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Victorian Cooperative on Children's Services for Ethnic Groups (VICSEG)

General Advocacy

VICSEG is an information and resource centre providing advocacy for and on behalf of parents from non English speaking backgrounds. Services include a newsletter, workshops, seminars, forums and publications. Information is available in languages other than English. The main function of VICSEG is to provide information on children's services for immigrants and refugees from non English speaking backgrounds and to assist them with their child care needs. It also ensures that policy and decision makers and service providers are aware of the needs of immigrant families from non English speaking backgrounds. Families are linked with other services via family support and youth workers. Community languages spoken include Afrikaans, Arabic, Armenian, Cantonese, Mandarin and Somali.