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Diversitat (trading name), also known as Geelong Ethnic Communities Council, is a registered charity whose history reaches back more than thirty years. It is a not-for-profit community service group with a core set of services and business operations that support the multicultural communities and the disadvantaged in the region. Diversitat commenced operation in Geelong in 1976 and was known as the Geelong Migrant Resource Centre, which later changed its name to Geelong Ethnic Communities Council and now trades as Diversitat.

The change in name to Diversitat in 2005 reflected the broader diversity of services across a wider geographic area. Today Diversitat offers services in Immigration & Welfare, Youth Services, Aged Support, Training, Employment and Arts & Events. It also manages 94.7 The Pulse community radio station and Wholefoods Café/Shop & Catering.

Diversitat represents over 70,000 people of all ethnic and cultural heritages throughout the Geelong region and has 45 affiliated communities. From a single office of five staff in 1976, Diversitat has grown to operate over 10 sites in Geelong and one in Colac.

Since its inception, the core mission of the GECC has been to ensure that ethnic groups, organisations and individuals are given the opportunity to develop their potential and fulfil their aspirations as equal members of the community. Today Diversitat operates as a registered charity delivering a wide range of programs and services throughout Geelong, the Barwon Region, Victoria and Nationally.