Media Room
The Media Room houses all our News, Media Releases, Stories, Videos, Annual Reports and other publications. You can use the filter buttons here, or browse all the entries:
Celebrating Refugee Contributions in Western Sydney: a world of stories
Wednesday, 19 June 2019 11:08People of all ages and backgrounds are invited to the Blacktown City Refugee Week Celebration 2018 events in Mt Druitt, Thursday 20th June, 2019 from 12.30pm.
Client Success: Sarah's Cupcaake Creations
Sarah Osei has a passion for creating and baking. After finishing a baking course in late 2016, she turned her passion into a small business – Sarah’s Cupcaake Creations - a Women Taking Care of Business success story.
SydWest in Blacktown City Council’s Streets Alive & Parade Day 2019
Monday, 20 May 2019 15:09SydWest Multicultural Services will again be participating in this year’s Blacktown City Council Festival 2019.
Celebrating Volunteers with Minister for Multiculturalism
Thursday, 16 May 2019 12:51SydWest Multicultural Services will be celebrating our volunteers’ contributions as a part of National Volunteer Week 2019.
SydWest Multicultural Services will be celebrating and recognising the contributions of our volunteers at a special event to be held Wednesday 22nd May 2019 from 10.30am at the SydWest Blacktown office.
Launching Australians Sharing a New Story on traditional Blacktown land
Tuesday, 30 April 2019 13:15SydWest Multicultural Services and Initiatives of Change are pleased to advise a special Media Launch event is being held on the site of the first indigenous land grant ever, opening a 3-day community storytelling Festival.
Multilingual Disability Hub - new service to access information in language
Settlement Services International’s (SSI) FutureAbility Project has launched the National Multilingual Disability Hub, a multilingual hotline and website that provide easily accessible information on disability and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in 14 languages.
Access to in-language information enables people from CALD backgrounds living with disabilities to become active players in the disability space and empowers them to live the life they choose.
The phone line and website are available in Arabic, Assyrian, Bangla, Cantonese, Farsi, Greek, Italian, Macedonian, Mandarin, Nepali, Spanish Tamil, Urdu, and Vietnamese.
The National Multilingual Disability Hub is funded by the NDIA’s Information, Linkages and Capacity Building (ILC) Readiness Grants.
SydWest Multicultural Services is pleased to support Settlement Services International - SSI and the Multilingual Disability Hub - for all your NDIS you can contact SydWest Multicultural Services NDIS Team on Tel: (02) 9621 6633 or email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Harmony Day Speech by SydWest Multicultural Services Chair - Everyone Belongs
Ladies and gentlemen, family and friends, I have a few humble words to express to you all the sadness on the loss of so many innocent lives in Christchurch, New Zealand. The world is a lesser place without them, but I know they are in heaven. I ask Allah to have mercy upon them, forgive them for any shortcomings and make it easy for them in the hereafter. Insha allah.
International Women’s Day 2019 Blacktown Celebrates 8th March
Thursday, 28 February 2019 15:58SydWest Multicultural Services is pleased to announce that they are hosting a special celebration for International Women’s Day on Friday 8th March 2018 from 10am at Max Webber Function Centre, Blacktown Library, Blacktown.
Accelerator Success - Shaliny's Story
Shaliny is a great example of the power of the Blacktown Employment Accelerator to successfully accelerate the employment process for both employers and job-seekers.
