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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