Multikulti

"As a small charitable project, Multikulti is a ground-breaking application of Unicode technology to generate and deliver essential translated content to disadvantaged minority communities in the UK." : Dr Dan McQuillan - Project Leader

This project supports citizenship through the delivery of appropriate and accurately translated information in welfare law.

This site:

Uses Unicode throughout. This provides a universal way of encoding characters of any language, regardless of the computer system or platform being used.
Complies with accessibility standards in each and every language.
Has a behind-the-scenes Workflow Area, which provides a space for the translators and proof-readers to work.
Allows users to search in any languages. Additional features of this site include navigation aids, a sitemap, a help page and a local agency finder.

“A very useful website!” : Katharine Spackman – County Reference & Information Librarian

Awards

Best Social Innovation for the year 2004

Document Links

Multikulti: “The Multikulti website aims to support citizenship through the delivery of culturally appropriate and accurately translated information in the following areas of welfare law - debt, employment, health, housing, immigration and welfare benefits…”
http://www.multikulti.org.uk/

Best Social Innovation for the year 2004: The Institute for Social Inventions has judged the MKDoc Multikulti resource providing access to important information and advice on a range of issues through a multi-language website to be the Best Social Innovation for the year 2004 in the Communications Category.
http://mkdoc.com.archived.website/portfolio/multikulti/.print.html/../../news/multikulti-award