BCNA is recruiting bilingual volunteers
We are currently looking for bilingual women who have been affected by breast cancer that are interested in becoming volunteer BCNA Community Liaisons. BCNA’s network of volunteer Community Liaisons around the country raise awareness of the impact of breast cancer and the support available for people affected by breast cancer by sharing their personal stories. A current priority for BCNA is to improve information and support available to people affected by breast cancer from diverse cultural backgrounds. Integral to the success of this work is strong connections with the communities. To date we have trained 16 volunteer Community liaisons from 9 different cultural backgrounds. These women have actively raised awareness of BCNA in their communities, assisted with resources development and community events and have shared their stories in the media among many other achievements. We are currently seeking other bilingual women who are interested in becoming Community Liaisons. We invite women from a range of culturally diverse backgrounds who are interested in the role to apply. We are particularly interested in recruiting women from Mandarin, Vietnamese, Serbian, Macedonian and Arabic speaking backgrounds as we will be increasing our engagement with these communities in 2016. Women with experience working in the multicultural sector are also encouraged to apply. You can find out more about the role and view the application form here- www.bcna.org.au/become-a-community-liaison For more information please feel free to send me an email ahiggs@bcna.org.au or give me a call on 1800 500 258. Anna Higgs Cultural Diversity Officer1View0likes0Comments
BCNA Cultural Diversity Program
Hello everyone! Here at BCNA we are excited to have been busily working on the development of our new Cultural Diversity strategy. This is an exciting area of work for us through which we hope to improve access to appropriate information and support for women with breast cancer from diverse cultural backgrounds. We are currently developing a number of projects for women from Italian, Greek, Chinese, Vietnamese and Arabic communities. A major initiative we are currently working on is the development of a series of resources in plain English which will then be translated into the five priority languages. We want to consult with women from these language groups to ensure that the new resources are relevant and culturally appropriate. To do this we are conducting focus groups in each of the five languages (these will be conducted in Melbourne and Sydney only). If you are from one of these communities and you speak and / or read one of the languages or if you know of someone who may be interested in being involved, please let me know. I would love to hear from you. Enjoy the weekend. Mikayla11Views0likes5Comments