Residents
who come from other countries and cultures
Ruth will be happy to inform you about
• multicultural activities in Bathurst and the region
• visits to this area by officers of the Department of
Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs
• services and how to access them
• how to get help when you need it
• how to become more involved in your community
Service providers
Who would like to make their service more accessible to people
from other countries and cultures. Ruth can help with
• information, referral and casework to mutual clients
• brochures in a variety of languages
• resources for staff on multiculturalism, racism, etc.
• liaison to other migrant services
• organising workshops on Cultural Awareness for your
staff
Ruth also:
- Supports multicultural and ethno-specific groups
- Produces a multicultural newsletter twice a year
- Convenes a regional multicultural interagency four times
a year
- Has produced a multilingual welcome poster available at
cost price
Migrant Support Worker
Ruth Schmid
Bathurst Information and Neighbourhood Centre
96 Russell Street (P.O. Box 1469)
Bathurst NSW 2795
Tel: 6332 4866
Fax: 6332 1244
Email: ruth.schmid@binc.org.au
There
are also part-time regional migrant support workers in Dubbo
(with outreach to Wellington and Mudgee), Orange (with outreach
to Cabonne Shire, Parkes and Forbes) and Lightning Ridge (with
outreach to Walgett). They are:
Migrant
Support Worker, Dubbo Community Services & Information
Centre, phone 6882 2100.
Urszula Dolinski, Orange Community Information & Services
Centre, phone 6393 8600
Gyorgyi Nyers, Lightning Ridge Transcultural Community Council,
phone 6829 2014.
Translating
& Interpreting Service (TIS)
(Dept. of Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous
Affairs)
Face to face Interpreters
Translation Service
24 hours 7 days telephone interpreting (charges may apply)
13 14 50
Language
Services
(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
Rural
Health Care Interpreting Service
(free service for Public Health organisations only)
Face to face interpreting
Telephone interpreting
1800 674 994 |
