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Equity and Access
Program
The Equity and Access Program, funded by the
Department of Human Services Home and Community Care (HACC)
program, aims to assist HACC funded services to become more
responsive to the needs of clients from culturally and
linguistically diverse communities. The Cultural Planning Tool and
its implementation is a major component of this program. The New
Hope Foundation runs two Equity and Access Programs - one is based
in the Inner South which covers the local governments of Glen Eira,
Stonnington and Port Phillip, the other in Frankston and Mornington
Peninsula.
The Equity and Access program workers
represent the NHF on a number of sub-committees and reference
groups as a way of advocating on behalf of culturally and
linguistically diverse clients and
communities.
For further information please contact the
Equity and Access Program Coordinator.
Inner South: 9510 5877. email
heap@newhope.asn.au
Frankston & Mornington Peninsula: 5973
5398
email peterk@newhope.asn.au
Moorleigh Multicultural Senior Citizens
Centre
The Moorleigh Multicultural Senior Citizens
Centre, located in East Bentleigh, provides a range of services
aimed at assisting older people from a culturally and
linguistically diverse background. Activities located at the Centre
include:
Multicultural Planned Activity
Group
Chinese Elderly Social Support
Program
English Classes
Strength Training Exercise
Classes
Ethno-specific Senior Citizens'
Clubs
For information and referral to the social
support programs contact the Multicultural Social Support
Coordinator on 9576 4038
email: moorleigh@newhope.asn.au
Assistance with Care and Housing for the Aged
Project (ACHA)
The Assistance with Care and Housing for the
Aged (ACHA) program aims to assist elderly clients to remain living
in the community as independently as possible by linking them to
appropriate housing or community care
options.
Appointments can be made at the Grattan
Gardens Community Centre, or in the client's home if
necessary.
The ACHA program assists people
who:
Live
in the City of Stonnington
Are aged 55 years or
older
Are on a low income
Are renting, living with family or friends and
have some type of housing or homelessness
issue
For further information contact the ACHA
program worker on 9510 5877. email acha@newhope.asn.au
Frankston & Mornington Aged
Services
Planned Activity
Groups
The New Hope Foundation runs a Greek specific
and a Multicultural Planned Activity Group on the Mornington
Peninsula. These HACC funded programs are for elderly people of
CALD background who are:
Frail
Living alone
Under the continuous care of a friend or
relative who needs respite
Socially isolated and restricted in their
ability to participate in social activities outside the
home
These programs provide a range of indoor and
outdoor activities such as crafts, gentle exercise, music and
outings to places of interest.
A meal is included in the day's
program.
For further information and referral to the
social support programs please contact the Multicultural Social
Support Coordinator on 5973 5398.
Volunteer
Coordination
The aim of the Volunteer Coordination program
is to assist socially isolated elderly people of CALD background in
Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula, who are living in the
community, with activities that will help them to continue living
independently in their home and involved in community life.
The Volunteer Coordinator recruits and trains
bi-lingual volunteers who are matched with elderly people of CALD
background living in the community. Volunteers assist in a
range of activities such as transport, providing companionship and
assistance with shopping.
For further information contact the Volunteer
Coordinator on 5973 5398.
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