Welcome to the PRONIA website.  As the Chief Executive Officer of PRONIA I feel privileged and proud to be writing this message highlighting PRONIA’s resilient performance and unwavering commitment to delivering exceptional services amidst profound challenges and transformative changes. Our vision for creating an inclusive society where people are supported to live their best lives is what we aspire to achieve.  Our brand represents our commitment to quality client service, diversity, empowerment, and innovation in service provision. In 2023, PRONIA serviced 8,130 individuals across its diverse services. Notably, our casework and advocacy services provided critical support to 2,750 vulnerable clients, […]

Dear friends of PRONIA, It has been almost nine months since the global pandemic outbreak and we recognise we are living in a new COVID-19 normal until such a time as the virus is brought under control. In the meantime we must continue practicing the best prevention measures, including wearing of masks, physical distancing, hand hygiene and staying at home. During this period PRONIA faced a number of challenges however adapted to new ways of operating. Since the first lockdown in March our teams across all our units worked incredibly hard to provide a continuation of essential services for the […]

Dear Premier Andrews, The undersigned ethnic and multicultural organisations thank the Victorian Government for its leadership and collaboration with other governments across Australia to prioritise the health and wellbeing of our communities during this unprecedented public health emergency. Your decisive measures have seen a slowing in the transmission of the COVID-19 disease, have addressed a broad range of emergency needs for vulnerable people and have invested in options to support employers and employees to stay in business, remain employed and/or transition to new priority areas of employment. We acknowledge the hard work and difficult decisions that have been taken in […]

Jean Hailes and Pronia have teamed up to raise awareness of maintaining good health and wellbeing among women and girls in the Australian Greek community as a community partner for Women’s Health Week. https://www.womenshealthweek.com.au/the-week/   Women’s Health Week is an annual health awareness campaign that brings together communities, health professionals and organisations across Australia through a range of fun and informative activities. With this year’s health checks theme, Jean Hailes is inviting women to ‘check in on their health’ during the week 7-11 September.   With the stress COVID-19 has placed on everyone’s lives, it’s now more important than ever […]

Even after a few years in the country, employment and English language proficiency remain interrelated issues that hinder and slow down assimilation into the Australian culture. According to the statistics collected from the last quarter (July-September), 44.33% of people who visited the service have limited knowledge of English. We received a plethora of phone calls and emails from newly arrived Greek people and their families, inquiring predominantly, for partner and student visas, after the recent announcements of changes to some visa streams. Migration to Australia in the midst of the pandemic The Morrison government is laying the groundwork for the […]