News stories tagged with "mental health"

Hundreds of students from migrant and refugee backgrounds attended the Mental Health Expo at Navitas Skilled Futures Fairfield last month to receive information and support, make new connections, and find relief in fun activities designed to improve overall wellbeing.  The day – part of National Mental Health Month – was aimed at helping students whose […]

An award-winning online project that kept thousands of Western Sydney people connected, informed and safe during the COVID-19 lockdowns is now being delivered face to face at Navitas Skilled Futures (NSF) Fairfield. NSF started the “Ask the Expert” project in the first lockdown of 2020, to provide targeted practical information to people of low-level English to […]

Navitas Skilled Futures Stakeholder Engagement Manager Basim Shamaon was one of six community leaders who presented to policymakers this week at the launch of a report looking into the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities in South Western Sydney.

The Pulse Report, by the Western Sydney Migrant Resource Centre (MRC), seeks to amplify the voices of these communities, presenting insights and actionable recommendations for now and the future, to manage the impacts of the pandemic and plan for recovery.