Settlement Grants Programme

Funded by the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs.

email: migrantsupport@binc.org.au

(02)  6332 4866

Bathurst Information& Neighbourhood Centre
96 Russell Street
BATHURST NSW 2795

Information and Assistance

If you have moved to this area recently and have come from another country and another culture, we say,

WELCOME !

Let us know that you are here to that we can keep in touch with you and let you know:

• about multicultural activities
• visits to this area by the Department of Immigration
• how to get help when you need it
• how to become more involved in your community

“All Australians have right to express their culture and beliefs and this involves a reciprocal responsibility to accept the rights of others to express their views and values”

Migrant Support Worker
Monique van Toor
Bathurst Information and Neighbourhood Centre
96 Russell Street (P.O. Box 1469)
Bathurst NSW 2795
Tel:  6332 4866
Fax: 6332 1244
Email: migrantsupport@binc.org.au

Or contact the co-ordinator at your nearest Neighbourhood Centre

Service Providers

If you are a Service Provider and would like to make your service more accessible to people who come from other countries and other cultures, we can help by:

• organizing workshops on Cultural Awareness for staff
• providing resources for staff on multiculturalism, racism etc. providing information and referral to individual clients
• providing pamphlets and brochures in a variety of languages, on a range of health and social issues
• providing liaison with other migrant services

Useful Phone Numbers

Translating and Interpreting Services

TRANSLATING & INTERPRETING SERVICE
TIS National call 131 450 
Interpreters available in 170 languages
Translation Service.
Telephone Interpreters are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
www.immi.gov.au/tis

(Community Relations Commission for a Multicultural NSW)
Face to face Interpreters
Translation Service
(charges may apply)
1300 651 500

Centrelink Multilingual Information Service

13 12 02

Health Care Interpreter Service

(for Public Health organizations only)
Face to face interpreting
Telephone interpreting
1800 674 994

District Neighbourhood Centres

Lithgow  6352 2077
Orange  6393 8600 
Cowra  6342 4900
Parkes  6862 3757
Forbes  6851 1288
Dubbo  6882 2100
Wellington  6845 1606
Mudgee  6372 3165