What are community hubs?
Community hubs are welcoming places where migrant and refugee families, particularly mothers with young children, come to connect, share and learn. Hubs bridge the gap between migrants and the wider community and are usually attached to primary schools.
Funding and governance
Hubs connect and support communities
• at the local level, school principals and key partner agencies
Community hubs are designed to: • build and engage culturally diverse communities • connect preschool children with playgroups and school readiness programs • help hub users (particularly women and children) to learn and practise English • build pathways to volunteering and employment. By leveraging existing school infrastructure, hubs also connect women and children with each other and with organisations that can provide health, education and settlement support.
3 National Community Hubs Program I 2019 Year In Review
Community hubs are supported by funding partners including the Scanlon Foundation, the Australian Government, and state and local governments. Local schools, the private sector and the community sector also provide support. The national hubs program is guided by advisory groups at three levels:
• at the state level, government and stakeholder organisations • a national advisory committee of experts from a range of disciplines.
