Victorian Multicultural Award for Excellence in Health

The Victorian Multicultural Awards for Excellence honour outstanding individuals and organisations that foster crosscultural understanding, support migrants and refugees, and celebrate and preserve the diversity of cultures that make Victoria such a great place to live.

Cabrini Outreach was delighted to be awarded the winner of the Victorian Multicultural Award for Excellence in Health, presented by the Governor of Victoria The Honorable Linda Dessau AC.

The Victorian Multicultural Award for Excellence in Health award recognises health practitioners, researchers and organisations that provide outstanding health care, support or services to multicultural communities.

Cabrini Asylum Seeker Health Services

address a pressing unfunded gap in primary health care and specialist mental health services for people of all cultures, faiths and ethnicities seeking asylum. They provide specialist medical care for communities who would otherwise be ineligible for mainstream public mental health care and unable to afford private specialist care.

All these services are provided free of charge and include culturally and linguistically sensitive primary nurse-led care, specialised mental health support, engagement to access welfare and supports and advocacy on policy.

Many positive case studies have come out of the program during the added stresses and uncertainties of the pandemic and lockdowns.

- Award citation