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The
Drug and Alcohol Multicultural Education Centre (DAMEC) is a state wide,
non-profit, non government organisation primarily funded by NSW Health. DAMEC
is a registered charity.
Mission Statement
Reduce
the harm associated with the use of alcohol and other drugs (AOD) within
culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities in New South Wales.
DAMEC Objectives
Working
within a multi-sectoral framework DAMEC will:
- Provide, through
leadership and high level policy and programs, advocacy to ensure that the
needs of CALD communities in the AOD area are understood and responded to;
- Increase the level
of understanding of AOD issues in CALD communities so that there is a
framework for the consideration of and response to AOD issues;
- Increase the level
of community capacity to undertake initiatives to reduce the harm
associated with the use of alcohol and other drugs;
- Resource the AOD
sector to enable the acquisition of cultural competence through greater
knowledge, service delivery skills and understanding of AOD issues in CALD
communities to information on alcohol and other drugs;
- Increase the level
of access of CALD communities to AOD services; and
- Provide an
outpatient counselling service to assist CALD reduce Alcohol & other
Drug use.
DAMEC Services
See
the services page for
information on the range of work DAMEC does.
DAMEC Contact Details
Physical
address:
Level
2, 619 Elizabeth Street
Redfern
NSW 2016
Postal
address:
PO Box 2315
Strawberry
Hills NSW 2012
Contact:
PH:
(02) 9699 3552
Fax:
(02) 9699 3131
email:
admin at damec (dot) org (dot) au
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