ECCNSW believes all members of CALD communities have a right to affordable, reliable and sustainable electricity and gas, have their interests heard in policy and regulatory decisions on electricity and gas, not be disconnected from electricity and gas because they are unable to pay, be provided with information in a culturally relevant and appropriate form about energy policies and services.
Between 2005 to 2009, ECCNSW utilised a range of complementary education strategies to help Asian restaurant owners and staff to reduce their water usage.
Good Neighbour is a program that connected local people with refugees and asylum seekers, who were new to the area and arrived without the support of their own friends and family. Volunteers hoped to help newly arrived refugees with the community and its services while building friendships.
The Men Against Violence (MAV) project aims to engage Wellbeing Connectors (WB) to empower men from CALD backgrounds to become the pipeline for change and challenge current perception towards domestic violence in their community.
The Household Chemical Program is an initiative of the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment in collaboration with the Ethnic Communitiesโ Council of NSW (ECCNSW).
Through simple in-language conversations on-air, the Speak My Language (Ageing Well) program assists senior members of the CALD communities to understand recent changes to aged care and make informed decisions about their health and wellbeing.
ECCNSW developed and implemented a program to reduce smoking and the risk of cancer across five CALD communities in Sydney.
Love Food Hate Waste is a program that helps households, communities and businesses stop wasting food and start protecting the environment.
The Business Energy Smart Tips program (BEST) set out to give energy efficiency information, energy assessments and advice to culturally and linguistically diverse businesses.
The Cooks River Alliance and the ECCNSW held activities, workshops, and events for culturally diverse communities in the Cooks River Catchment to promote environmental conservation.
Supported by the Government of New South Wales through Multicultural NSW.
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