Centre for Culture, Ethnicity & Health

What Centre for Culture, Ethnicity & Health does

Centre for Culture, Equity & Health (CEH) is an Australian non-profit community health organisation founded in 1994 and headquartered in Richmond, Victoria. It operates as a specialist consultancy and training body focused on improving the health and wellbeing of people from migrant and refugee backgrounds, delivering organisational training, peer and community education, collaborative projects, cultural consultancy, and resource development to the health, community services, education, government, and corporate sectors.

CEH's core product surface comprises four programmes: Training for Service Providers (cultural competence, health literacy, language services, and multicultural community engagement, delivered face-to-face, online, via e-learning, or in blended formats); the Multicultural Health & Support Service (MHSS), a community and peer education programme targeting sexual and reproductive health and the prevention of STIs, HIV, and blood-borne viruses; Projects & Consultancy, which delivers bespoke resource development, social marketing, and research for client organisations; and the Health Translations Library, a free online repository of translated Australian health information that CEH is contracted by the Victorian Government to manage. Supporting tooling includes Diversity Links Victoria, the Resource Hub, the Cultural Competence Reflection Tool (CCRT), the Cultural Competence Assessment for Organisations (CCAO), and an expanding portfolio of co-designed educational resources (SHARE comics, BBV/STI Anti-Stigma Toolkit, Anti Viral – COVID Safer Comics).

Revenue is generated through fee-for-service training, project-based consultancy, and government contracts — most prominently the Health Translations Library mandate with the Victorian Government, supplemented by grants from VicHealth and the Victorian Department of Health for specific programmes. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is negotiated per engagement based on delivery mode and group size. CEH rebranded in January 2026 from 'Centre for Culture, Ethnicity & Health' to its current name to reflect an equity-focused evolution of its mission.

Name

Centre for Culture, Ethnicity & Health

Legal name

Centre for Culture, Equity & Health

Website

https://ceh.org.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Centre for Culture, Equity & Health is a Victorian non-profit founded in 1994 that delivers cultural competence training, health literacy programmes, and consultancy to organisations serving migrant and refugee communities, and manages the Victorian Government's Health Translations library.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Multicultural Health and Cultural Competence Training

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare & Clinical Professional Development (CME/CE) (EDAGANAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Health Promotion, Prevention & Wellness Education (EDALAFAF), Immigrant & Refugee Community Education (Integration/Navigation) (EDAAAFAH)

Keywords

• Cultural competence training
• Health literacy training
• Multicultural health services
• Language services support
• Community health education

Headquarters

HQ city

Richmond

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Training Services: CEH delivers fee-for-service training to organisations on cultural competence, health literacy, language services, and multicultural community engagement. Training is sold directly to health services, government departments, community organisations, and corporate clients. Pricing is negotiated based on delivery mode (online, face-to-face, e-learning, blended) and group size.
2. Projects & Consultancy: CEH contracts with client organisations to deliver project work, resource development, social marketing, and research requiring specialist knowledge of refugee and migrant community engagement. Revenue is project-based, typically commissioned by government or funded agencies.
3. Government Contract — Health Translations: CEH is contracted by the Victorian Government to manage and improve the Health Translations online library. This is a funded mandate, with CEH dedicated to expanding the library and sourcing high-quality translated health information.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CEH delivers organisational training, consultancy, and community education programs focused on cultural competence, health literacy, and multicultural health. It manages curated digital resources including the Victorian Government's Health Translations library and the Diversity Links Victoria directory, supporting health, community, government, education, and corporate organisations to improve health outcomes for migrant and refugee communities.

Product overview

CEH operates as a service organisation offering a coordinated portfolio of programs, training, and resources focused on improving health outcomes for multicultural communities. The core offerings include Training for Service Providers (cultural competence, health literacy, language services training), the Multicultural Health & Support Service (MHSS) for sexual and reproductive health education, and the Health Translations Library (a free online repository of translated health information managed for the Victorian Government). Supporting these are the Diversity Links Victoria directory, Resource Hub with cultural competence and health literacy tools, and Projects & Consultancy services. The portfolio includes specific tools like the Cultural Competence Reflection Tool (CCRT) and Cultural Competence Assessment for Organisations (CCAO), plus educational resources such as SHARE comics and the BBV/STI Anti-Stigma Tool Kit.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Multicultural Health & Support Service (MHSS): A program that promotes sexual and reproductive health among people from migrant and refugee backgrounds, aiming to prevent new incidences and transmission of STIs, HIV and blood-borne viruses.
• Health Translations Library
• Diversity Links Victoria
• Cultural Competence Reflection Tool (CCRT)
• Cultural Competence Assessment for Organisations (CCAO)

