eNewsletter - March 2021 - Gold Coast Multicultural Updates
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Multicultural Communities Council Gold Coast -March 2021 Newsletter
HARMONY WEEK 2021 - March 15-21 "Everyone Belongs"
Join the Gold Coast Multicultural Network as Australia celebrates multiculturalism. Harmony Week includes 21 March, which is the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Click here for the Gold Coast Harmony Week 2021 Facebook Event.
See the list of events below - ORANGE events are open to the public, BLACK events are private.
Do you know anyone who needs support with day-to-day activities?
- Walking or moving around
- Speaking, hearing, communicating
- Making and keeping friends
- Understanding and remembering
- Eating, showering, dressing
- Making decisions, organising your day
Getting the right help can change people's lives.
Our NDIS Community Connectors in the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast can help connect people with disability with the NDIS.
We now have flyers translated in many different languages to help spread information about the NDIS to more multicultural communities. Click here to access them.
Our I Speak Your Language program is still delivering regular friendly phone calls to isolated people across Queensland in their own language to help them feel more connected and social.
We have volunteers ready to make calls in the following languages.
- Bengali
- Farsi
- Hebrew
- Hindi
- Indonesian
- Lithuanian
- Malaysian
- Portuguese
- Punjabi
- Romanian
- Shona
- Tamil
- Zimbabwean
If you know anyone who would benefit from a friendly call in any of the above languages, you can access our registration form here or visit the website for more information.
Happy Queensland Women's Week!
Thank you to all the young women and special guests who celebrated with us at our annual Sisters for Success workshop!
What an inspiring day filled with learning, sharing and connecting. We can all choose to challenge and call out gender bias and inequality. We can all choose to seek out and celebrate women's achievements. Collectively, we can all help create an inclusive world.
Thanks to MCCGC -“Our Colours Our Stories” and Queensland Government for support.
Queensland Women's Week runs until 14th March 2021.
National Advance Care Planning Week is an annual initiative by Advance Care Planning Australia that encourages all Australians, regardless of their age or health status, to make their future health care preferences known.
The initiative challenges people to discuss what living well means to them and to consider who they would want to speak for them, if they were too sick to speak for themselves.
The initiative has been successful in starting tough but important conversations, bringing to topic to talk-back radio and family dinner tables across Australia – from Kalgoorlie to Townsville to Alice Springs.
We also have 3 copies of the new book 'When the Time Comes' at our offices that you can borrow!
The book is jointly written, collected and curated by a doctor and nurse working in end-of-life care, this collection of personal experiences (of families and healthcare professionals) throws light on social, cultural and individual influences on what is expected but not necessarily wanted and when we need to start asking ourselves and our loved ones - and our patients - about their preferences. In particular, the issue of futile over-treatment getting in the way of peaceful opportunities to be with friends and family and say good-bye arises again and again. Far more universal and pressing than 'the right to die' is the right to have a non-medicalised and not over-extended, good quality end-of-life.
The Dignity Drive is running throughout March to support people who are in need of period products due to homelessness, domestic violence or crisis. Everyone deserves the right to their dignity and your donations can make a difference! We have a collection box at our Ashmore Office but you can also donate at collection points at Woolworths and other nominated businesses throughout March.
Accepted items include:
- Packets of pads
- Packets of tampons
- Menstrual cups
- Period undies
- Reusable pads
- Incontinence pads
- Maternity pads
Your generous donations go directly to help those experiencing homelessness, fleeing domestic violence and those doing it tough.
For more information visit: https://www.sharethedignity.org.au/dignity-drive-2021
Member of the Month
Queensland Cultural Events
Queensland Cultural Events' annual Gold Coast Multicultural Festival is now in its 14th year, having survived the COVID year by holding a highly successful Facebook Live Performance Event in 2020.
They have just launched the 2021 Festival, with the 2021 Performer Application Form available online at: https://www.goldcoastculturalfestival.org/forms
New Stallholder Application Forms will be posted later this month.
MCCGC Membership Program
Join the family and be part of the peak multicultural organisation of the Gold Coast, support us to continue to make the community more inclusive and enjoy the Membership Program benefits.
We acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land, the Kombumerri People of the Yugambeh Language Region, and pay our respect to Elders past, present and emerging. We extend our respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and acknowledge their ongoing connection to land, sea, culture and community.
LINKS & RESOURCES
Census Jobs Dashboard
There are job opportunities available for the 2021 Census including Field Managers, Field Officers, and Support Centre Supervisors and Team Leaders. To see all jobs and more information on the Census, click below.
Tenancy Training Program
Need help getting a rental property? Tenancy Skills Institute offers free tenancy training programs on communication, rights and responsibilities, maintaining and cleaning a property, and finances and budgeting.
Breast Screening Elanora
The BreastScreen Queensland Gold Coast service mobile unit will be at The Pines Elanora in March and April, offering free breast cancer screening to women, without current breast cancer symptoms. Women aged 40 and older can book a free breast screen by calling 132 050.
Good story of the month
Anthony Cora from Jellurgal Aboriginal Cultural centre came into our Wellness Centre to share about Welcome to Country, acknowledgment of Country and Dreamtime stories with staff and clients. Thank you for answering questions and encouraging the message for all peoples to learn about Aboriginal culture and the local indigenous areas on the Gold Coast and beyond.
CÜRA is a branch of MCCGC (Multicultural Communities Council Gold Coast Ltd) and specialises in providing tailored care services including CÜRA Kitchen, CÜRA Active Living, CÜRA Health & Well-being and CÜRA In-Home Support. Multicultural Communities Council Gold Coast Ltd trading as CÜRA Community Services.
