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The Move

South Sydney Community Aid Multicultural Neighbourhood Centre (SSCA-MNC) moved from the Redfern Public School in George St, Redfern to the Alexandria Town Hall at 73 Garden St, Alexandria Town Hall in 2006.

The SSCA-MNC is governed by an Executive Committee comprising 10 Board of Directors who are members of the South Sydney Community Aid Cooperative.

The current Board of Directors consists of the President: - Ed Everett, the Vice President: - Chris Bath,  the Treasurer: - Roger Beer, the Secretary: - Margery Whitehead and six directors: - Susan Murray, Tracey Robinson, Paul Tam, Marta Ponti Gabriella Agaston and Violet Read.

 

Vision Statement

Our Vision Statement 2007 – 2010 clearly reflects the commitment of South Sydney Community Aid Coop Ltd members and staff to serve people in the community, to wisely manage its resources, to build on the social capital and the capacity of the community in which it serves.

This mission makes SSCA-MNC a forum where people and organisations can communicate, do research and cooperate to achieve desirable results. Our success depends heavily on adhering to our set of core values as set out in the aims and objectives of the society.

We actively promote the achievement of social justice, social equity and empowerment for all residents of South Sydney by working with those residents to stimulate and provide ways for individual and group participation in the development of the community, thereby achieving social justice, social equity and community empowerment. This is achieved by: -

Working together across geographic, organisational boundaries.


Respecting the ideas and time of others.


Understanding the mandates of partnership.


Sharing information and resources.


Exercises an ethic that respects the cultural environment of the community.


Seeks community based solutions through involvement, interaction and participation within the community we serve.


Fosters sustainability of linked cultural, ecological and economic systems.


Respects the past.


Plans for the future.

 

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South Sydney Community Aid Co-op Members at our AGM

 

Information distribution of Flyers, etc

Information on service provision is located across agencies in Sydney and is extremely well networked within general and Multicultural service information directories as a result of our 39 years of service provision.


We provide our community with a quarterly newsletter, flyers promoting our groups, a community information card, promotional releases directly related to our Neighbourhood Service provision.


We provide information to the Connect Redfern Parent Newsletter and the Connect Redfern Community services newsletters sent out quarterly.


We send media releases to The Redwater News, the South Eastern Herald, the Courier Newspaper Community Sections, the Sydney Morning Herald, Southern courier, Wentworth Courier, Sydney Central and other various media outlets as required.


We also produce flyers promoting our upcoming workshops and groups these are distributed to the community vialetterbox drops.

 

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Testimonials

Rosa Rozentsvaig said about the Russian Support Group: -

“I am very grateful to SSCA-MNC for helping us with the integration into Australian life. We learn the English language and get help understanding Australian culture and customs. We learn about Australia and we love this country. Kati, our teacher knows the Russian language and her help is always very pleasant.”

Tamara Tchernikovska from the Russian Support group stated: -

“I have been attending the Russian Group since September 2006 and I regret that I have not attended earlier. We have discussions with Kati on different topics. She’s a very friendly and patient person. Her lessons are very interesting and we would like to have more conversation in the future.”

Here is a testimony from our Bus Trip Co-ordinator, Ilda Migridicyan, telling us in a few words about the bus trip to the Tulip Festival:

“It was so beautiful, everybody enjoyed the trip. It was rainy but we were too busy, what with doing the BBQ and talking, laughing and the time went so fast and we didn’t even realise that we had to go home. It doesn’t matter if it’s raining, we love the trips.”

Russian Support Group members including Rosa on the far left

 

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