Products and services

• Training for Service Providers Workshops and structured training programs for organisations covering cultural competence, cultural responsiveness, health literacy, language services, and refugee health. Designed for staff in health, community, government, education, and corporate settings.
• Multicultural Health and Support Service (MHSS) Community education and engagement program that works directly with multicultural and migrant communities across Victoria on blood-borne viruses (BBV), sexually transmissible infections (STI), and viral hepatitis. Activities include community sessions, peer education, and multilingual resources.
• Health Translations Library Online directory of translated health resources managed on behalf of the Victorian Government. Provides access to multilingual health information for practitioners and community members.
• Diversity Links Victoria Online directory connecting people to multicultural and multilingual service providers across Victoria, supporting service navigation for diverse communities.
• Resource Hub Curated online collection of tip sheets, guides, frameworks, and toolkits covering cultural competence, health literacy, language services, and BBV/STI topics. Free to access for practitioners and the public.
• Projects and Consultancy Bespoke consultancy and project work delivered to organisations on cultural responsiveness, refugee health, health literacy, and evaluation. Includes commissioned research, policy input, and program design.
• Cultural Competence Reflection Tool (CCRT) Online self-reflection tool for individual practitioners to assess their cultural competence and identify learning needs. Based on CEH's Cultural Competence framework.
• Cultural Competence Assessment for Organisations (CCAO) Organisational-level assessment tool that helps services measure and benchmark their cultural responsiveness against CEH's Cultural Competence framework.
• SHARE Educational program and resources covering sexual health and blood-borne virus topics for use by community educators working with multicultural communities.
• BBV and STI Anti-Stigma Toolkit Toolkit providing strategies and activities to reduce stigma associated with blood-borne viruses and sexually transmissible infections in multicultural communities.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reached approximately 300 people from diverse cultural backgrounds through 15 hepatitis education sessions in one month with CommUnity+/AMEP
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Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• North Richmond Community HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEH is strongly connected to North Richmond Community Health. This relationship provides CEH with clinical grounding and community trust, and CEH's headquarters is co-located within this health service ecosystem.
• CommUnity+coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEH's Multicultural Health & Support Service partnered with CommUnity+ to deliver 15 Liver Health sessions to Adult Migrant English Program and employment classes, reaching approximately 300 people in one month. This is an ongoing programmatic partnership for community health education.
• City of YarraminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCity of Yarra collaborated with CEH and VicHealth on Project .05, which engaged young people of African backgrounds in addressing excessive drinking. The partnership combined local government community knowledge with CEH's multicultural expertise.
• IEPCP (Inner East Primary Care Partnership)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEH collaborated with the Inner East Primary Care Partnership to produce health literacy tip sheets to help communicate important health messages during the COVID-19 pandemic to CALD communities.
• Hospitals and Translations Project (Victorian emergency departments)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEH supported a working group of clinicians and quality staff from four Victorian emergency departments who developed translated patient messages for emergency department settings. This project, completed in 2020, was part of CEH's broader effort to improve language access in hospitals.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• CoHealth: Large Victorian community health service delivering primary care, community programs, and health promotion to diverse populations. Comparable as a Victorian community health provider with multicultural service delivery, though significantly larger and broader in scope.
• Australian Health Promotion Association: National peak body for health promotion, offering training, professional development, and resources to health promotion practitioners. Comparable in delivering training and professional development across the health sector, but with a broader health promotion (not multicultural-specific) focus.

Emerging players

• Refugee Health Network of Australia: National network advancing refugee health policy, workforce development, and community engagement. Comparable to CEH as a sector-coordination and capacity-building body for refugee health services.
• Logan Together: Australian place-based collective impact initiative focused on child and family wellbeing in diverse communities. Comparable in community education, cross-sector partnerships, and equity-focused delivery, though different in geographic and demographic focus.

Regional players

• Migration Council Australia: National non-profit providing policy advice, research, and capacity-building on migration and social cohesion. Comparable in working with migrant communities and government partners, but operates at national policy level rather than service delivery.
• NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service: NSW Government-funded service providing multilingual health information and resources, structurally equivalent to CEH's Health Translations library. Comparable as a state-funded multilingual health communications provider, but operating in a different geography.

Direct peers

• Center for Multicultural Youth: Victorian non-profit supporting young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds through education, training, and advocacy. Directly comparable in mission, youth/community focus, and Victorian footprint.
• Ethnic Communities' Council of Victoria: Victoria-based peak body for ethnic and multicultural communities, providing advocacy, policy advice, and training to government and community organisations. Directly comparable in scope, geography, and constituency.
• Multicultural Centre for Women's Health: Australian non-profit organisation working on multicultural health, women's health, and CALD community engagement. Highly comparable to CEH in mission, funding model, and training/community education portfolio.
• Foundation House (Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture): Victorian specialist non-profit providing refugee and migrant health and wellbeing services, including training and advocacy. Directly comparable as a Victoria-based, government-funded refugee/migrant health and training provider.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCc68azIHO4RlFtBeeVtelWA
• Facebookfacebook.com/CEHAustralia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/682214
• Instagraminstagram.com/ceh_centre
• Xx.com/CEH_Aus

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