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* BINC is also a member of the Western Information and of Neighbourhood Centres regional forum
* BINC aims to help people feel part of their community; to take responsibility for their own lives and/or maintain their independence

Services for older people, people from another culture and people with disabilities

Migrant Support Service
* Provides information and assistance to new migrants

Assists Service Providers to make their service more accessible to people who come from other countries and other cultures. Binc can help by
* organising workshops on Cultural Awareness for staff
* providing resources for staff on multiculturalism, racism etc. providing information and referral to individual clients
* providing pamphlets and brochures in a variety of languages, on a range of health and social issues
* providing liaison with other migrant services

Community Visitors Scheme
* This provides volunteer friends to visit people who have no family to visit and are resident in Nursing Homes

DIAS (Disability, Information and Advocacy Service)
* A family support and advocacy service for people with disabilities and for their families

* Home Maintenance and Modification, a HACC program which employs builders to provide ramps and rails and other modifications to the homes of frail aged and disabled people wishing to remain in their own homes.

Other services and projects are listed on the BINC website