Tuesday, 7 May 2024


Members statements

Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria


Anthony CIANFLONE

Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria

Anthony CIANFLONE (Pascoe Vale) (14:32): I was also molto contento to join the Minister for Multicultural Affairs and Minister for Mental Health Ingrid Stitt at Coburg Lake on 10 April to announce a $230,000 Victorian Labor government investment to launch the Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria mental health and wellbeing project, designed to support ECCV to deliver better mental health outcomes across diverse communities through promotions, awareness, workshops, capacity building, resources and support. It was pleasing to join the ECCV chair Eddie Micallef, CEO Mo Elrafihi, Multicultural Mental Health Network chair Dr Judy Tang and dozens of other social service organisations and representatives to celebrate the funding and also for a comprehensive roundtable discussion on the stigma and barriers experienced by culturally and linguistically diverse communities in accessing mental health services, which I look forward to continuing to advocate on.