BaptistCare Phone: 1300 275 227
Email:
ask@baptistcare.org.au Web:
baptistcare.org.au
Balcombe Heights Aged Day Care Italian Group
Phone: 8852 6300
Building 17, Balcombe Heights Estate, 92 Seven Hills Rd, Baulkham Hills 2153
For Italian and Sri Lankan seniors. Activities include health assessments, falls prevention, social activities and outings. Transport can be provided.
Chinese Australian Services Society Phone: 9789 4587
Aged and disability services including government-subsidised Home Care Packages for people from Chinese and Korean communities.
Chinese Christian Church Senior Citizens' Group
Phone: 9955 2800 Chinese Christian Church, 100 Alfred St South, Milsons Point 2061 Email:
admin@cccmilsonspoint.org Social program for Chinese-speaking
community, aged 55 and over. Meets on two Thursdays of each month from 10am-12pm.
Christian Community Aid Service CALD Welfare Worker
Phone: 9858 3222
Case work, counselling and social activities to the Chinese community. Areas served: Ryde, Eastwood, Epping.
Co As It (Italian) Phone: 9564 0744 Web:
www.coasit.org.au
Caters to the needs of people of Italian background who are socially and/or linguistically isolated. Also provides opportunity for frail-aged Italian speaking people to participate in friendship and cultural activities. Respite day care. Transport can be provided.
Community Connect Northern Beaches Carers Program - Multicultural
Phone 9931 7750 Web:
www.norbeachconnect.com.au Support groups for carers including dementia, mental health, disability, and social interest. Groups include those for Chinese, Serbian, Spanish, Italian, Croatian and Tongan people.
Aboriginal Disability Network NSW
Phone: 9519 5005 202/3 Gladstone St, Newtown 2043
Brings together Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with a disability to give each other support, create a voice for positive change and speak for themselves.
Aboriginal Home Care Service
Referral to home and community support services specifically for people with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background. Can provide support workers who are culturally aware of an individual's needs. Phone the Aboriginal Access and Assessment Centre on 1300 797 606
Indigenous Women's Legal Contact Line:
Phone: 1800 639 784 10am-12.30pm Mon, Tues & Thurs.
Community Options Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities
Phone: 9979 7677
Unit 7/8 Level 1, Pittwater Place. 10 Park St Mona Vale 2103 Web:
www.communitycare.org.au Assessment and case management for complex care clients and their carers from culturally diverse backgrounds. Area served: Northern Sydney.
Consumer Rights: Department of Fair Trading
Phone 13 3220 Language interpreter 13 1450 Web:
www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au My Consumer Rights has video segments in Arabic, Dinka, Karen, English, Farsi, Nepalese and Tamil. The six topics covered include shopping rights, guarantees and warranties, shopping refunds, contracts, and agreements and resolving issues. To see the video in the language of your choice, go to You Tube:
www.youtube.com/NSWOFTCC Also available as a DVD.
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Services for Aboriginal People Wangary Aboriginal Home Care
Phone 1300 797 606 Home care, personal care, transport to medical appointments and social inclusion.
Carers NSW local support coordination for older Aboriginal and Islander carers
Phone: 1800 242 636 (free call unless from mobiles)
Carers NSW helps to support relatives and friends who are caring for people with a disability, mental health problem, chronic condition or who are frail aged.
If you are an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander aged 45 or over and caring for a son or daughter with a disability or long-term illness, there is a free local service that can help you.
Carers NSW can help you solve immediate and urgent problems with practical help, advice and referrals.
Assistance for older Aboriginal people living in Northern Sydney
Phone:9847 6061
E:
spinckham@hornsby.nsw.gov.au Information and referral support to Aboriginal seniors and those with a disability.
Community Care Northern Beaches (CCNB)
Phone: 1300 002 262
Service to assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are age 45+ or have a disability and/or complex care needs to remain living independently in the community. North Shore, Northern Beaches, Ryde and Hunter's Hill areas.
Guringai & Darug Homelands logo artwork: Created by Northern Beaches artist, Jessica Birk.
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