Ethnic Council hosting employment and housing forum

The Ethnic Council of Shepparton is to host a state-wide multicultural forum in Shepparton on Friday 29th of November 2019 on matters concerning employment and housing.

The forum is to seek out strengths and opportunities of different regions and how to tackle the most important issues of housing and employment that concerns most of our Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities in Victoria.

Susan Benedyka from the Regional Development Company will be on hand to facilitate the forum that is being funded by the Department of Premier and Cabinet (Multicultural Affairs and Social Cohesion Division).

The forum will take place at Parklake, Shepparton on November 29 from 10.00am to 4.00pm

The discussion will be around understanding how the challenges of housing and employment for CALD communities are being tackled across the state, with a focus on shared experience, strength-based approaches and finding ways forward.

It is hoped that an agreement to ‘best practice’ approaches and opportunities to build on positive experiences with tangible, agreed directions and a joint plan of action will result from the forum.