Reconciliation and Social Justice Library
Reconciliation and Social Justice Library
Community based programs are nearly always under the control of the community and are adapted to the needs and priorities of the particular community.
Regional language centres service a number of language communities and are community controlled with representatives of their various language groups being on the management committee. Much of the work of regional language centres is in supporting community based programs. This can be in the form of access to a linguist, assistance in designing community programs, use of the centre and its resources, assistance with preparation of material for printing and publishing.
The value of regional language centres has been recognised by Aboriginal communities and a number of centres have now been successfully established. They are seen as countering the influence of other institutions which promote the English language, often incidentally to their main purpose.
The committee believes that the valuable role played by these centres should continue and that further centres should be established to service other language speaking regions. These regional language centres and community programs need to be adequately funded.