Search on for Diverse Advice
The search is on!
Eastern Community Legal Centre (ECLC) is seeking participants for an exciting new opportunity for community members to make a difference.The newly established Diversity Consultancy Panel will provide advice and feedback about services and programs as they affect diverse communities. ECLC Manager Michael Smith says the members of the group will be making a difference and learning skills that will benefit them in their career and community life.
“The Panel provides a chance for community members to discuss and share opinions on legal issues facing their diverse communities.”
Melbourne’s eastern region is a diverse community with over 180 languages spoken. ECLC’s legal services reach well into these communities with over 23% of clients born outside Australia.
However the Centre is concerned that its legal and education services are not meeting these groups’ needs as well as they could. “We’re really hoping to improve how we respond to the legal needs of diverse communities better by utilising the input of this new panel”, Mr. Smith said.
The Centre is currently seeking volunteer members for the Panel, which will meet bi‘monthly in Box Hill. Eligible members will identify with a diverse faith, ethnicity or culture, be newly arrived or indigenous and have an interest in issues of equality, diversity, faith and culture. For more information, interested residents can contact Amy Johnstone on 9285 4822 or download a membership pack: