Cultural Connections to Wellbeing (CC2W) is a twelve-month project, funded by Eastern Metrepolitan Primary Health Network (EMPHN), to engage with community members to increase young multicultural people and their family’s access to mental health services.
The project engaged a bicultural workforce, from the Persian and Chinese communities, to engage with community in the Boroondara and Manningham Council areas. Together, the project team took time to establish and build strong relationships with a range of multicultural community leaders and stakeholders across multiple sectors from youth focused services to education providers and multicultural organisations. These relationships have been key to the project’s success so far, providing advice to steer the project, ensuring our work is culturally appropriate and engaging, and have supported community engagement activities.
Presenters
Jacinda Erich (Project Coordinator Bicultural Community Engagement & Wellbeing), Mitra Zarrati (Bicultural Community Engagement Worker) and Cindy Huang (Bicultural Community Engagement Worker) from Access Health and Community.
VTMH seminars are open to individuals, from all disciplines and working in all sectors, who are based in Australia and interested in diversity and mental health.
- Where: Online via Zoom — details to be sent to registrants in advance
- Cost: Free
- Bookings: essential. Spaces are limited. To secure a place, please register online via VTMH
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Victorian Transcultural Mental Health (VTMH)
Address: St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Level 1, Bolte Wing, 14 Nicholson Street, Fitzroy VIC 3065
Address: St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Level 1, Bolte Wing, 14 Nicholson Street, Fitzroy VIC 3065
Tel: (03) 9231 3300
VTMH acknowledges it is located on the traditional lands of the Boon Wurrung and Woiwurrung (Wurundjeri) peoples of the Kulin Nation. We know this land has history, custodians and stories spanning tens of thousands of years. We celebrate and recognise the First Peoples’ continuing connection to the land and water, and pay our respects to their Ancestors and Elders, past, present and emerging.
In a spirit of reconciliation, we commit to walking the journey of learning and healing together.