Whittlesea Community Connections
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Whittlesea CALD Communities Family
Violence Project
The Whittlesea Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD)
Communities Family Violence Project supports our local
CALD communities to respond to and prevent family
violence. In 2014 grants were distributed to six local
women’s groups to help increase the local connections of
CALD women and family violence information sessions
were delivered to over 200 Whittlesea residents, including
community and religious leaders.
I think the services rendered
to the community by WCC
is much more valuable
than anyone could think
of. Community is openly
welcomed and embraced as
a family. If it wasn’t for WCC I
wouldn’t be volunteering in
my professional field... They
opened the doors for people
like me who need to start
somewhere.
”
Suibi,
Legal Services Volunteer
The project established an advisory group consisting of
seven talented local women to help guide the project
and progress is also being made towards running the first
Arabic-speaking men’s family violence group in the state
in 2015. The project is working closely with women and
men from our CALD communities to develop anti-family
violence champions.
The Project brings together nine key agencies (WCC, City
of Whittlesea, Whittlesea Community Futures, Salvation
Army Crossroads, Kildonan UnitingCare, Berry Street
Northern Family and Domestic Violence Service, Plenty
Valley Community Health, InTouch Multicultural Centre
Against Family Violence, and Victoria Police) and is
coordinated by WCC Project Worker Claire.
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