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Local Government's Award

Recognising your contributions to multilingual health resources

In recognition of Local Government's contribution to multilingual health resources, the Local Government and Shires Associations of NSW, Multicultural Health Communication and the NSW Department of Health have established an Award program for councils to showcase their work. The Award recognises and encourages good practice in multicultural health communication in Local Government and aims to ensure that bilingual resources are promoted and accessible. 2006 was the first year this Award was offered to councils.

Local Government Multicultural Health Awards 2008

In recognition of local government's contribution to multicultural health resources, projects and programs the Local Government and Shires Associations of NSW, Multicultural Health Communication and NSW Department of Health, have an award program for councils to showcase their work. This award recognises and encourages good practice in working with diverse communities and to ensure that multicultural initiatives are recognised, promoted and accessible.

If you have implemented a multicultural health project or program, developed a communication strategy, or produced and disseminated a resource (pamphlet, flyer, brochure, video, DVD, web resource, or educational material) in a language other than English between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2007, we invite you to enter the Local Government Multicultural Health Awards 2008. The Information sheet and Application form are available below. Applications close on 6 June 2008.

Local Government Multicultural Health Award 2007

The winners of the 2007 Award and the highly commended entrants were announced at the Local Government Week Awards Evening on 1 August. Details are provided below:

Winner Local Government Multicultural Health Award 2007

Fairfield City Council, Getting Fresh Food Safety Training

The Getting Fresh Program is an educational program designed to increase food handlers' skills and knowledge of food safety and hygiene, it also helps food operators meet new food legislation requirements and improve food safety standards within food handlers from culturally and linguistically diverse communities. This excellent project has been rolled out to other councils, includes training for council offers as well as for the community, and draws upon international expertise. The program has also been taken up by the NSW Food Authority.

Second Place
Newcastle City Council, Water Safety for African Refugees

The Water Safety for African Refugees project focused on delivering practical water safety outcomes for African youth. The project model has since been adopted by NSW Surf Live Saving for their Water Safety program for ethnic groups.

Third Place
Fairfield City Council, Health Orientation Tours

The Health Orientation Tours is long term project well linked to Fairfield's strategic plans. This program conducts guided health orientated tours for residents of culturally and linguistic diverse background to a range of services/programs where the participants meet staff and are given resources in their own language and

Highly Commended

North Sydney Council, for their well designed Immunisation brochure promoting its child immunisation service too culturally and linguistic diverse communities this was translated into six languages; Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, and Tagalog.

Willoughby City Council, for their MOSAIC Multicultural programs promoting active living with in their culturally and linguistic diverse community by promoting health through Tai Chi, Yoga, dance and bush walks.

Bankstown City Council, for their Driving Safely In and Around School Zones. This brochure was translated into Arabic, Chinese and Vietnamese, which clarifies and explains the road rules in and around school zones.

For further information please contact Liz Gemes (02) 9242 4063 or liz.gemes@lgsa.org.au

Local Government Multicultural Health Award 2006

Joint Winners Local Government Multicultural Health Award 2006:

Bankstown and Canterbury City Councils for the entry 'Arabic Child Restraint Brochure'.

The winning entry is A 10 page full colour brochure targeted at the Arabic community, providing a simple guide for parents on using and installing child restraints and their legal responsibilities. The judges were very impressed by the planning process in developing this resource, particularly the partnership component, its professional appearance and cultural appropriateness, and the promotion, distribution and evaluation strategies.

Highly Commended entrants

Rockdale City Council for the entry Playground Improvement Project 'Have Your Say'.

Consulting with CALD communities was a significant component of council's communication strategy and included translating a poster about playground upgrades into community languages and inviting community participation using the ethnic media. This initiative will play an important role in promoting the health of children and building community cohesion.

Canterbury City Council for the entry 'Stormsafe' brochure.

This resource, which was translated into six community languages, informs communities how to prepare for storms and reduce the risk of injury. The judges considered this to be a clear, well-written and visually appealing resource, demonstrating council's commitment to communicate with CALD communities.