The NNPMCO & What We Do
Members of the National Network of Polish and Multicultural Community Organisations — all non-profit organisations — are committed to assisting and promoting the welfare of the aged, infirm, disadvantaged people of (though not limited to) Polish descent living in Australia.
Currently, the National Network’s member organisations provide comprehensive and integrated home care services in New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia, as well as low and high residential care in New South Wales and Queensland.
The National Network was established in 2003. Members contribute more effectively to meeting the needs of Polish and multicultural communities. As a nationally united organisation, the Network focuses on increasing access to and monitoring equity in service provision to people of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds.
Further, the Network’s key role is to share information to strengthen the services of agencies and support each others endeavours to raise the profile of Polish and multicultural community organisations throughout Australia.
Our Objectives
- To promote and assist member organisations to respond to the needs of the ageing ethnic communities and other disadvantaged members of the Australian population.
- To promote and assist member organisations to render services and facilities for the relief of poverty, illness, domestic violence, distress, disability, dependence, unemployment and infirmity suffered by such people.
- To promote and assist member organisations promote services and facilities for the improvement of the mental, physical and social well being of such people.
- To assist, enable, promote, organise and join with other persons, bodies, organisations, authorities and governments engaged in activities to, or compatible with, the achievements of these objectives.
Our Strategies
- Sharing information
- Developing national strategies
- Forming partnerships
- Developing innovative service models
- Continuing in identification of community needs
- Promoting and implementing access and equity principles
- Encouraging culturally appropriate training
- Working to strengthen community action, build healthy public policy, reorient health services, advocacy/education, create supportive environments.