabled people and their carers of all nationalities together to: Make new friends, decrease isolation, inform the group of other services, provide respite to carers. Activities held monthly in this area.

 

RURAL ETHNIC NEIGHBOUR AID PROJECT
Contact: Amany Beshay  

T: 4936 1700  F: 4936 1700
Supporting Ethnic frail aged, people with a disability and their carers, in the mid to
Upper Hunter Region. Services provided: Home visits, social outings, transport arranged for medical appointments, referrals & advocacy, respite.

 

SINGLETON INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP GROUP

Singleton Neighbourhood Centre, 6 Castlereagh Street

T: 6571 2499

 

TRANSLATING & INTERPRETING SERVICE
88 Cumberland St,
The Rocks. Sydney. 2000

T: 131 450   F: 1300 654 151