Welcome to the Canterbury Bankstown Migrant Resource Centre (CBMRC) Website.
Our Website provides information on services the CBMRC offers to Culturally And Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities with a special interest on newly arrived migrants, refugees and humanitarian entrants. The CBMRC specifically supports the aspirations of smaller and emerging communities in the region. The Centre also provides a range of professional advice and other support services to all members of the community within our catchment, including tenants and socially and financially disadvantaged people who require our support services.
Our Mission Statement
Canterbury Bankstown Migrant Resource Centre respects the strengths and dignity of all peoples and assists in the relief of poverty, distress and misfortune to disadvantaged and marginalised people in the Canterbury, Bankstown and Inner West regions, especially to refugees, humanitarian entrants and those from a culturally and linguistically diverse background.
Our Objectives
To identify and address the needs of people of Non-English Speaking Backgrounds (NESB) in the local government areas, paying particular attention to special needs groups within NESB communities.
To identify and address gaps in services and resources for people of NESB in the local area.
To resource NESB communities.
To provide information, referral and advocacy services to NESB individuals and groups using a community development model.
To promote and monitor access and equity among government & non-government organisations.
To promote the planning and coordination of relevant services and to organise multicultural activities in the area.
To monitor and evaluate the services provided by the CBMRC to ensure that they are relevant to the needs of NESB people.
To establish close links with other NSW MRC’s and relevant peak groups to work on issues of common concern.
To encourage representative participation of target groups in the activities and management of the Centre.
To provide a supportive, safe and equitable workplace that promotes the delivery of the above objectives and professional development of staff
Client Testimonial
"I have only just arrived in the country and I found the Canterbury-Bankstown Migrant Resource Centre staff very friendly and eager to help me settle into the country … they were genuine in helping me and my family get what we needed to settle into our new environment … The MRC staff and programs provided the important links to a big variety of useful services that have made our lives in Australia really very pleasant …”
