Community Services

To read about a particular community service, you can click on the link below. Or you can browse through the services by scrolling down the page.

Neighbourhood House
Adult Community and Further Education (ACFE)
Centrelink Agency
Telecentre
Occasional Child Care

Neighbourhood House

The MDHSS Neighbourhood House has a community development role within the community. Its aims are to:

• reduce the isolation of individuals and groups within the community
• increase life opportunities for people who are disadvantaged by encouraging self help and mutual support groups, social interaction and participation
• provide skills development opportunities for people who are disadvantaged to improve their capacity for independence, social interaction and income generation
• increase social capital within the community.

These aims involve broad action, provide for innovation and a degree of flexibility, and can accommodate aspects of other government programs and responsibility.

The Neighbourhood House provides information referral and support to the community and coordinates various programs operated by MDHSS, including Adult Community and Further Education (ACFE) programs, Occasional Childcare Centre, Telecentre and Centrelink Agency.

The Neighbourhood House conducts a number of support groups:

• Camera Club
• After School Art Classes
• Playgroup (weekly)
• Tai Chi (weekly)
• Yoga Support Group (weekly)
• Scrapbookers Group (every first and third Wednesday)

Adult Community and Further Education (ACFE)

The Neighbourhood House ACFE program provides valuable short courses to the community. Short courses have been provided in computer technology, personal development, fine arts, literacy and numeracy. The current Neighbourhood House Activities brochure is available now.

Centrelink Agency

MDHSS provides a Centrelink agency to the community. Information, forms and simple processing of documents are all part of the service.

Telecentre

The MDHSS Telecentre provides internet access, computer use, printing, scanning and computer training to the community. The Telecentre is a non-funded program and MDHSS relies on assistance from volunteers and fees for service to remain operational.

Occasional Child Care

Occasional care is provided to all families in the community with children under the age of six. Occasional care is conducted every Monday and Friday morning from 9 am to 12 noon at the Mallacoota Preschool, Allan Drive, Mallacoota.

The latest Occasional Child Care newsletter is available here.

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