Aug 28, 2021
A NEW 56-bed accommodation centre for seasonal workers will offer “safe and equitable” accommodation for seasonal workers in Mildura. Sunraysia Mallee Ethnic Communities Council pastoral care co-ordinator Corey Iredale said seasonal workers having...
Aug 23, 2021
A TEAM of workers at Sunraysia Mallee Ethnic Communities Council (SMECC) has been hard at work translating information on the coronavirus and COVID-19 vaccines for Sunraysia’s seasonal worker community. “A lot of people, the first time I met them, said no...
Jul 29, 2021
SUNRAYSIA’S community relief services were overwhelmed this week as hundreds of households were thrown into isolation at short notice amid Mildura’s COVID-19 outbreak. Sunraysia’s community food relief hub, operated at the Sunraysia Mallee Ethnic...
Jul 29, 2021
PRE-prepared meals are now on the menu at Sunraysia’s food relief hub after the organisation received a $93,000 funding boost. Sunraysia Mallee Ethnic Communities Council (SMECC) received the funding in a snap funding round announced by the Victorian Government...
Feb 11, 2021
THE Sunraysia Mallee Ethnic Communities Council (SMECC) has received a $450,000 grant to support 600 seasonal workers with work, accommodation and transport. The grant was announced under the Andrews Government’s $6 million Seasonal Workforce Accommodation Program...
Jan 16, 2021
FOOD relief services in Sunraysia will be strengthened after the region scored almost $750,000 in Victorian Government funding this week. Sunraysia Mallee Ethnic Communities Council (SMECC) received $74,817 and the Red Cliffs Community Resource Centre (RCCRC) awarded...
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